FLEMING, Ian
[318] pp.
The First Edition Library
In publisher’s slipcase
1987
7 5/8″ x 5 3/8″
Jacket design by Richard Chopping
As New/ As New
Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Written in January and February 1958, it was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 23 March 1959. The story centers on the investigation by the British Secret Service operative James Bond into the gold-smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, who is also suspected by MI6 of being connected to SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence organization. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot: Goldfinger plans to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox.
