You Only Live Twice - Folio Edition

Hardcover edition of "You Only Live Twice", Ian Fleming, Folio Society 2021, Illustrations by Fay Dalton

Marketing Guides: Thunderball and You Only Live Twice

Last December I compiled a marketing guide for "Thunderball" as a Christmas gift for my close collector friends. Things got a bit out of hand and I ended up with 118 pages to cover every country and item that I knew off. And now the Corona lockdown gave me the time to create the same for “You Only Live Twice”. Both are non-commercial projects for fun.  

Finnish Book Cover Artwork

Original artworks by Matti Louhi for the 1980s hardcover re-issue of the Ian Fleming novels by Gummerus. Thanks to Thomas for sharing these!

Swiss Re-Release Posters

Swiss James Bond re-release posters from the 70s, 60 x 80 cm, each exist in English and French language version with German subtitles. Unsure if there is a "Goldfinger" variation. Does anyone know?


Big thanks to the www.007collector.com for sharing these.

James Bond Books from Thailand

James Bond books from Thailand, published in 1964: Casino Royale, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming.

French You Only Live Twice Poster

Special promotional poster for "On Ne Vit Que Deux Fois" (You Only Live Twice) from France. It's a combination of the A and B style French Grande on the top and two posters on the bottom, each measuring 120x50 cm.

You Only Live Twice Cinema Retro Special

"You Only live Twice" special by Cinema Retro. Available here.

Nice Surprise

Nice surprise in the mail today: Tribute artwork for "You Only Live Twice" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Graham Kennedy, commissioned by the 007 Collector. Thank you Michael.

Daily Express Artwork for You Only Live Twice

In February and March 1964 the UK newspaper ran a serialisation of Ian Fleming's "You Only Live Twice" with illustrations by artist Robb.

You Only Live Twice Tribute Art

Tribute artwork for "You Only Live Twice" by Paul Mann. 60 x 90 cm, oil on illustration board. 
This artwork was comissioned by Thomas from the  "The Nixdorf Collection"

Artist Paul Mann in his studio.

Airfix Artwork

Cover artwork for the 1967 Toyota GT model kit by Airfix for "You Only Live Twice"

Thanks to Stephan for the scan! 

You Only Live Twice Illustration

Illustration from the weekly German magazine "Stern" for the promotion of Ian Fleming's "Du Lebst Nur Zweimal" (You Only Live Twice). Artwork by Urs Landis.

Some nerdy trivia on the side: When the first book edition of YOLT was released in Germany, it was called "James Bond Rides The Tiger".

Thanks to Thomas from the Nixdorf Collection for sharing this!

Stern Magazine

Illustration for the introduction  of Ian Fleming’s “Du Lebt Nur Zweimal” (You Only Live Twice) in the German magazine “Stern”, March 1965.

More Comic Covers

Cover artwork for the Danish comic version of "Man Lever Kun To Gange" (You Only Live Twice), issue 12. The artwork is clearly based on Connery in Goldfinger.

You Only Live Twice Video Cover Artwork

Artwork for the MGM VHS and laser videodisc release of "You Only Live Twice". Illustration by Michael Elins.

Japanese You Only Live Twice Article

Illustration of Little Nellie from a Japanese  comic magazine dedicated to "You Only Live Twice".  Sadly I lost the eBay auction...

You Only Live Twice Posters from Thailand

Posters for "You Only Live Twice" from Thailand. The poster on the bottom measures 31x 21inch  / 79 x 54 cm. Don't know the size of the top one. 

Thanks to Thomas from the Nixdorf Collection and Mike from the M. Wright Collection for sharing these.

German Little Nellie Poster

German A1 poster for "Man Lebt Nur Zweimal" (You Only Live Twice). For whatever curious reason the Little Nellie  artwork by Frank McCarthy was altered: Helicopters in the background removed, Little Nellie is red and the rockets are black. US 1 sheet with original artwork for comparison on the right.

European You Only Live Twice Posters

Overview of European posters for "You Only Live Twice". As usual: Comments and corrections welcome. Above the German Din A00 poster. Means it's 4 times the size of a regular German poster (DinA 1) and comes in two parts. Below the other German posters that I'm aware of.

French "On Ne Vit Que Deux Fois" posters.
Italian posters ranging from the small "Locandina" to the large, 2 part "4 Foglio"
"You Only Live Twice" posters from Greece, Turkey and (now) Croatia.
UK Quad Crowns and Double Crowns
And finally posters from Sweden (Thanks Anders!), Denmark, Finland and Spain

You Only Live Twice Poster from around the World

Poster for "You Only Live Twice" from Asia-Pac and South America. Comments, corrections and additions welcome.