FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights.FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape. 1966. 8vo. Publishers dark brown cloth, lettered in silver to front board and spine (Gilbert Binding A), illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping with the publishers price sticker of 16s to front flap, patterned grey endpapers; pp. 94, [1, (final page of text), [1, (blank)]; a little scuffing to front of jacket, sunning to jacket spine, slight pushing to cloth at

FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape. 1966.

8vo. Publisher’s dark brown cloth, lettered in silver to front board and spine (Gilbert Binding A), illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping with the publisher’s price sticker of 16s to front flap, patterned grey endpapers; pp. 94, [1, (final page of text), [1, (blank)]; a little scuffing to front of jacket, sunning to jacket spine, slight pushing to cloth at crown and base of spine; near fine.

First edition, third issue (identical to first edition, first issue but with the updated publisher’s price sticker to flyleaf).

“From Jamaica, paradise of sunshine and exotic fish, to Berlin, cold grim city of stealth, James Bond pursues two strangely heroic enemies of the Secret Service.” (blurb)
Octopussy is more a tale of moral reckoning than other novels of its oeuvre with the narrative revolving around the iconic spy's investigation into the war crimes of retired British military officer, Major Dexter Smythe. The Living Daylights exposes the complexity of espionage work with Bond assisting a British agent attempting to defect from East Berlin during the Cold War.

Octopussy was adapted into a film in 1983, starring Roger Moore as Bond. Also joining the movie franchise, The Living Daylights, released in 1987, stars Timothy Dalton in his first appearance as the legendary protagonist.

Gilbert, A14a.(1.4)

SKU: 2124538