You Only Live Twice Book Cover

Thunderball is the only book in the series where hawkey is credited cover design by raymond hawkey so it is possible pan staff laid out some of the other designs.

You only live twice book cover. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face doctor guntram shatterhand s garden of death is a magnet for suicides from all over japan. You only live twice was published in the uk on 16 march 1964 by jonathan cape and cost sixteen shillings. Heavy wear to cover.

Less common than the uk printed copies 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 back cover has green black photo of ian fleming size 3 3 4 x 4 1 4 spine on slight slant. Richard chopping cover artist for the spy who loved me was engaged for the design. There were 62 000 pre orders for the book a significant increase over the 42 000 advance orders for the hardback first edition of on her majesty s secret service.

A james bond thriller. You only live twice. Books on a single james bond novel and film are rare.

12mo over 6 7 tall. Small paper pull to backcover. You only live twice.

And if you don t it is still an informative romp through japan. I ve since realised they are quite scarce. You only live twice.

While the films use blofeld and spectre to a greater degree fleming s blofeld shows up in three books thunderball on her majesty s secret service and here. Accessories such as cd codes toys. Many years ago i was given a copy of this dust jacket for free and it remained a curio to me for a long time.