About this title: Visiting the Shrublands Health Facility to hone his physical skills and stamina, James Bond crosses paths with the deadly Russian organization SPECTRE for the first time.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1962 Signet paperback. NOT EX LIB! Pages are clean & bright with light reading wear, spine & covers are creased, some edgewear & mild cover scuffing. 188 p. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1961
Description: Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover is worn at edges and soiled; Creasing to spine and hinge with some rolling; Some writing on back cover; Binding solid, pages yellowed with no creases or tears. SYNOPSIS: James Bond takes on SPECTRE. This gang of super-criminals has gotten hold of two atomic weapons and plans to use them for blackmail on a world scale... read more
Description: Good. 042506428X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1961-06
ISBN-13:9789997512352ISBN:9997512359
Description: Fair. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Cover shows light wear to edges, corners and spine tips. Top corner of front cover is bumped. Inside of front cover has notation from previous owner, no other pen or pencil markings. Endpapers and pages are lightly sunned to edges. Text block is slightly shaken, front hinge is cracked, pages are bound tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. -23rd Printing--188 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Viking Press
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. -25th Printing--188 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1961
Description: Acceptable. Used paperback in acceptable condition. May shows either signs of heavy use or wear. May have clipped corner on cover or wavy cover. A good reading copy. read more
"After having seen all the bond movies hundreds of times I finally decided to really read the books. With this being one of the favorite movies, I loved the book. I appreciated getting the background information left out of the movie, this made the movie all that more enjoyable. Very quick read, easy and fun story."
"Over the summer I re-read all of the Ian Fleming James Bond books in order of their publication date(don't read any of the junk by others who followed Fleming after he died). Mostly I re-read the books because the re-issue paper-backs had such cool covers. The books are a one day read and absolutely a hoot."
"This is my personal favorite Bond novel. It introduces SPECTRE and Ernst Starvo Blofeld and is just as exciting (if not more so) then the 1965 movie of the same name.
The action and drama just click in this book and I could just never put it down. The plot of atomic warheads being stolen and held for ransom was great but unfortunately created legal drama that would last up until Fleming's death and beyond. The details are too complex to get into but basically this novel was originally supposed to be the first Bond screenplay but the deal fell apart. Fleming wrote a novel based on the screenplay and was subsequently sued by the intended filmmakers. All the legal drama was worth the book and film, so it's not all terrible.
This is Fleming at his best, no one else could have done this to this day."
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