Ian Fleming | Thunderball, 1961, first edition, signed by dust-jacket artist Richard Chopping

Ian Fleming

Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, SIGNED by dust-jacket artist Richard Chopping to rear flap, original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt, design to upper cover in blind, DUST-JACKET, collector's black cloth clamshell box, light wear to head and foot of spine and joints

Richard Chopping illustrated nine dust-jackets in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, starting with From Russia, With Love. His covers are instantly recognisable for their trompe-l'œil style and use of a tea-chest font.