CHRISTOPHER WOOD - JAMES BOND AND MOONRAKER UK 1ST w/DJ 1979 N-FINE IAN FLEMING

Description: CHRISTOPHER WOOD - JAMES BOND AND MOONRAKER, published by UK Jonathan Cape, copyright 1968, First Printing (states "First Published 1979" at top of copyright page with no reference to subsequent printings - there never was a 2nd printing), white endpapers, black boards with gold gilt lettering on spine, 3.95p net in UK only price on DJ front flap. DUE TO THE FAIRLY RADICAL CHANGE FROM FLEMING'S ORIGINAL STORY, JONATHAN CAPE HIRED THE MOVIE SCREENWRITER TO ADAPT HIS SCREENPLAY INTO A NOVEL, IT WAS ONLY SOLD IN HARDCOVER IN THE U.K. AND MOST COPIES WENT TO LIBRARIES, MAKING THIS A VERY DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND. Book has several creased page corners, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, generally clean endpapers with no scotch tape marks or significant discoloration, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, corners or spine tips (shelf rubbing to spine tips only), no bumped board corner, no soiling/markings to boards, no wear/oxidizing to gilt spine lettering. Dust Jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, virtually no wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease (just at flap crease corners), no wear to left/right on spine, no edge wear, no spine sun fading, no foxing to panels or spine, no dust rubbing to panels or spine, tiny discoloration spot on spine otherwise no soiling/staining to panels or spine. Overall a VG+/FINE- book in VG+/FINE- condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming related James Bond related 1st UK printing hardcover book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture. NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office). Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs). Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END. Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you). Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail). As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.

Price: 1199.99 USD

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

End Time: 2024-11-11T21:31:11.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD