4 IAN FLEMING/JAMES BOND UK HARDCOVERS PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE: DR. NO (1970s printing), GOLDFINGER (6th printing 1965), THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (3rd printing 1962), ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1973 printing), white or red endpapers, black or white boards with impressed/gilt designs on front boards and gold or silver lettering on spine, books comes with color facsimiles of the UK 1st issue dust jackets to provide protection from damage and to improve shelf appearance. 

     ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE: Book is decent with just a few creased page corners but a centimeter wide piece of the inside front board endpaper is missing (yet the rest of the endpaper and free endpaper are still present), no foxing to pages, foxing to endpapers & outer page edges, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, portion of ffe torn off, no internal hinge splitting, shelf wear to bottom board edges/corners/spine tip only, no wear to left/right exterior spine hinges, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. 

    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: Book is decent - free endpapers removed, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, many creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no internal hinge splitting (tape to front internal hinge), some wear to board edges/cornewrs/spine tips, scotch tape residue marks to boards otherwise no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. 

    GOLDFINGER: Book is decent ex-library - just a stamp on title/copyright page & ffe removed - no other former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside (original bookseller's tiny label at bottom gutter to inside rear board), just a few creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, wear to spine tips and to left side of spine, no soiling or staining to boards, tiny bumped board corner, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. 

    DR. NO: Book is very nice with only one defect (no title page) otherwise book looks very nice - ever so tiny glue line at top edge on ffe otherwise no former ownership markings or used bookstore markings inside, small torn bottom corner to ffe, no creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. 

       Overall a decent starter set of four original Ian Fleming U.K. printing hardcover books. 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.