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The Spy Who Loved Me  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

The Spy Who Loved Me - 1st Edition/1st Printing

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The Spy Who Loved Me - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Fleming, Ian

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London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, crisp dust-jacket without fading, vibrant and bright colors. Variant copy with printer's quad mark on the title page; Central character and narrator is "Vivienne Michel, " a young Canadian woman who ends up running a cheap motel in the Adirondack Mountains to pay for a trip through America. When issued, it was banned in some countries as the most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels. Basis for the movie with Roger Moore in his third James Bond role, Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) and Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg; 8vo ; [10], 11-221, [3] pages .

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‘He was about six feet tall, slim and fit. The eyes in the lean , slightly tanned face were a very clear grey-blue and as they observed the men they were cold and watchful. His good looks had a dangerous, almost cruel quality that had frightened me. But now I knew he could smile, I thought his face exciting, in a way no face had ever excited me before …’ Vivienne Michel is in trouble. Trying to escape her tangled past, she has run away to the American backwoods, winding up at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court. A far cry from the privileged world she was born to, the motel is also the destination of two hardened killers—the perverse Sol Horror and the deadly Sluggsy Morant. When a coolly charismatic Englishman turns up, Viv, in terrible danger, is not just hopeful, but fascinated. Because he is James Bond, 007; the man she hopes will save her, the spy she hopes will love her …

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Bookseller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
19955
Title
The Spy Who Loved Me - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Fleming, Ian
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1962
Keywords
Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Movie Movies, James Bond 007, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Flemming
Bookseller catalogs
James Bond; Legendary Authors / Fleming, Ian;

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