Editore: Jonathan Cape, London, 1966
Da: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition of the fourteenth novel in Ian Flemingâs James Bond series. Octavo, original brown cloth with silver titles. Signed by eighteen cast members of the 1983 film adaptation of OctopussyÂon the half-title page and facing page, including: Roger Moore, director John Glen, Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn, Vijay Armitraj, Eva Rueber-Staier, Andy Bradford, Jeremy Bulloch, Steven Berkoff, Carole Ashby, Alison Worth, Mary Stavin, Joni Flynn, Safira Afzal, Janine Andrews, Helene Hunt, Tina Simmons, and Peter Lamont. Additionally signed and inscribed by thirteen cast members of the 1987 film adaptation of The Living Daylights, including: Maryam D'Abo, Virginia Hey, Caroline Bliss, Catherine Rabett, Frederick Warder, Julie T Wallace, Andreas Wisniewski, John Bowe, Thomas Wheatley, Glyn Baker, Antony Carrick, Femi Gardner and Karen Seeberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Accompanied by magazine clippings of the cast, postcards, newspaper clippings, and a bookmark of a film frame from The Living Daylights laid in. Housed in a custom embossed black cloth clamshell box. A unique example. Published posthumously, Octopussy and The Living Daylights marks Ian Fleming's final contribution to the legacy of his iconic creation, 007 James Bond. These four tales of intrigue are a novel gaze into the deepest character of Bond. The two original stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights", were both adapted for publication in comic strip format in the Daily Express in 1966â"1967. Elements from the stories have also been used in the Eon Productions Bond films. The first, Octopussy, starring Roger Moore as James Bond, was released in 1983 as the thirteenth film in the series and provided the back story for the film Octopussy's family, while "The Property of a Lady" was more closely adapted for an auction sequence in the film. The Living Daylights, released in 1987, was the fifteenth Bond film produced by Eon and starred Timothy Dalton in his first appearance as Bond. "007 in New York", provided character and plot elements for the first two films starring Daniel Craig as Bond, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.