The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, First Edition, in Original Dust Jacket, 1962

Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition, first printing. Octavo. In the publisher's original black cloth boards, with blind and silver embossed knife to front and silver titles to spine. In the publisher's original unclipped dust jacket. With new archival 1/4 leather and cloth clamshell case.  Presented is a first edition printing of Ian Fleming’s tenth James Bond thriller, The Spy Who Loved Me. The book was published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1962 with a print run of 30,000 copies. It is presented in the publisher’s original black boards, with blind and silver embossed knife to the front and silver titles to the spine. The book retains its original unclipped dust jacket, as designed by Richard Chopping. It is presented with a new archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell case.  The Spy Who Loved Me is a clear departure from previous Bond novels by Ian Fleming, in that the novel is told in the first-person by a young woman named Vivienne Michel.