THE ONLY OTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER HANDLED THAT THAT THE $2.75 PRICE ON THE BOTTOM CORNER WAS MISSING ABOUT 25%-33% OF THE FRONT PANEL AND SPINE AND I SOLD THAT COPY SOME 3+ YEARS AGO FOR OVER $1200. THIS IS THE TRUE 1ST STATE DUST JACKET - I HAVE HANDLED NEARLY 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK IN DUST JACKET IN OVER 25+ YEARS AND THIS IS ONLY THE 2ND TIME THAT I HAVE HAD THE TRUE 1ST STATE DUST JACKET WITH $2.75 PRICE ON BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER ON FRONT FLAP (THE PUBLISHER QUICKLY CHANGED THE PRICE AFTER JUST A HANDFUL OF BOOKS WERE SOLD BY CLIPPING THE BOTTOM PRICE AND THEN CLIPPING THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT FLAP AND PRINTING A NEW PRICE $2.95 PRICE SIDEWAYS). in 1954 as stated on the title page), First Printing (states 'First Printing' on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings - there was a 2nd printing in this format that states as such), white endpapers with dark green cloth boards and dark red/orange lettering to spine and front board, $2.75 price on DJ front flap on the bottom right corner and all four corners of the flaps are not clipped. IAN FLEMING - CASINO ROYALE, published by MacMillan, copyright 1953 (but published in the U.S.
