1Rare 1st edition 007 book found in charity bin bag

Rare 1st edition 007 book found in charity bin bag

Rare Live and let Die edition found in bin bagBy Rory Reynolds

A RARE first edition copy of Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die has turned up in a bin bag at a charity shop – the second time a Bond book has scooped the store a fortune.

Staff at the Oxfam bookshop in Edinburgh spied the rare 007 thriller – first published in 1954 – in a bag of donations.

They couldn’t believe their luck when they fished out the Scots author’s second novel.

The novel – which was made into the first Roger Moore production in 1973 – is due to go under the hammer at Bonhams in Oxford next week and is estimated at £800.

But its good condition could see it fetch far more.Last week, a first edition copy of Fleming’s Moonraker – in poor condition – was sold to a private bidder for £1300 at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh.

Bookshop manager Andy Crosby said: “007 seems to bring a bit of luck to our shop.

“We don’t know who donated the book but I would like to thank them very much for their extremely generous donation.”

The book is the second Bond novel to make the shop a packet after first edition of From Russia With Love, worth £300, turned up last year.

Live and Let Die is often considered the most controversial of the Scots author’s books due its depiction of Afro-Caribbean people and voodoo practices.

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