97 “If Anyone Can Bring It Off, You Can. Care To Have A Try, James?” 130FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. Octavo, original black paper boards, dust jacket. $2000 First edition, first state, of the 12th James Bond novel—the last published in Fleming’s lifetime—set in Japan and featuring the further plots of veteran Bond villain Ernst Blofeld. You Only Live Twice was acknowledged by the press and readers as one of the best Bond novels. Made into the 1967 film of the same title with a screenplay by Roald Dahl, starring Sean Connery as Bond and Donald Pleasence as Blofeld. Dust jacket with one small tape repair to verso. “A Naked Arm Smelling Of Chanel No. 5 Snaked Round His Neck…” 131FLEMING, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun. London, 1965. Octavo, original black paper boards, dust jacket. $1500 First edition of Fleming’s final Bond novel, published the year after the author’s death, in which 007 travels to Fleming’s beloved Jamaica to neutralize the assassin of the book’s title. Because Fleming wrote this Bond adventure while ill—the author “was only able to work on it for one and a half hours a day”—the publisher hired novelist Kingsley Amis to complete and revise it (Black, 75). Second-issue binding, without gilt-embossed gun on front cover, as usual; the first-issue binding is extremely rare. Book fine, dust jacket about-fine. “And All This Because Of A Man Called Bond…” 132FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, 1966. Octavo, original brown paper boards, dust jacket. $650 First edition of the James Bond short stories “Octopussy” and “The Living Daylights. Consists of two stories—including the title piece, “a powerful work about guilt and punishment” (Black, 78)—planned by Fleming for a nevercompleted collection and published posthumously. Book first impression; dust jacket Gilbert’s second issue, with publisher’s later price-sticker covering the original printed price, showing as 16s (sold circa 1968-69). Near-fine. “I Love Its Colour, Its Brilliance, Its Divine Heaviness… The Power That Gold Alone Gives” 133 FLEMING, Ian. Goldfinger. London, 1959. Octavo, original giltstamped black paper boards, dust jacket. $5200 First edition of the seventh James Bond thriller. “Written when Fleming was on top of his game,” Goldfinger “is not only the longest entry in the [Bond] series but also one of the most exuberant” (Gilbert, 230). Book with a few smudges to cloth, crisp dust jacket with mild staining to rear panel. Extremely good.
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