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YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY IAN FLEMING

FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. (London): Jonathan Cape, (1964). Octavo, original black cloth, patterned endpapers, original dust jacket. Housed in custom half-morocco clamshell box.

First edition, inscribed on the flyleaf: “To Sandy For his great help From Ian.” A fine copy.

The 12th novel in Fleming’s James Bond series finds 007 devastated after the death of his wife, on a last-chance mission in Japan to salvage his career and his life. The Japanese characters on the book’s cover and dust jacket are a translation of the book’s title, from a haiku by the Japanese poet Basho. The preferred first state, with “First published 1964” on copyright page. Biondi & Pickard, 49. Dust jacket price clipped. Fine condition.