IAN FLEMING - THUNDERBALL, published by UK publisher Pan X201, copyright 1961, 14th (reset) 1965 Printing per copyright page. Includes the ultra rare original "Domino" letter (promotional item for cigarette manufacture Players) - original tri-fold letter has appropriate age markings at paper edges and the all important watermark inside the paper itself (this letter is often found/sold as a reproduction).
SHOP AND COMPARE - ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK & LETTER ARE PRICED AT $506 - SEE EBAY 296866845794 & ANOTHER COPY IS LISTED FOR SALE WITH OVERSEAS SHIPPING FOR $469 - SEE EBAY 154977328078 AND AT $494 - SEE EBAY 296925262257 AND AT $464 - SEE EBAY 166947949791
Book has vertical
spine creasing,
no spine lean, slight wear to spine tips & to left/right on spine, nick tear at bottom left on cover and small crease at top right corner on cover (the value isn't in the book, but rather the original letter), slight edge wear, tight flat white pages with no creased page corners from prior reading, pages barely starting to age yellow at page edges, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to
outer page edges, no former owner's markings
or used book store stamps inside, no dust soiling/age yellowing to back rear cover & no color transfer.
Overall a VG/VG+ book of an Ian Fleming printing UK pb book with the ultra rare "domino" letter insert. 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.