Ian Fleming

First edition, Binding A of the last original James Bond work by Ian Fleming.

• Ian Fleming (English).
• Dust jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping (English).
• London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.
• pp. 95.
• Octavo.
• Bound in publisher’s dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver, patterned grey endpapers with pictorial dust jacket.
• Housed in a custom black cloth-covered clamshell box, with gilt titles and decoration to the spine.

First published in Britain on 23rd June 1966, this is the final original James Bond book from creator Ian Fleming, containing two short adventures: the title novella plus The Living Daylights. These were later successfully filmed by EON productions with Bond played by Roger Moore (Octopussy, 1983) and Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, 1987).