London: Cape, 1968 first edition, rare variant with the quad mark issuebeing a dropped En (typeset spacer) between "30 BEDFORD SQUARE," & "WC 1" on the copyright page. Book is VG+ boards are good dark black colour with crisp gilt titling. slightly curled at head and tail of spine. there has been some bookseller pencil notation to the fep but nothing too heavy. text block is clean and tight. dust jacket is price clipped, minor edge rubbing and has short 10-30mm tears along the spine end folds and the lower panel corners, a few short tears at the spine head as well.The inside front flap has been creased. Not sunned or anything so quite tidy apart from the short tears. Dali-esque dust jacket design. Fore edge lightly finger marked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Tom Adams. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

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Bookseller: Fortuna Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000455
Title: Colonel Sun a James Bond Adventure
Author: MARKHAM Robert (Kingsley Amis)
Illustrator: Tom Adams
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: quad mark Issue, 007 james bond ian fleming markham first edition spy thriller rare
Bookseller catalogs: CRIME & THRILLER Fiction;

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