Jonathan Cape 1954 (218 pages): A GOOD , very rare third impression of Ian Fleming's seminal novel - 'The spy novel to end all spy novels'. EXTREMELY SCARCE - one of just 986 printed - the smallest of any Cape print run (Gilbert p25). This third impression was specifically ordered by Ian Fleming to arrive in bookshops a month after the publication of 1954's Live and Let Die (where he hoped Live & Let Die would give it  a sales boost). Impressions 1 and 2 are taller owing to them having untrimmed lower pages. The 3rd print was the first to feature a trimmed deckle (the lower page block), meaning this book, and all others following it was the same height as Live & Let Die. This example presents showing good boards with only a few minor marks; with red spine lettering and heart motif. Corners showing only minor bumping. Inner pages reveal very slight water marks to top extremities of pages up to p37, but thereafter the pages are exceptionally clean and show now blemishes. No annotations; totally inscription-free. Only very lightly tanned page block. A super example of this very rarely-found book. Supplied with a high quality facsimile first impression jacket.