At the time, Fleming commented, "let us hope they [Daily Express] don't murder the book too much before your [Cape's] publication date". As a boy, Fleming devoured the Bulldog Drummond tales of Lieutenant Colonel Herman Cyril McNeile (aka "Sapper") and the Richard Hannay stories of John Buchan. This was much reported in the British press, [23] and the publication of From Russia, with Love was accompanied by a promotional campaign that capitalised on Fleming's raised public profile. A few small spot to top edge, binding quite fresh with bright lettering, dust-wrapper has benefited from some discreet professional restoration. James Bond appears to have responded by sending Fleming a reciprocal gift for the following letter thanks him for a "tremendously impressive" bottle which would be kept "in the office in case either I or my secretary feel faint with over-work".

As an added incentive, Tatiana will provide the British agent with a Spektor decoder, a prize much coveted by the British Secret Service. The narrative describes Grant as an immobile man, lying by a swimming pool, waiting to be massaged; it has no direct connection to the main storyline. Nevertheless, "Dulles liked Bond because the series was an unashamed celebration of the spy business. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material.Bond plays dead on the floor, having mostly protected himself from the bullet, and slips a knife out from his attaché case, which he uses to stab Grant to death as Grant steps over him to kill Tatiana. Benson identifies Bond's fear when the flight to Istanbul encounters severe turbulence from a storm, and notes Bond's apparent nervousness when he first meets Romanova; he seems concerned and guilty about his mission. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation of vengeance, interrogation, torture and death, and in particular their fearsome executioner Red Grant. Casino Royale (1953) • Live and Let Die (1954) • Moonraker (1955) • Diamonds are Forever (1956) • From Russia with Love (1957) • Dr. The first adventure in the Folio Society editions of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ series, Enid Blyton’s The Enchanted Wood features Jonathan Burton’s enchanting illustrations and a new introduction by Michael Morpurgo.

Given that James Bond also had an address in Coatbridge, near Glasgow, it appears he was a Scot, further enhancing the serendipity. Their aim is to not only kill him, but destroy his reputation in a public scandal that will make MI6 look bad in the public eye. As with several of his works, Fleming appropriated the names or backgrounds of people he knew or had heard of for the story's characters: Red Grant, a Jamaican river guide—whom Fleming's biographer Andrew Lycett described as "a cheerful, voluble giant of villainous aspect"—was used for the half-German, half-Irish assassin. The groundbreaking debut novel of Hugo Award-winning author Becky Chambers, one of the most imaginative voices in contemporary science fiction, is a truly galactic limited edition. Although Fleming did not date the event within his novels, John Griswold and Henry Chancellor—both of whom wrote books for Ian Fleming Publications—have identified different timelines based on events and situations within the novel series as a whole.This was the first James Bond short story to appear in the United Kingdom and was not published in a book-form edition until April 1960. The same month the diver Lionel Crabb had gone missing on a mission to photograph the propeller of the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze while the ship was moored in Portsmouth Harbour, an incident that was much reported and discussed in British newspapers.

The collection comprises the first appearances in print of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (first issue not included) and From a View to a Kill, the latter published here under the alternative title Murder Before Breakfast, together with the first complete serial publication of From Russia, With Love, the opening paragraphs of which were previously published as Visitor in the magazine Now and Then in late February/early March (Gilbert, p. This is the personal copy of John Alden, founder and chairman of The Alden Press (Oxford) Limited, the printer of this and many James Bond titles, and is accompanied by a statement to this effect signed by his son and heir.Together with two typed letters signed from Fleming to James Bond, 2 leaves (253 x 202 mm), headed notepaper ("4, Old Mitre Court, Fleet Street, E. The cultural historian Jeremy Black points out that From Russia, with Love was written and published at a time when tensions between East and West were on the rise and public awareness of the Cold War was high. The first great English detective novel, Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone is presented in a Folio Society limited edition of 750 numbered copies. Fleming's short stories were heavily promoted by his agent Peter Janson-Smith prior to their appearances in book form, a practice Fleming both acknowledged and defended in his writings to his publisher. Charmed Life arrives in an explosion of magic in this edition illustrated by Alison Bryant and introduced by Katherine Rundell.