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FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

1964

Jonathan Cape, London. 1964. First edition. Hardback with DW. Black cloth with gilt chinese characters to front board and lettering to spine in silver. There is a lean to the spine and front board and there is very slight wear to head and tail of spine, top edge is foxed and outer edges are slightly browned. Endpapers very lightly browned o/w contents are lovely and clean. The wrapper is NOT price clipped, it is a little chipped and worn at extremities, the spine is dulled and has a small red ink mark that does not affect text.

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

1964

Jonathan Cape, London. 1964. First edition. Hardback, no DW. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine and gilt lettering to upper board. Boards are unmarked. Outer edges grubby, occasional foxing throughout. A good copy.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

The dust jacket is slightly shelf rubbed and edge worn. It has minor marks and the flap corners are all clipped. It will still look good with cellophane though. The boards are still in a very good condition. The pages are somewhat tanned, but still fully legible. Internally clean and tightly bound. Complete with 255 pages. [B.K.]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

True First Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Cape, 1964

The jacket is a photocopy of a 1st issue. The boards are a little worn. One ownership inscription and some tape residue. A little foxing. "First Published 1964". Soundly bound - a little cocked.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

The boards are worn and marked.Light tanning.Excellent binding.Fair copy.[R.K]. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

1st Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

Insect damage on jacket.Previous ownership inscription.Foxing.Excellent binding.2nd issue''March 1964''.[R.K]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

2nd Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and chipped. mild tanning. book is a 1st edition and it is clearly stated. ownership inscription. light marks. well bound. good copy with fairly good jacket. [S.K]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

1st Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Cape, 1964

The boards are slightly rubbed. Some offsetting. A little foxing. The jacket is a photocopy of the first issue.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

Photocopy jacket.Shelf rubbed.Minor stain marks.Previous ownership stamp.Excellent binding.True 1st.[R.K]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition.

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

Small edge tears on jacket and marked.Internally clean.Tightly bound.Very good copy.2nd issue.[R.K]. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

2nd Edition.

FLEMING Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, London, 1964

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tidy ex library with stamps to fep, call number in pen to verso of fep, stamps and minor paper residue to half title, half title short tear at foot of the hinge, very faint stamp to top and bottom closed edges, endpapers have a faint tape stain at front and back, book spine leans a bit, black papered boards are very tidy, front hinge loosening, if not for library marks would be VG. Illustr.: Richard Chopping. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

First Edition

FLEMING Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, London, 1964

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG tidy first edition, first state, black papered boards tidy, unclipped DW, vertical edges of the DW fold in flaps have some tape staining, tiny amount of wear or splitting to DW spine ends, faint dust soiling to closed edges. Illustr.: Richard Chopping. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

FLEMING Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, London, 1964

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG SECOND IMPRESSION of first edition, black papered boards tidy, upper fore edge has some patches worn back to the board on the fore edge part only, light lean to spine, light soiling to closed edges, DW is price clipped, has tape stain along the vertical edges of the fold in flaps, faint adhesive ghosts at head and tail of spine, otherwise complete tidy copy of the DW. Illustr.: Richard Chopping. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, London, 1964

DJ in archival cover. Stated first printing., Fine

1st Edition

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

New American Library, New York, 1964

Stated first printing. Red topstain. DJ in archival cover light wear., Fine

1st Edition

Fleming, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, London, 1964

Octavo. 256 pp. Second printing as it says "First published March 1964" on the verso of the title-page. Gold, foil lettering on the front board. Silver foil lettering on the spine of the book. Boards slightly bowed. Top edge and fore-edge of the textblock foxed. Dust-jacket foxed. Significant loss to the Spine-ends of the dust-jacket. similar damage to the top, edge of the top, edge of the front flap of the dust-jacket. Other loss to the dust-jacket. Dust-jacket creased and rubbed.. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Black Boards. Jacket: Poor

First Edition, Second Printing

FLEMING**, IAN: : YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.**

LONDON.THE BOOK CLUB,1964.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published CAPE,1964.This edition issued by THE BOOK CLUB,121 CHARING CROSS Rd, LONDON.,1964,by Glidrose Productions Ltd., and copyrighted.] VG++/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - as a book club edition.Has,however,the Cape publisher's price of 16s.(of the original edn) to front inner flap of dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by CUTHILL,illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj with both black+white lettering, black lettering to spine,lightly grubbed rear panel with book club's forthcoming titles b/w advert; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj.Top edges with light and faint,sporadic dust-soiling foxing/ spotting,fore-edges slightly brighter and also minimally foxed/spotted; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - virtually pristine - no foxing/ spotting to body of text - appears unread apart from my own collation.Bright,clean, near sharp-cornered - bottom two corners minimally bumped,publisher's blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped black ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip and white eps with off-set foxing from dw/djs' inner flaps.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,6-286pp [paginated] includes content list/table,Pts I+II comprising 11 chapters to each Part respectively,plus [unpaginated] Japanese verse,contents list/table,a dedication, half-title+title pages and Pts separator pages. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before,the heart,the zest for life,went out of Bond.Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service,he had gone to pieces,was even on the verge of becoming a security risk.M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties - and Bond leaves for Japan. There,coming under the orders of the formidable "Tiger" Tanaka,Head of the Japanese Secret Service,the Khon-Chosa-Kyoku,he is indeed subjected to the shock treatment his condition demanded. The 3rd and concluding novel of the 'Blofeld trilogy' begun with 'Thunderball' and followed by 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' - see my book ID rja706317 for similar book club issue/edn. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

FLEMING**, IAN: : YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.**

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,April 1964.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[First published a month earlier in March,1964.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around,watercolour pictorial artwork by Richard Chopping i(one of the 9 'Bond' dw/djs watercolour artwork commissions) with a still life,trompe-l'oeil surrealist style,illustrated dw/dj, with black lettering to front and spine/ backstrip,rear panel with story's precis inset panel/box; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Some miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip along with the tiniest of snicks to top of rear gutter's edge of spine/backstrip.Spine/backstrip is also slightly darkened.Top edges lightly dust-soiled - to a much lesser degree than is normally experienced - and with no foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and also without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Brilliant white pages and some small mirror-image blemishes to opposite and sometimes ensuing pages to a lessening degree,from detritus in signature creases to pp54-67,pp104/5 and pp126/136 - blemish in signature fold and similar single blemish at foot of these pages' margins, otherwise near pristine but for this. Bright,crisp and clean,sharp-cornered - none bumped - publisher's original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt seven Japanese script characters in a vertical row towards spine/backstrip's gutter's edges on front board,bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate,unblemished wood-grain effect illustrated endpapers. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd impression, 15- 255pp [paginated] includes Pts I+II comprising 11 chapters in each respectively,plus [unpaginated] story precis page,half-title+title pages, Japanese poem extract/verse,contents list/table,a dedication and Pts separator pages. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before,the heart,the zest for life,went out of Bond.Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service,he had gone to pieces,was even on the verge of becoming a security risk.M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties - and Bond leaves for Japan. There,coming under the orders of the formidable "Tiger" Tanaka,Head of the Japanese Secret Service,the Khon-Chosa-Kyoku,he is indeed subjected to the shock treatment his condition demanded. Shock treatment? The reader will also be subjected to it in full measure in this, perhaps the most bizarre and doomfraught of all James Bond's adventures. The 3rd and concluding novel of the 'Blofeld trilogy' begun with 'Thunderball' and followed by 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' - see my book ID rja706317 for similar book club issue/edn.See also my book ID rja706417 for Book Club edn of this title and also rja706717 for another CAPE,1st edn,2nd imp of this title too. Richard Chopping (active 1939-45). Illustrator of natural history subjects and children's books.Among the former, 'Butterflies in Britain',in the Picture Puffin series,(drawn direct onto the the litho plate) is handled with assurance and a fine decorative sense.Chopping also contributed nature subjects and other illustrations to the Bantam Picture Book series - these are lively and humorous but sometimes slightly grotesque.'Mr Postlethwaite's Reindeer',a hardback,is illustrated in line.He designed the dust jackets for 9 of Jonathan Cape's editions of the James Bond novels in a detailed surrealist style.Fleming only told him the things that he wanted on the dw/dj - the same arrangement for all the other 8 titles that Chopping did.He had come to Fleming's notice after the latter's wife spotted some of Chopping's trompe-l'oeil paintings at the Hanover Galleries, resulting in an immediate commission for this,the 5th 'Bond' title.Dr No dw/dj design was promised/commissioned to Pat Marriott. However Chopping designed the dw/djs for the following 8 titles: 'GOLDFINGER','FOR YOUR EYES ONLY', 'THUNDERBALL',THE SPY WHO LOVED ME', 'OHMSS','YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE','THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN' and OCTOPUSSY and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Not SIGNED.

FLEMING**, IAN: : YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.**

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,April 1964.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[First published a month earlier in March,1964.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, wrap-around,watercolour pictorial artwork by Richard Chopping,illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering to front and spine/ backstrip,rear panel with story's precis inset panel/box; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.To front panel,8 visible foxing spots,spine/ backstrip bright,crisp,clean and unfaded or dulled.Some miniscule rubbing to 3 corners ith reciprocal loss and a small closed snick to centre of front top edge of dw/dj.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges lightly dust-soiled - to a much,much lesser degree than is normally experienced and encountered,fore- edges bright and cleaner and - and with just one tiniest of foxed spot; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - brilliant white pages and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp and clean, sharp-cornered - none bumped - publisher's original black cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt seven Japanese script characters in a vertical row towards spine/backstrip's gutter's edges on front bd,bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate,unblemished wood-grain effect illustrated endpapers.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd impression,15-255pp [paginated] includes Pts I+II comprising 11 chapters in each respectively,plus [unpaginated] story precis page,half-title+title pages, Japanese poem extract/verse,contents list/ table,a dedication and Pts separator pages. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before,the heart,the zest for life,went out of Bond.Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service,he had gone to pieces,was even on the verge of becoming a security risk.M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties - and Bond leaves for Japan. There,coming under the orders of the formidable "Tiger" Tanaka,Head of the Japanese Secret Service,the Khon-Chosa-Kyoku,he is indeed subjected to the shock treatment his condition demanded. Shock treatment? The reader will also be subjected to it in full measure in this, perhaps the most bizarre and doomfraught of all James Bond's adventures. The 3rd and concluding novel of the 'Blofeld trilogy' begun with 'Thunderball' and followed by 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' - see my book ID rja706317 for similar book club issue/edn.See also my book ID rja706417 for Book Club edn of this title and also rja706617 for another similar CAPE,1st edn,2nd imp of this title too. Richard Chopping (active 1939-45). Illustrator of natural history subjects and children's books.Among the former, 'Butterflies in Britain',in the Picture Puffin series,(drawn direct onto the the litho plate) is handled with assurance and a fine decorative sense.Chopping also contributed nature subjects and other illustrations to the Bantam Picture Book series - these are lively and humorous but sometimes slightly grotesque.'Mr Postlethwaite's Reindeer',a hardback,is illustrated in line.He designed the dust jackets for 9 of Jonathan Cape's editions of the James Bond novels in a detailed surrealist style.Fleming only told him the things that he wanted on the dw/dj - the same arrangement for all the other 8 titles that Chopping did.He had come to Fleming's notice after the latter's wife spotted some of Chopping's trompe-l'oeil paintings at the Hanover Galleries, resulting in an immediate commission for this,the 5th 'Bond' title.Dr No dw/dj design was promised/commissioned to Pat Marriott.However Chopping designed the dw/djs for the following 8 titles: 'GOLDFINGER','FOR YOUR EYES ONLY', 'THUNDERBALL' ,THE SPY WHO LOVED ME', 'OHMSS','YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE','THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN' and OCTOPUSSY and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Not SIGNED.

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

The Book Club, 1964

First Book Club Edition. A fine copy in a near fine d.w., tiny tear top margin front wrapper

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

First Edition. A fine seemingly unread copy in a fine price-clipped d.w. Apart from the clip, a stunning fresh copy.

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

First Edition First Issue. A near fine copy (ink inscription fep) in a vg++ d.w., light wear to extremities.

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape,, 1964

First Edition Second Issue. A fine copy in a fine d.w., two tiny closed nicks upper margin. Becoming scarce in truly collectable state.

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

A near fine/vg++ copy (ink name inside front board, ink single digit number head fep, slight lean) in a near fine/vg++ d.w., short closed tear foot front hinge, slight wear to extremities, else a clean tight bright example of the first state (Published 1964)

First Edition

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, 1964

A fine copy in a near fine/vg++ d.w., spine darkened with some very faint staining centre spine (where flower petals end). The "Published in April 1964" issue, commonly regarded as the second issue. An attractive example.

First Edition

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Jonathan Cape, London, 1964

A fine copy in a vg++ sl. spinefaded d.w., light wear to extremities.

First Edition Second State

FLEMING, Ian : You Only Live Twice

Pan Books, 1964

A fine copy in the original pictorial wrappers as issued.

First Paperback Edition

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