first edition Cloth
1964 · London
by Fleming, Ian
London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A first edition/first Impression (stating "first Published 1964" versus the second state "March 1964") in superior condition, conservatively rated as Fine in alike dust-wrapper. A throughout exceptional copy rarely seen in this condition; "When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond" (from the dust-jacket). Basis for the James Bond movie with Sean Connery and Karin Dor as Bond-Girl Helga Brandt. This film is the first Bond movie to deviate from the source material. Other than the Japanese setting, and several characters, the two stories are very different; 8vo ; 255, [1] pages . (Inventory #: 15308)