The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming

Description

Title: The Man with the Golden Gun

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London

Publication Date: 1965

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition Hard Cover. with Dust Jacket now protected in removable cover. First Edition. (London: Jonathan Cape 1965). First UK Edition. Publisher’s black boards with gilt lettering to the spine and green patterned end-papers. A near fine copy in like dust-wrapper.  The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth and final novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series and the thirteenth Bond book overall. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 1 April 1965, eight months after the author’s death. The story centers on the fictional British Secret Service operative James Bond, who had been posted missing, presumed dead, after his last mission in Japan. Bond returns to Britain via the Soviet Union, where he had been brainwashed to attempt to assassinate his superior, M. After being de-programmed by the MI6 doctors, Bond is sent to the Caribbean to find and kill Francisco Scaramanga, the titular “Man with the Golden Gun”. The film of 1974 starred Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland and Desmond Llewelyn. Very fine copy. Collector’s Item