![]() ![]() In fact, a first Signet Diamonds Are Forever might be one of the hardest of all the James Bond paperbacks to locate. While copies of DAF with this cover art are among the legion of Signets that you can easily find out there, to find one that is a noted as a first edition on the copyright page is very tricky indeed. You'll note that Diamonds Are Forever came late (in November 1961), and was the first Signet to sport the new series look. paperback printings, although Moonraker and Casino Royale are the first paperbacks to be published in the U.S. Popular Librarys You Asked for It (released in April 1955) was the only edition to carry that title. Beginning with the movie adaptation of Dr No. It was the first of fourteen James Bond books which have gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide and be translated into 20 languages. His first novel, Casino Royale (1953), introduced spy hero, James Bond, agent 007, to the world. (The first four titles had already been released as pulps by Popular Library and Perma Books in the 1950s.) Signet's From Russia With Love, Doctor No, Goldfinger and For Your Eyes Only are the true first U.S. Ian Fleming was a British author and journalist. ![]() release, not in chronological order of the books themselves. I've laid out the Signets here in the unusual order of their original U.S. But before Signet unleashed their familiar paperback series, they released earlier editions with terrific covers that are now highly collectible. These mass produced books are how most Americans came to know James Bond 007. knows that the paperbacks released by Signet in the 1960s dominate the shelves of used bookstores. Anyone who has ever gone in search of second-hand copies of Ian Fleming's James Bond books in the U.S. ![]()
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