On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

FLEMING, Ian.

Item Number: 123471

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Signed limited edition of the tenth novel in the Bond series, one of only 35 unnumbered copies reserved for Fleming’s personal presentation (from a total signed limited edition of 285) and the only Bond novel issued as a signed limited edition. Octavo, original half vellum, top edge gilt, color frontispiece portrait of Fleming by Amherst Villiers. In near fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket. Signed by Ian Fleming on the limitation page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable being one of the 35 copies issued to Fleming for personal presentation.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the eleventh novel in the James Bonds series and the first since the debut of the Bond film. It became "an immediate bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic" (Biondi & Pickard, 48). "By the time of publication, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service had received nearly a quarter more subscriptions than any previous Fleming novel" (Lycett, 419).