James Bond First Editions

Octopussy (James Bond short stories).

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

New York, NY: New American Library, 1966. [Short adventures] First American Printing being the FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.121. Publisher's cloth in pictorial wrapper, mustard coloured endpapers, twelve black and white illustrations plus vignette illustration to title page, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $3.50. A lovely fresh copy in a crisp jacket with one neat tear at crown, strong red lettering to spine (often faded). The final original James Bond book from his 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). The UK equivalent was not illustrated. Item #74096

Gilbert A14b (1).

Price: £175.00