What editions of the Fleming novels do you own?

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  • edited November 2021 Posts: 624
    Hey what's a few more items in the Bond collection gonna hurt? ;)

    I also only own one version of each film. Just the way I am.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Continuing with MR and DAF...

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    (L-R Top) Pan PB 1956, 21st Printing 1965; Pan PB 1956, 27th Printing 1976; Triad/Granada PB 1982
    (L-R Bottom) Coronet PB 1989; Coronet PB 19??; Penguin PB 2002, 2006 Reissue with an introduction; Penguin PB 2002

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    (L-R Top) Johnathan Cape HB 1956; Pan PB 1958, 20th Printing 1965; Pan PB 1958
    (L-R Bottom) Pan PB 1958; Pan PB 1958, 25th Printing 1972; Triad/Panther PB 1977, 1978 Reprint; Penguin Classics PB 2004
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Fantastic collection,Major. Looking forward to all your editions of YOLT.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Fantastic collection,Major. Looking forward to all your editions of YOLT.

    You're too kind. I have 9 copies of YOLT (incl. a near mint 1st edition), so something tells me that you will really like that post.
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    It's weird, there never was a reissue using the original first print covers?
  • I'm having a hell of a time trying to find the US Penguin edition of Octopussy and the Living Daylights I need to complete my collection of this series. I don't know why it's so hard to find. I ordered one on eBay, but it got lost in the mail and I'm waiting on a refund.

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    Risico007 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity How many did pick up the Quantum of Solace in 2008?I bought the 2006 Penguins and picked up the 2008 Quantum of solace even though I owned For your Eyes Only and The Living Daylights/ Octopussy

    I got it.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Stamper wrote: »
    It's weird, there never was a reissue using the original first print covers?

    Do you mean the Jonathan Cape first edition covers or the Pan first paperback printing covers?
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    Continuing with MR and DAF...


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    (L-R Top) Johnathan Cape HB 1956; Pan PB 1958, 20th Printing 1965; Pan PB 1958
    (L-R Bottom) Pan PB 1958; Pan PB 1958, 25th Printing 1972; Triad/Panther PB 1977, 1978 Reprint; Penguin Classics PB 2004

    Fantastic covers. The original hardback cover is my favourite of all the 1950s Fleming originals by far. I also love the Penguin classics one (bottom right) and I also have a soft spot for the Triad Panther 1982 gun-and-girl cover, as that was the first copy I owned.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Continuing with MR and DAF...


    9V63G18.jpeg
    (L-R Top) Johnathan Cape HB 1956; Pan PB 1958, 20th Printing 1965; Pan PB 1958
    (L-R Bottom) Pan PB 1958; Pan PB 1958, 25th Printing 1972; Triad/Panther PB 1977, 1978 Reprint; Penguin Classics PB 2004

    Fantastic covers. The original hardback cover is my favourite of all the 1950s Fleming originals by far. I also love the Penguin classics one (bottom right) and I also have a soft spot for the Triad Panther 1982 gun-and-girl cover, as that was the first copy I owned.

    +1

    It goes without saying how beautiful the original HBs are. I know that some fans think the Triad/Granada/Panther books of the late 70's and early 80's are on the gaudy side, but I don't agree with that. The Penguin Classics ones are nice too, I agree.
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    I meant the hardcover covers. It's weird it doesn't look like they reissued those covers even now.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I thought they reprinted with covers identical to the original Jonathan Cape HBs. I must have imagined it.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    I thought they reprinted with covers identical to the original Jonathan Cape HBs. I must have imagined it.

    Yes, they did. They were reprinted by Cape in quite a few editions though after a while some of the covers changed. In the 1980s there was also a facsimile set made of all the Cape Fleming Bond novels that is worth a fair penny today in complete form.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    I thought they reprinted with covers identical to the original Jonathan Cape HBs. I must have imagined it.

    Yes, they did. They were reprinted by Cape in quite a few editions though after a while some of the covers changed. In the 1980s there was also a facsimile set made of all the Cape Fleming Bond novels that is worth a fair penny today in complete form.

    Were they not reprinted in those original covers more recently? For some reason, I keep thinking around 2008. Around the time of the Ian Fleming centenary.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2021 Posts: 18,343
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    I thought they reprinted with covers identical to the original Jonathan Cape HBs. I must have imagined it.

    Yes, they did. They were reprinted by Cape in quite a few editions though after a while some of the covers changed. In the 1980s there was also a facsimile set made of all the Cape Fleming Bond novels that is worth a fair penny today in complete form.

    Were they not reprinted in those original covers more recently? For some reason, I keep thinking around 2008. Around the time of the Ian Fleming centenary.

    No, I think that was the hardback ones that featured the original Michael Gillette artwork of Bond women with the title interwoven on the women's bodies:

    https://www.popoptiq.com/michael-gillette-art-work-for-the-famous-bond-girls/
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    I thought they reprinted with covers identical to the original Jonathan Cape HBs. I must have imagined it.

    Yes, they did. They were reprinted by Cape in quite a few editions though after a while some of the covers changed. In the 1980s there was also a facsimile set made of all the Cape Fleming Bond novels that is worth a fair penny today in complete form.

    Were they not reprinted in those original covers more recently? For some reason, I keep thinking around 2008. Around the time of the Ian Fleming centenary.

    I think that was the hardback ones that featured the original Michael Gillette artwork of Bond women with the title interwoven on the women's bodies.

    Oh, yes. I remember those now. I must have been thinking of them, and not the original Jonathan Cape/Richard Chopping editions.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2021 Posts: 18,343
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    I thought they reprinted with covers identical to the original Jonathan Cape HBs. I must have imagined it.

    Yes, they did. They were reprinted by Cape in quite a few editions though after a while some of the covers changed. In the 1980s there was also a facsimile set made of all the Cape Fleming Bond novels that is worth a fair penny today in complete form.

    Were they not reprinted in those original covers more recently? For some reason, I keep thinking around 2008. Around the time of the Ian Fleming centenary.

    I think that was the hardback ones that featured the original Michael Gillette artwork of Bond women with the title interwoven on the women's bodies.

    Oh, yes. I remember those now. I must have been thinking of them, and not the original Jonathan Cape/Richard Chopping editions.

    Yes, I suppose that IFP wanted to commission something new and fresh for the 2008 Fleming Centenary. Still, I tend to prefer the older cover artwork, especially the Cape first editions and the classic 50s and 60s Pan paperback covers too. It may be psychological as the 60s Pan editions were the first ones I found in the mid-1990s when I was starting my Bond collection. That said, they are very beautiful and iconic covers too and that does no harm either.
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    Thanks Dragonpol, I will have to track those paperback reprints down.
  • edited November 2021 Posts: 624
    I'm having a hell of a time trying to find the US Penguin edition of Octopussy and the Living Daylights I need to complete my collection of this series. I don't know why it's so hard to find. I ordered one on eBay, but it got lost in the mail and I'm waiting on a refund.

    Finally it showed up yesterday. I'm glad I gave it another week before asking for a refund. My Penguin edition Fleming collection is now complete.

    So now I have a complete set of US Penguin editions Casino Royale through Octopussy and The Living Daylights, followed by The Blofeld Trilogy, the hardcovers of Carte Blanche, Solo, and Forever and a Day.

    Eventually I want to get Colonel Sun through the Benson novels, but I am unsure of which editions to get. I'll have to research it a bit.

    I also need to get Devil May Care, Trigger Mortis, and Horowitz #3 when it comes out.
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    Mine are simple paperbacks with simple designs, I went out of my way to collect all the same-looking ones because I need uniformity. I can post a picture of the collection later
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I'm having a hell of a time trying to find the US Penguin edition of Octopussy and the Living Daylights I need to complete my collection of this series. I don't know why it's so hard to find. I ordered one on eBay, but it got lost in the mail and I'm waiting on a refund.

    Finally it showed up yesterday. I'm glad I gave it another week before asking for a refund. My Penguin edition Fleming collection is now complete.

    So now I have a complete set of US Penguin editions Casino Royale through Octopussy and The Living Daylights, followed by The Blofeld Trilogy, the hardcovers of Carte Blanche, Solo, and Forever and a Day.

    Eventually I want to get Colonel Sun through the Benson novels, but I am unsure of which editions to get. I'll have to research it a bit.

    I also need to get Devil May Care, Trigger Mortis, and Horowitz #3 when it comes out.

    I wouldn't mind a copy of the Blofeld Trilogy, and Carte Blanche in hardcover. Sounds like you have a great collection!
  • edited November 2021 Posts: 624
    Thanks! It's a small collection if I'm being modest but I have the ones that matter- Ian Fleming's, and a few others I've bought that I just happened upon.

    I would post a picture but I don't use flickr or any other photo hosting service and MI6 doesn't let you upload pictures directly.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Thanks! It's a small collection if I'm being modest but I have the ones that matter- Ian Fleming's, and a few others I've bought that I just happened upon.

    I would post a picture but I don't use flickr or any other photo hosting service and MI6 doesn't let you upload pictures directly.

    Yes it's real annoying. I use Facebook to get photos on here.
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    I specifically bought every one of them with these cool minimalist designs. Really love them:

    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/515w4-Ea--L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
    When Bond's blood ripples in the water near the end of NTTD, I immediately thought of this cover.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I specifically bought every one of them with these cool minimalist designs. Really love them:

    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/515w4-Ea--L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
    When Bond's blood ripples in the water near the end of NTTD, I immediately thought of this cover.

    That’s the set I have as well. Did you get Diamond Smugglers and Thrilling Cities as well?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thanks! It's a small collection if I'm being modest but I have the ones that matter- Ian Fleming's, and a few others I've bought that I just happened upon.

    I would post a picture but I don't use flickr or any other photo hosting service and MI6 doesn't let you upload pictures directly.

    Yes it's real annoying. I use Facebook to get photos on here.

    Is that just if you use the Facebook sign-in app for MI6 Community? I used to use the Twitter sign-in app for the forum until I encountered problems with it and eventually got my account switched to just the ordinary forum sign-in option.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Thanks! It's a small collection if I'm being modest but I have the ones that matter- Ian Fleming's, and a few others I've bought that I just happened upon.

    I would post a picture but I don't use flickr or any other photo hosting service and MI6 doesn't let you upload pictures directly.

    Yes it's real annoying. I use Facebook to get photos on here.

    Is that just if you use the Facebook sign-in app for MI6 Community? I used to use the Twitter sign-in app for the forum until I encountered problems with it and eventually got my account switched to just the ordinary forum sign-in option.

    No, I use the regular sign-in for this forum. I just can post photos easily to Facebook from a computer or phone, viewable only to myself, and then on a computer I can get the URL link to that image and share it here.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Thanks! It's a small collection if I'm being modest but I have the ones that matter- Ian Fleming's, and a few others I've bought that I just happened upon.

    I would post a picture but I don't use flickr or any other photo hosting service and MI6 doesn't let you upload pictures directly.

    Yes it's real annoying. I use Facebook to get photos on here.

    Is that just if you use the Facebook sign-in app for MI6 Community? I used to use the Twitter sign-in app for the forum until I encountered problems with it and eventually got my account switched to just the ordinary forum sign-in option.

    No, I use the regular sign-in for this forum. I just can post photos easily to Facebook from a computer or phone, viewable only to myself, and then on a computer I can get the URL link to that image and share it here.

    Ah, I see. Thanks for that, @NickTwentyTwo. I'll have to try that some time. It's one way to get around the difficulty of uploading personal photos here.
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I specifically bought every one of them with these cool minimalist designs. Really love them:

    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/515w4-Ea--L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
    When Bond's blood ripples in the water near the end of NTTD, I immediately thought of this cover.

    That’s the set I have as well. Did you get Diamond Smugglers and Thrilling Cities as well?

    I didn’t! How are they?
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited November 2021 Posts: 7,593
    To my shame I haven't read them yet! Keep an eye out, though, as there are editions that'll match your set.

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