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You Only Live Twice
by Fleming, Ian
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket, jacket price clipped and with only the slightest wear at the extremities. First impression, first state, Binding 'A' (with "First published 1964" on the copyright page and Japanese gilt characters on the front board). Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 188 x 127 mm.). 255, [1] pp. Publisher's black cloth effect paper over boards, front cover with gilt kanji, spine lettered in silver, bamboo patterned endpapers. Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping.
"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." The twelfth novel in the James Bond series and the last Bond novel published while Fleming was still alive, featuring Kissy Suzuki, tries to heal Bond's wounded heart and bears him the only child we are aware of after Bond kills Ernst Blofeld, is affected by amnesia, and lives with her as a fisherman in Japan.
Gilbert, A12a, 1.1. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
"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." The twelfth novel in the James Bond series and the last Bond novel published while Fleming was still alive, featuring Kissy Suzuki, tries to heal Bond's wounded heart and bears him the only child we are aware of after Bond kills Ernst Blofeld, is affected by amnesia, and lives with her as a fisherman in Japan.
Gilbert, A12a, 1.1. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and his fellow operatives. M, unwilling to accept the loss of one of his best men, sends 007 to Japan for one last, near-impossible mission. But Japan proves to be Bond's downfall, leading him to a mysterious residence known as the 'Castle of Death' where he encounters an old enemy revitalized. All the omens suggest that this is the end for the British agent and, for once, even Bond himself seems unable to disagree...
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5162
- Title
- You Only Live Twice
- Author
- Fleming, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
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Pasadena, California
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