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Fleming, Ian. “Live and Let Die” [appearing in: Bluebook Magazine, Volume 99, Number 1]. New York: McCall Corporation, May 1954. First U.S. publication. Printed pictorial wrappers. Two color illustrations; one double-page illustration on p. 88-89, and the full-color wrappers done by John Walter. Magazine format. 128pp. printed in double column. Cheap paper toned, as usual; some minor wear, else a bright example. Fine. A very rare periodical printing of a James Bond novel. The true first appearance of this novel in the U.S., preceding the first American book edition by Macmillan by nearly a year and following the British edition by just six weeks.