You Only Live Twice. FLEMING (Ian). [Very Good] [Hardcover]

First Edition, First Impression. 8vo. [194 x 133 x 25 mm]. 256pp. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, Japanese lettering to the front cover in gilt, the spine lettered in silver. In dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, not price-clipped showing 16s. net. (Spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed, with a slight lean to the spine, edges lightly foxed. The dust-wrapper with some browning to the spine and edges, short chips and tears to the head and foot, and a small sticker to the front inside flap). Some light foxing and the occasional stain, otherwise internally clean. A very good copy. The first state of the first impression, with ""First Published 1964"" on the copyright page. It is the last of the Bond novels to be published during the lifetime of Ian Fleming who died later that same year. The screen adaptation was released three years later starring Sean Connery.