Jonathan Cape 1954 (218 pages): A VERY GOOD , very clean and 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. Presents showing clean boards with only minor marks; strong red spine lettering and heart motif. Inner pages are clean and bright with no major blemishes. No annotations; totally inscription-free. Lightly tanned page block, small spine roll. A super example of this very rarely-found book. Supplied with a high quality facsimile first impression jacket.