Pan Book Cover Concepts

Another great find from Tim @ https://www.tikit.net: Concepts by Sam (Peff) Peffer for the early Pan paperbacks for "Dr. No", "Casino Royale", "Moonraker" and "From Russia With Love".

Reference Photos for Pan Books

Tim from the Pan Paperback Collectors website has unearthed rare reference photos used by the illustrator Sam (Peff) Peffer for the early James Bond Pan paperbacks. More info here. 

Korean James Bond Novels

Korean paperback editions of "The Spy Who Loved me" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

007 Story Illustrations from Greece

Illustrations for James Bond stories from Greece. Head over to the James Bond 007 Greek Fans Facebook Group for more info.

Greek FYEO Pirate Edition

Greek pirate edition of "For Your Eyes Only". Thatnks to the FB Group James Bond 007 Greek Fans.

Vintage Thai Paperbacks

Cover artwork for James Bond paperback novels from Thailand, published in 1964 / 1965. 

Italian Fleming Paperbacks

Italian paperbacks published by I Romanzi del Corriere in the 50s.

• La Benda Nera  (Casino Royale) 
• Per i Tuoi Occhi  (For Your Eyes Only)
• L'Impronda del Drago (Doctor No) 

Thanks to Giovanni for sharing these!

James Bond Books Guide Project

Have a look at the recently started James Bond Books Guide project by Gleb Belyaev. More information here. 

Bond Unknown Book Artwork

Cover artwork and inside illustrations for Canadian book "Bond Unknown" Thanks to Eduardo for sharing the scans!

More Chinese Books

60s  James Bond paperback editions from Hong Kong. Thanks to Thomas for sharing these.

Chinese James Bond Book Covers

Cover artwork for "Role of Honour" (left) and multiple Ian Fleming titles from China published in the 80s. Thanks to Stephan from James Bond - The Secret Agent for sharing these!

Japanese Bond Novels

 Various James Bond paperbacks  from "Casino Royale" to "The Spy Who Loved Me" by Starlight Publishing, released in 1969 in Japan.

Goldfinger Paperbacks from Germany

German paperback edition of "Goldfinger", part of a series by Superkrimi.

Thanks to Dan for sharing these!

Longman Reader

Illustrations from the Longman Reader for "For Your Eyes Only".

Diamonds Are Forever Book Cover

Paperback edition of Ian Fleming's "Diamonds Are Forever" from Thailand (left).

The cover is clearly inspired by Frank McCarthy's artwork for the US "From Russia With Love" edition by Bantam.

Italian Bond Covers

Selection of Italian James Bond 007 paperbacks by publisher Garzanti, Released between 1973 and 1977.

US Cover for Trigger Mortis

Cover artwork for the US 2015 paperback edition of Anthony Horowitz' "Trigger Mortis" The cover was designed by Patrick Leger. Below are the various design and concept stages. 

IanFleming.com has the full interview with Patrick.

Pan Cover Art Tribute

Happy New Year! 

I always had a weakness for the "what if?" scenarios, so I could not resists to toy around with a Thunderball retro cover in the old Pan paperback style.

John Gardner Book Covers from Germany

The German publisher Cross Cult is reissuing all John Gardner novels with new cover artworks by Michael Gillette.

Books from Bengal

Bengali editions of James Bond books.I found these on Facebook (I believe) but do not remember the person who posted them. But: Thank you for sharing them - they are something different!