The Illustrated 007

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This thread is dedicated to the artwork and illustrations of James Bond in books, magazines and posters. Especially the strange bits and pieces, that are not published often or the plain nerdy things like the differences between book printing 1 and 7...

Have fun, Thanks.

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Art of Thunderball - Part 1

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In 1965 the artists Robert McGinnis and Frank McCarthy created the artwork for Thunderball. This illustration was rarely used due to it's sexual undertones:

1 is the original, painter by McGinnis.

2 is the toned-down version.

3 was used in an italian insert style poster.

4 comes from the official Thunderball letterhead by the production company.

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Art of Thunderball - Part 2

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I always loved the underwater battle in Thunderball. It was captured perfectly by Frank McCarthy for the 'Look up, look down, look out' campaign - said Peter Lorenz, world famous collector of 007. There are three interesting variations to the illustration:

1 is the original, used in most of the posters by Frank McCarthy.

2 shows the underwaterbattle from the reversed angle, the bad guys in the front. This comes from the Thunderball board game published by Milton Bradly in 1964.

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3 is taken from a French poster: It's the reversed scenario with Connery superimposed on top.

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Art of Thunderball - Part 3

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More variations for the same illustration, this time the "Look Up" series:

1 is the orginal used in the posters & campaign

2 is taken from a puzzle. The interesting part: Another artist completed the image with a castle in the backgound.

3 is one of my favourite Thunderball artwork: It's wasn't used in the orginal release campaign of the film but surfaced in the 80ies on a VHS video cover. The Spyguise shop released a limited edition print in the 90ies.

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Art of Thunderball - Part 4

Variations of the "Look Out" artwork:

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1 is a concept sketch by McGinnis, note that Conery wears a scuba mask and the figures had a different position initally. This scan is taken from Thomas Nixdorf's excellent book "Licence to Thrill".

2 is the normal artwork used in all posters

3 is a rarely used illustration, it was featured in the German poster and a rare us release poster only. This scan comes from a french Sean Connery biography book.

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Art of Thunderball - Part 5

The classic Bond pose

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The interesting thing about this artwork is the pose itself: It is the first time that the classic bond pose is used. In the campaigns for Dr No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger we never see the full figure. This is the first time and was used ever since.

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Book covers: The Coronet Editions - Part 1

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Starting in 1988 Corenet Books / Hodder and Stoughton re-released all Ian Fleming novels plus Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis.

I quite like this set of illustrations as they capture the spirit of the books quite well.

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Book covers: The Coronet Editions - Part 2
More Coronet Books:

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Books by John Gardner and Raymond Benson were done in the same design. Strangely not all of them or I simply have not found them so far.


If anyone has more editions from this series, please let me know.

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Book covers: The First Pan Editions 1

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The first cover for Casino Royale is the very first paperback edition of Casino Royale, published in 1955 by Pan. The series number on the spine is "334" . Cover by Roger Hall

The cover looks so innocent and nice to me, also very American. Bond looks pretty blonde in this cover.

That was changed in the third printing of the novel 1958 (Pan G198).Cover by Sam Peffer. Now Bond looks (well more or less) like described by Fleming with the famous "black comma"


Moonraker: Pan 392, First Printing 1956, Cover by Josh Kirby

Moonraker: Pan G216, Fifth Printing 1961, Cover by Sam Peffer

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Book covers: The First Pan Editions 2

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The second lot of the early Pan editions.
I really love collecting these books. Despite reading them, I really like the covers and how Bond and the style changes over the years. It's like looking back into the 50ies and 60ies.

Although Bond itself is pretty timeless (Kind of always 32), his apperance changes with the times.


Live and Let Die: Pan GP 83, First Printing 1957

From Russia With Love: G229, First Printing 1959, Cover by Sam Peffer

Diamonds Are Forever: Pan G101, Second Printing 1956, Cover by Rex Archer

Dr No: Pan G335, First Printing 1960, Cover by Sam Peffer

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3D 007

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The 3 dimensional Bond:

Illustration from James Bond Games

1 is from the game 'Nightfire'.

2 is from 'Agent Under Fire'.

3 is from 'From Russia With Love'.

4 is from 'Everything or Nothing'.

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Early Pan Covers: The Red Spine Series

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Variations of the same book.
Pan changed their cover designs slightly between 1961 and 1963.

Casino Royale
10th printing 1962, price tag 2'6

Casino Royale
12th printing 1963, price tag 3'6

Live And Let Die
GP 83, 6th printing 1961, price tag 2'6, Cover by Rex Archer

Live And Let Die
10th printing 1963, price tag 3'6

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Sean Connery in Classic Bond Pose

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1 The Bond Film Festival, used for several 007 films around 1975 -
artist unknown - does somebody know, who did this?

2 You Only live twice - McGinnis 1967

3 From Russia With Love - by Renato Fratini 1963

4 Thunderball - McGinnis 1965

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5 Exclusive illustration by McGinnis for a Bond exhibition
in Germany approx 1998

6 Dr No - Italian re-issue. Artist unknown.

7 Diamond Are Forever, Italian - by Averado Ciriello 1971

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James Bond Cover Art: Records

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Cover illustration from an Italian record 'Musiche Dai Film Di James Bond'

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The credits for the illustration are 'Boccadoro', released 1979.

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Pan Covers: Moonraker G12

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Top: Pan G216, 6th Printing 1961

Bottom: G216, 10th Printing 1962

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Pan Covers: Diamonds Are Forever

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Top: G101, 6th Printing 1961

Bottom: x235, 10 Printing 1963

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Pan Covers: From Russia With Love

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Top: Pan G229, 6th Printing 1961

Bottom: Pan G229, 8th Printing 1962

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Pan Cover: Dr. No

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Pan G335, 4th Printing 1961

I'm still looking for edition with the yellow bar at the bottom, if anyone has it, please contact me.

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Pan Covers: Goldfinger

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Top: G445, 6th Printing 1962, Cover by Pat Owen
Bottom: G445, First Printing 1959

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Pan Covers: For your eyes only

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Pan G551, Third Printing 1962, Cover by J. Oval

I'm wondering, if there is also a cover of this with the bottom bar showing the Bond head similar to the previous ones.

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Bond Record Cover Art: Thunderball

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It's from the sixties. I like the unusal take on the key Thunderball artworks.

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Danish James Bond Comics 1965-1967


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More Danish 007 Comics 1968-1972


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Danish Bond Comics: 1973 -1975


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The Spy Who Came In With The Gold

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Ian Fleming: The spy who came in with the gold
A biograhy by Henry A. Zeiger
Popular Libray Toronto 1965

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Alias James Bond - The Life Of Ian Fleming

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Alias James Bond - The Life of Ian Fleming
John Pearson
Bantam Books 1967

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Popular Science and Bond

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Edition of 'Popular Science', January 1966

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Danish James Bond Cover


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Fantasic Dr. No Cover from a Danish Comic.

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Casino Royale

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'Bestsellers' Magazine 1982
The Full Casino Royale novel as a magazine sold at British news stands.

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Spot the difference


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Cover for James Bond Role Playing Game.

Victory Games release a set of Role Playing Game books in 1983, this is one of the first.

They used the 'Spy Who Loved Me' artwork as an inspiration.

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You Only Live Twice: Little Nellie


Illustration of Little Nellie from the 1967 Airfix Model box-

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The Original from Frank McCarthy used for the poster campaign-

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You Only Live Twice: The Others


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Bantam: Casino Royale

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Casino Royale US Bantam Edition May 1971

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Bantam: Moonraker


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Moonraker: US Bantam Edition March 73

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Bantam: Colonel Sun


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Colonel Sun: US Bantam Edition May 69

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Bantam: From Russia With Love

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From Russia With Love: US Bantam Edition, May 71, second printing

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Bantam: Dr. No

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Dr. No: US Bantam Edition, July 71

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Bantam: Goldfinger


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Goldfinger: US Bantam Edition,
June 72

Illustration by Frank C. McCarthy, size 24"H x 14.75"W, medium Casein on board

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Jove Books


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Casino Royale, Jove July 1980
Live And Let Die, Jove June 1980
Diamonds Are Forever, Jove June 1981
Moonraker, Jove July 1981

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Dr. No, Jove May 1980
From Russia With Love, Jove March 1980
For Your Eyes Only, June 1981
Goldfinger, Jove February 1981

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The three faces of Dr No - Coronet books

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Three variations of the Dr. No edition by Coronet. No xth Printing info, only "First Published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback in 1989.

First has a white "Ian Fleming on the cover and the number '10' on the printing page.

Second has a silver Ian Fleming and the number ;10 9 8 7' on the printing page

The Third has a new cover and '10 9' - whatever that means.

Are there any alternative covers from coronet out there?

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Dr. No : Chilean Edition

Dr. No by Albon International Inc, Panama, 1967 edition from Zig Zag.

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The Real James Bonds

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1) Birds of the West Indies, by James Bond, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, first US edition 1961

2) How 007 Got His Name by Mary Wickham Bond, Collins, London 1966

3) You Only Live Once by Ivar Bryce, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1984

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James Bond: The Authorised Biography


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James Bond: The Authorised Biography, John Pearson
Pan Paperback Edition, 1975
Grafton Books, 1986
Century Hardcover Edition 2006

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Grove Press, 1986
Morrow, 1973
Sidgwick & Jackson, UK 1973

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'De Geautoriseerde Biografie Van James Bond 007', Dutch Burna Publication, 1978

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The James Bond Files

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1. First Edition by Virgin, 1998
2. 2002 Edition by Virgin
3. 2000 Edition by Virgin

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Thunderball Souvenir Brochures - 1


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1) The Incredible World Of Thunderball, Corgi in Arrangement with Mervyn Brodie & Associates, 1965
2) 007 Japanese Brochure
3) Thunderball - Program Publishing Company New York, 1965

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Thunderball Souvenir Brochures - 2

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1) 007 Japanese Re-Issue Program, date unknown
2) James Bond In Thunderball, Sackville Publishing, 1965
3) Agent 007 i Ilden, Danish Souvenir Brochure, 1965

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The Spy Who Came In With The Gold


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Popular Libary / Duell, Sloane and Pearce Paperback edition, 1966 - printed in the US
Popular Libary / Duell, Sloane and Pearce Paperback edition, 1966 - printed in Canada
Hardback edition by Duell, Sloane and Pearce , second printing 1965

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Ian Fleming and his Creation


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Bond Bound: Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design, Published by the Ian Fleming foundation 2008, Catalogue for the Bond book exhibition in London

James Bond: The Man and his World, Henry Chancellor, Ian Fleming Publications, 2005

For Your Eyes Only, Ben Macintyre, Bloomsbury 2008, catalogue for the Bond Exhibition in the Emperial War Museum, London

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Pan Books: The White Series 1


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Casino Royale, 28th Printing 1969
Live And Let Die, 22nd Printing 1969
Moonraker, 25th Printing 1971

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Pan Books: The White Series 2

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Diamonds Are Forever, 23rd Printing 1970
From Russia With Love, 23rd Printing 1972
Dr.No, 21st Printing 1970

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Pan Books: The White Series 3


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Goldfinger, 21st Printing 1969
For Your Eyes Only, 17th Printing 1969
The Spy Who Loved Me, 7th Printing 1972

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