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QUANTUM OF SOLACE Cosmopolitan May 1959 illustration by Bob Peak

QUANTUM OF SOLACE was first published in the May 1959 edition of the US magazine Cosmopolitan, accompanied by an illustration by Bob Peak.

The following Ian Fleming short stories had previously first appeared in other publications before being collected into the anthologies entitled FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS:

QUANTUM OF SOLACE (Cosmopolitan May 1959) illustrated by Bob Peak (1927-1992) who would later provide the poster artwork for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and several concept paintings for Licence To Kill (1989).
FROM A VIEW TO A KILL (Daily Express 21-25 September 1959) under the title Murder Before Breakfast illustrated by David Robb.
THE HILDEBRAND RARITY (PLAYBOY March 1960)
RISICO (Daily Express 11-16 April 1960) under the title The Double-Take illustrated by Raymond Hawkey.

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (Sunday Times Colour Section 4th February 1962 under the title BERLIN ESCAPE).
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (The Ivory Hammer: The Year at Sotheby’s, 219th Season 1962-1963, and also PLAYBOY January 1964).
OCTOPUSSY (Daily Express 4-9 October 1965) illustrated by David Robb, and also (PLAYBOY March & April 1966).

Sunday Times Magazine Supplement illustration by Robert McGinnis

1999 Sunday Times Magazine Supplement which featured the UK debut of 007 IN NEW YORK illustrated by Robert McGinnis, who also painted the cover art.

Ian Fleming's short story 007 IN NEW YORK was first published in the New York Herald Tribune in October 1963 under the title ‘Agent 007 in New York’, and also appeared in American editions of THRILLING CITIES. The story was later published in the UK in the Sunday Times Magazine Supplement [illustrated above right] on 7th November 1999. The short story was illustrated by seven-time James Bond poster artist Robert McGinnis, who also provided the cover artwork. 007 IN NEW YORK is now included in all paperback editions of OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.


CASINO ROYALE	LIVE AND LET DIE	MOONRAKER	DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
First published 13th April 1953 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 5th April 1954 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 7th April 1955 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 26th March 1956 in London by Jonathan Cape
Black cloth with red lettering and red embossed heart on front board	Black cloth with gilt lettering and gilt medallion embossed on front board	Black cloth with title embossed in silver lettering on front board	Black cloth with title and diamond motif embossed in silver on front board
Dust jacket priced at 10s.6d	Dust jacket priced at 10s.6d	Dust jacket priced at 10s.6d	Dust jacket priced at 12s.6d
Dust jacket devised by Ian Fleming	Dust jacket devised by Ian Fleming and executed by Kenneth Lewis.	Dust jacket designed by Kenneth Lewis	Dust jacket designed by Patricia Marriott
4,728 copies were bound of which a large number were supplied to Public Libraries	7,538 copies were printed of the first edition	9,900 copies were printed of the first edition	14,604 copies were printed of the first edition


FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE	DR. NO	GOLDFINGER	FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
First published 8th April 1957 in London by Jonathan Cape*	First published 31st March 1958 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 23rd March 1959 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 11th April 1960 in London by Jonathan Cape
Black cloth with gun & rose motif embossed in red and silver on front board	Black cloth with dancing girl figure stamped into front board (an unknown number of copies were also produced without the dancing girl)	Black cloth, gilt lettering with skull stamped on front board with gilt coins embossed into the eye-sockets	Black cloth, gilt lettering with eye motif embossed in white on front board
Dust jacket priced at 13s.6d	Dust jacket priced at 13s.6d	Dust jacket priced at 15s	Dust jacket priced at 15s
Dust jacket devised by Ian Fleming and executed by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket designed by Patricia Marriott	Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping
14,087 copies were printed of the first edition	19,515 copies were printed of the first edition	24,250 copies were printed of the first edition	21,086 copies were printed of the first edition

* The first set of 15,000 sheets were of poor print quality and were rejected by publishers Jonathan Cape who later supplied them to The Book Club, which means technically the first printing is The Book Club edition (although the Cape version was actually published first). The Book Club edition has blue boards and no embossed motif.


THUNDERBALL	THE SPY WHO LOVED ME	ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE	YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
First published 27th March 1961 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 16th April 1962 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 1st April 1963 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 16th March 1964 in London by Jonathan Cape
Black cloth, gilt lettering with skeletal hand stamped on front board	Black cloth, silver lettering with a dagger stamped the front board with silver embossed blade	Black cloth, silver lettering with white embossed ski-track motif on front board	Black cloth, silver lettering with gilt embossed Japanese lettering on front board
Dust jacket priced at 15s	Dust jacket priced at 15s	Dust jacket priced at 16s	Dust jacket priced at 16s
Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping
50,589 copies were printed of the first edition	29,738 copies were printed of the first edition	44,625 copies were printed of the first edition †	55,018 copies were printed of the first edition

The Jonathan Cape hardback editions of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME have a double page line drawing of the Dreamy Pines Motor Court which was omitted from later paperback versions of the novel.


THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN	OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
First published 1st April 1965 in London by Jonathan Cape	First published 23rd June 1966 in London by Jonathan Cape
Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine [copies with gilt gun also exist] **	Black cloth, silver lettering on front board
Dust jacket priced at 18s	Dust jacket priced at 10s.6d***
Wraparound dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping
81,890 copies were printed of the first edition	45,119 copies were printed

** The initial printing of THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN had a gilt embossed gun stamped on the front board and is generally regarded as the first state of the book. 940 copies were produced with these boards and those were exported to Commonwealth countries. The decision to omit the embossed golden gun on all remaining copies was purely a financial decision on the part of Jonathan Cape.

*** OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS was later re-priced in order to clear the remaining unsold copies making this the only Ian Fleming title that exists solely in its first edition state in hardback.


ABOVE (L-R) The 4th printing of CASINO ROYALE in 1957 introduced a new dust jacket designed by an uncredited Patricia Marriott, who would also design the dust jacket for the first Jonathan Cape hardback edition of DR. NO the following year. Starting with the 10th printing in 1975, MOONRAKER had a redesigned dust jacket with the title embossed in silver lettering. For the 11th printing of DR. NO in 1982 the jacket artwork was changed to this woodgrain-effect design obviously inspired by the Richard Chopping covers, featuring the same stencil font for the book title. Only two editions were published with this artwork and most copies were purchased by libraries. On 5th April 1973 Jonathan Cape published a James Bond Omnibus which collected LIVE AND LET DIE, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER and DR. NO. Designed by Craig Dodd, the dust jacket featured a metallic silver-coloured laminated finish impressed with a series of horizontal lines converging to a single point to create a tunnel effect. Only 6,000 copies were produced.

THE JAMES BOND NOVELS - Foyle's Book Club editions


LIVE AND LET DIE	DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER	FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE	DR. NO
Published July 1956 in London by The Reprint Society [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published 1957 in London by The Thriller Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published 1958 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published May 1959 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]
Black cloth-effect textured paper over boards	Pale-blue cloth-effect textured paper over boards	Powder-blue textured cloth paper over boards	Sunflower-yellow cloth over boards
Illustrated jacket featuring line-drawings set against pink and white triangles	Dust jacket illustration by Patricia Marriott	Dust jacket illustration by Richard Chopping	Dust jacket illustration by Patricia Marriott
201,700 copies printed	29,000 copies printed	120,000 copies printed plus the additional rejected 1957 Jonathan Cape sheets	120,00 copies printed

GOLDFINGER	FOR YOUR EYES ONLY	THUNDERBALL	THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Published May 1959 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published April 1961 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published 1962 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published 1963 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]
Beige cloth over boards	Mid-green textured cloth over boards	Powder-blue cloth-effect textured paper over boards	Mid-blue or red textured cloth over boards
Dust jacket illustration by W. M. Cuthill	Dust jacket illustration by W. M. Cuthill	Dust jacket illustration by W. M. Cuthill	Dust jacket illustration by W. M. Cuthill
120,000 copies printed	120,000 copies printed	90,000 copies printed	70,750 copies printed

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE	YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE	THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
Published 1964 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published August 1965 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]	Published 1966 in London by The Book Club [W.& G. Foyle Limited]
Duck-egg blue textured paper over boards	Royal-blue square-patterned cloth over boards	Blue square-patterned cloth over boards
Dust jacket illustration by W. M. Cuthill	Dust jacket illustration by W. M. Cuthill	Dust jacket illustration by C. H. Richard
75,000 copies printed	70,000 copies printed	70,000 copies printed

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