ROBERT SELLERS THE BATTLE FOR BOND - RARE 2007 TRUE 1ST NOT THE REVISED EDITION

Description: ROBERT SELLERS - THE BATTLE FOR BOND, published by UK small press publisher Tomahawk, copyright 2007, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page & does not have the red band on cover "The book they tried to ban"), large format trade paperback (never published as a hardcover). This book tells the story of Kevin McClory's battle (including in the court's) to get credit for co-writing Thunderball with Ian Fleming. This original edition contains a number of controversial passages and documents from the UK trial which caused Ian Fleming's Will Trust to threaten to sue (they ultimately forced the publisher to remove that material), Raymond Benson who wrote the introduction which was removed for the 2008 revised edition (that had an introduction by Len Deighton). The 2007 first edition is quite rare as the book was pulled from shelves and the publisher was forced to pulp remaining unsold copies of this edition. SHOP AND COMPARE - ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $299 - SEE EBAY 405167125107 AND ANOTHER IS LISTED AT $250 - SEE EBAY 405274122650 Book has no wear to spine tips or to left/right on spine, no vertical spine creasing, no creased page corners, no spine lean, no front cover creasing (tiny bump like mark to bottom right corner), no edge wear, no color rubbing to cover, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former owner's markings or used book store stamps inside, rear cover is clean - no dust soiling and no color transfer. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book of an rare Ian Fleming James Bond related first printing book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture. NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office). Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs). Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END. Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you). Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail). As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

End Time: 2024-11-11T21:31:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD