Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Spanish Role Playing Game

Spanish Role Playing Game "James Bond 007 - Juego Del Rol" 1990

Monday, 17 November 2008

For Your Eyes Only - First US Edition

Title: For Your Eyes Only
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: The Viking Press
Publication Date: 1960
Price: $ 3.50
Book: Yellow-green two-tone cloth with red lettering
Title Page: No printing date stated
Dust Jacket: Design by Richard Chopping but with red spine instead of illustration-style spine in the UK.

Goldfinger - First US Edition

Title: Goldfinger
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Publication Date: 18 August 1959
Price: $ 3.50
Book: Black cloth with embossed skull and gold lettering
Title Page: One the back of the title page: "First Published 1959/© 1959 by Glidrose Productions Ltd." and a line that reads "Printed in Great Britain". The first American edition used British printing material together with a Macmillan title page. First editions released: 7,500 copies.
Dust Jacket: Designed by Richard Chopping, almost identical to the UK version except the “Macmillan” logo, price and no “Diamond Smugglers” promotion.

Doctor No - First US Printing

Title: Doctor No
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Publication Date: 1958
Price: $ 3.50
Book: Black cloth with red lettering
Dust Jacket: Designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman

From Russia With Love - First US Edition

Title: From Russia with Love
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Publication Date: 1957
Price: $ 3.50
Book: Tan coloured cloth with black printing
Title Page: First printing stated on title page with no later printings shown.
Dust Jacket: Design by Richard Chopping –same as the UK first edition

Sunday, 16 November 2008

Casino Royale - Jonathan Cape Reprint

1980 Reprint of "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming, Jonathan Cape


Casino Royale - First Edition Reprint

Reprint of the original 1953 edition of "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming. Published in 2006 by FCM. The dustjacket front is the same as the original, but spine, back and flaps are different. Book comes in a slipcase.





Diamonds Are Forever - First US Edition

Title: Diamonds are Forever
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Publication Date: October 1956
Price: $ 2.75
Book: Gray cloth over boards with red and dark green lettering
Title Page: First printing on title page with no other printings shown
Dust Jacket: Designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman

Moonraker - First US Edition

Title: Moonraker
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Publication Date: September 1955
Price: $ 2.75
Book: Pastel green boards, with the printing done in darker green ink
Title Page: First printing stated on title page with no other printings shown
Dust Jacket: Designed by Leo Manso

Live And Let Die - First US Edition


Title: Live and Let Die
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: April 1955
Price: $ 3.00
Book: Dark navy blue cloth pattern paper over boards with a yellow "Cock Robin Thriller" logo printed.
Title Page: First printing stated on title page with no later printings shown

Dust Jacket: Designed by Leo Manso

More Comic Covers

Artwork for the comic covers of "For Your Eyes Only" (top) and "Goldfinger" (bottom)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Comic

Scandinavian comic cover illustrations for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

Saturday, 15 November 2008

Casino Royale Miniature Book






Dateman Books released all 14 Ian Fleming Centenary Editions as stunning miniatures. Just 2.9 cm high, these 100% hand made miniature editions contain the first chapter of each book and are finished with a colourful dustjacket incorporating the designs by Michael Gillette from Penguin's 2008 editions.



The miniatures can be ordered from: http://www.datemanbooks.com/JamesBond/Index.htm

Dr. No Comic Artwork



Diamonds Are Forever - Comic Artwork

Diamonds Are Forever, Illustrations for Scandinavian James Bond 007 comics from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Friday, 14 November 2008

Moonraker - Comic Artwork

Scandinavian comic illustrations for "Moonraker" and the corresponding panel from John McLusky's comic 1959.

Live And Let Die - Comic Artwork




Casino Royale - Comic Artwork




Scandinavian Comic Book Illustrations

The following illustrations come from Scandinavian comic book covers. The principal publisher was the Swedish Semic Press, while the Norwegian versions were published by Semic Nordic and the Danish versions by Interpresse. Cover artwork was frequently re-used, starting in 1965 up to 1980.

Artwork for "From Russia With Love"
Does anybody know, who the artist is?

Casino Royale - Croatian Edition

"Casino Royale", Croatian edition, published by Algoritam in 2008

A Young Bond

Special Agent 707 Watch Gun Toy, inspired by Thunderball, Red Box Toys 1966

Thursday, 13 November 2008

Solo Per I Tuoi Occhi

Illustration for "Solo Per I Tuoi Occhi" (For Your Eyes Only), Libro Risalente, Segretissimo, 1977

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Diamantes Para La Eternidad - Spanish Poster

Spanish Poster for Diamonds Are Forever. The two women were deemed to risky and were re-touched in Spain (Spanish artwork on the left, orginal on the right).

For Your Eyes Only Poster

Artwork for the 1981 advertising campaign for "For Your Eyes Only", designed by Bill Gold with art by Brian Bysouth

Monday, 10 November 2008

More Colonel Sun Books

Colonel Sun, James Bond continuation novel by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis)
1)
US Paperback edition by Harpercollins, reprint 1993. This issues has an introduction by Kinglsey Amis - hmmm.

2) Readers Book Club Edition, June 69
3) 1978 Panther Paperback
4) First UK paperback edition by Pan Books, 1970

Colonel Sun Artwork

Source illustration for the cover of "Colonel Sun" by Tom Adams.

Comments to this illustration: "This image is a strange hybrid, both artistic and literary. The Bond story was commissioned by Jonathan Cape from Kingsley Amis, masquerading as Ian Fleming (after Fleming's death) under the pseudonym, Robert Markham. In the same spirit Tom Adams' cover painting masqueraded as Salvador Dali!"

More at: http://tomadamsuncovered.co.uk/printshop5.html

El Coronel Sun

El Coronel Sun by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis), Collecion Alcotan 1969

Operación Trueno

Operación Trueno by Ian Fleming, Spain, Circulo de Lectores 2003

French Bond Books by Plon

James Bond 007 by Ian Fleming, Paperbacks by Plon – Fleuve Noir Series, published between 1979 and 1982

Collection Noire by Plon

James Bond 007 Novel by Ian Fleming - Collection Noire by French Publisher Plon, around mid sixties.