You Only Live Twice.
by FLEMING, Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'To Jonathan from Ian'. The identity of Jonathan has eluded us but obviously Fleming's use of a first name indicates a close friend.
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
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108812
- Title
- You Only Live Twice.
- Author
- FLEMING, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Jonathan Cape, March 1964.
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