Thunderball
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Valued from 19 recorded sales in the last 12 months.
How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Thunderball.
✓ Copyright page: “First published 1961” and “© 1961 by Glidrose Productions Ltd”, with no impression or “Reprinted” line
✓ Printer: “Printed and bound in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Company Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk” at the foot of the copyright page
✓ Title page: “Thunderball by Ian Fleming”, imprint Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London, with no screen-treatment credit
✓ Binding: black (dark grey-brown) cloth, skeletal hand stamped in blind on the front board, spine lettered in gilt
✓ Dust jacket: design by Richard Chopping (skeletal hand with a knife over playing cards), photograph of Fleming on the back panel — the same jacket was used on later impressions
✓ Price: 15s. net (15 shillings) at the foot of the front flap (unclipped); the price alone does not prove a first impression
Common questions
- How do I know if my copy of Thunderball is a first edition, first impression?
- ✓ Copyright page: “First published 1961” and “© 1961 by Glidrose Productions Ltd”, with no impression or “Reprinted” line ✓ Printer: “Printed and bound in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Company Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk” at the foot of the copyright page ✓ Title page: “Thunderball by Ian Fleming”, imprint Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London, with no screen-treatment credit ✓ Binding: black (dark grey-brown)… The identification points above show each one.
- Can I sell my copy of Thunderball?
- Yes. We value the exact copy from recorded sales and make a firm cash offer, free and with no obligation to sell.
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