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Thunderball
Pan X201 (10th printing, 1964)
Ian Fleming
Cover design by Raymond Hawkey
To kick off my next 1,000 posts, it's time to go back and take a look at one of my old favourites: James Bond.
Though Thunderball was the 9th Fleming novel published, this was the first Pan edition designed by Hawkey, and it is a masterpiece of design. Along with the two die-cut bullet holes, It put Bond's name first and foremost on the book browser's mind.
The series of Bond novels I grew up reading weren't these versions, but rather the Panther 'girls and big guns' covers of the 1970s. I don't have any of those in my collection, unfortunately, but wouldn't turn them away if I found them.
Thunderball
Pan X201 (10th printing, 1964)
Ian Fleming
Cover design by Raymond Hawkey
To kick off my next 1,000 posts, it's time to go back and take a look at one of my old favourites: James Bond.
Though Thunderball was the 9th Fleming novel published, this was the first Pan edition designed by Hawkey, and it is a masterpiece of design. Along with the two die-cut bullet holes, It put Bond's name first and foremost on the book browser's mind.
The series of Bond novels I grew up reading weren't these versions, but rather the Panther 'girls and big guns' covers of the 1970s. I don't have any of those in my collection, unfortunately, but wouldn't turn them away if I found them.