With a jacket, a first Casino can indeed fetch these large prices. Know that the dust jacket is everything with this title. An inscribed copy of Casino Royale sold for just over $40,000 in 2007. Heck, it's one of the most sought after first edition books, period! Because the first print run was very small - with many going to libraries - in auction, first editions of Casino Royale can sell for $10,000 to $30,000 depending on condition (I realize that is quite a spread, but that is how much condition matters with this book). This first edition of Casino Royale is one of the most sought-after James Bond books. Fleming himself designed the dust jacket art, which contained nine bleeding hearts on a gunmetal gray background with "a whisper of love, a whisper of hate" inscribed around the center heart. In England the first printing of 4,750 copies sold out in the first month of publication. ![]() When Ian Fleming's Casino Royale was first published by Jonathan Cape on April 13, 1953, it was a sensation. No matter what any "expert" says (myself included), a book is only worth what someone is willing to pay and no one can say for sure what a book will or will not sell for. Author’s note: Values here are estimates based on experience and are only meant to be a guide.
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