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| Book Number | B0015258 |
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| Title | Thunderball |
| Author(s) | Author: Fleming, Ian [Lancaster] Ian [Lancaster] Fleming (1908 to 1964)—British author and journalist, born in Mayfair, London, best known for his twelve novels and nine short stories about James Bond. He also wrote the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two non-fiction books |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] —Book edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced 15s on the front flap with blurb about book and author which continues on the rear flap and photograph of the author on the lower panel Hardcover, 12 mo 195 mm (7 5/8 inches) by 132 mm (5 1/4 inches). [viii] and 9 to 254 printed pages in publisher's original black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped hand on the upper board, in dust jacket |
| Publisher(s) | Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1961 Jonathan Cape Limited—(Founded in 1919) British publisher founded in 1919 by Herbert Jonathan Cape (1879-1960), the son of a builder who started as an apprentice in the book trade. The company was initially named Jonathan Page and Company (Page was his mother's maiden name) and this changed to Jonathan Cape in 1921. Its most books and authors are probably: T. E. Lawrence, Arthur Ransome, the later Roald Dahl books, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, Fitzroy Maclean's Eastern Approaches, the James Bond series by Ian Fleming and more recently Anita Brookner, Margaret Atwood, Julian Barnes, Salman Rushdie. It is currently an imprint of Random House. |
| Series | Bond Series Number Nine Bond Series—A series of espionage novels and short stories (Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia, with Love. Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories), Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun and 1966 Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories) by Ian Fleming featuring Commander James Bond, (KCMG, RNVR), an officer of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). The film adaptations form longest running English language film franchise to date, starting with Dr. No in 1962. The series contains 14 books. The first book was originally published in 1953 and the last book was originally published in 1966 |
| Content | Content M sends Bond on a week vacation to the Shrublands health clinic where he meets Count Lippe, a member of the Red Lightning Tong criminal organisation who tries to kill him …. |
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