Ian Fleming | You Only Live Twice, 1964, advance binding

Ian Fleming

You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, advance binding, DUST-JACKET, collector's black clamshell box, slight marginal wear

ONE OF 750 COPIES.

This advance binding was not bound for commercial use. It was bound for the Boots Book-Lovers' Library in black cloth blocked in gilt to the spine, with plain sides and publisher's patterned endpapers.

You Only Live Twice was described by Raymond Benson as "one of the most successful books in the series, conjuring more mood and atmosphere than any Bond tale since Casino Royale (1953)". According to the publishers' records, it was their best-selling Fleming title.