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Welcome to 52 Weeks of 007, the 2019 edition. This is a weekly look (every Wednesday) at vintage (and some contemporary) James Bond book covers. We’ll be looking at the original Bond books by creator Ian Fleming, mainly through paperback editions. Books will be presented in chronological order, one title at a time. • Ian Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me (the tenth in the series) is one of his worst books; Bond doesn’t even show up in it until around page 100, and then it’s practically a drive-through appearance. If I would have been reading these as they came out, I would have definitely thought Fleming had lost his love for 007. Originally published in 1962, the year Dr. No hit movie theaters, this story almost seems like an obligation to a publisher, or at the very least a book cranked out just to keep the yearly run going. Fleming would recover; I love the 2-part On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. Say what you will about this book, it still has a great title and it was made into the very best Roger Moore movie (which, for me, isn’t saying much; I find all the Moore movies too jokey and punny and they do not hold up over time), a film that had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the book. This edition is the first American paperback from Signet in 1963. Swipe for a close-up! • I only have two covers for this one … so next week we’re done with The Spy Who Loved Me! • Please follow me for more Bondian magic each week! #52weeksof007 #jamesbond #007 #thespywholovedme #ianfleming #vintagepaperbacks #vintage #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #paperbacks @ianflemings007

Welcome to 52 Weeks of 007, the 2019 edition. This is a weekly look (every Wednesday) at vintage (and some contemporary) James Bond book covers. We’ll be looking at the original Bond books by creator Ian Fleming, mainly through paperback editions. Books will be presented in chronological order, one title at a time. • Our adventure in the warm blue waters of Thunderball comes to an end this week, with the most recent version of the book I have: The Folio Society reissue with art once again by the incredible @faydalton_illustration This is the Society’s latest Ian Fleming book (there’s more to come, I hope!) and it, along with the illustrations, are as beautiful as ever. Swipe for a few of the full-color pieces of art in this book. I look forward to the next Folio Society Bond book, hopefully by the end of the year. • Next week: The Spy Who Loved Me, a bump in the road heading to Fleming’s last few Bond novels. • Please follow me for more Bondian magic each week! #52weeksof007 #jamesbond #007 #thunderball #ianfleming #vintagepaperbacks #vintage #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #paperbacks @foliosociety @faydalton_illustration @ianflemings007

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Welcome to 52 Weeks of 007, the 2019 edition. This is a weekly look (every Wednesday) at vintage (and some contemporary) James Bond book covers. We’ll be looking at the original Bond books by creator Ian Fleming, mainly through paperback editions. Books will be presented in chronological order, one title at a time. • We’re back with our penultimate post on Thunderball, featuring the amazing photo-illustration work of Richie Fahey once again. Thunderball is not my favorite Fleming book, nor is it my favorite 007 movie. The “ground-breaking” underwater photography touted when the film first came out was, indeed, just that. But it was also very slow and boring to me then and now. Thunderball the movie—again, to me—is a bit too over-the-top, bigger, badder, Bonder, than Goldfinger. But we’re here to talk about book covers, aren’t we? I love this cover. When these first came out beginning in 2002, I couldn’t wait for the next one. Luckily, they came out 3 at a time as the originals were reissued (with an additional one, Quantum of Solace, coming out in conjunction with the movie in 2008, and never before released in book-form). But I’m getting ahead of myself. • Next week: The Folio Society strikes again! • Please follow me for more Bondian magic each week! #52weeksof007 #jamesbond #007 #thunderball #ianfleming #vintagepaperbacks #vintage #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #paperbacks @ianflemings007

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Posted on December 25, 2015December 18, 2015 in Photos, Travel

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Merry Christmas from Covent Garden and what is quite possibly my favorite Christmas photo ever (that I took, that is). London, UK. Nov. 2014.

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