Ian Fleming – You Only Live Twice – First UK Edition 1964
£485.00
A first edition, first printing of You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1964. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards slightly cocked, with light shelf wear to front and rear boards, toning to the text block with small damp-stain to the fore-edge. In a similarly near fine unclipped wrapper, with chipping to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, toning to the spine, some fading to the front panel, damp-staining to the front panel and isolated damp-stain to the rear panel. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping.
You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming finds James Bond shattered after personal loss and sent to Japan on a near-impossible diplomatic mission. There he encounters Tiger Tanaka, Japanese culture and the mysterious Dr. Shatterhand, whose “Garden of Death” hides a deadly secret. More reflective and strange than many Bond novels, it blends revenge, travel writing, psychological collapse and macabre adventure, showing Bond at one of his lowest and most human points.
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A first edition, first printing of You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1964. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards slightly cocked, with light shelf wear to front and rear boards, toning to the text block with small damp-stain to the fore-edge. In a similarly near fine unclipped wrapper, with chipping to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, toning to the spine, some fading to the front panel, damp-staining to the front panel and isolated damp-stain to the rear panel. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping.
You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming finds James Bond shattered after personal loss and sent to Japan on a near-impossible diplomatic mission. There he encounters Tiger Tanaka, Japanese culture and the mysterious Dr. Shatterhand, whose “Garden of Death” hides a deadly secret. More reflective and strange than many Bond novels, it blends revenge, travel writing, psychological collapse and macabre adventure, showing Bond at one of his lowest and most human points.
