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PENGUIN UK Paperbacks 2002
Cover photography by Toby McFarlan Pond

To coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the completion of CASINO ROYALE in 1952, Penguin Books Limited published the entire Ian Fleming James Bond series on 4th April 2002, with 007 IN NEW YORK making its UK book debut as part of the OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS anthology. The short story was originally first published in the New York Herald Tribune in October 1963 as ‘Agent 007 in New York’, but was subsequently renamed 007 IN NEW YORK and included the 1964 US edition of Thrilling Cities - a collection of travelogues written by Ian Fleming in 1959/60.

007 IN NEW YORK was first printed in the UK when it appeared in The Sunday Times Magazine supplement on 7th November 1999 accompanied by a specially commissioned illustration by Lyndon Hayes. The magazine itself sported a cover by James Bond poster artist Robert McGinnis.

CASINO ROYALE Penguin paperback 2002 LIVE AMD LET DIE Penguin paperback 2002 MOONRAKER Penguin paperback 2002

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Penguin paperback 2002

CASINO ROYALE

LIVE AND LET DIE MOONRAKER

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Penguin paperback 2002 DR. NO Penguin paperback 2002 GOLDFINGER Penguin paperback 2002

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Penguin paperback 2002

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE DR. NO GOLDFINGER

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

THUNDERBALL Penguin paperback 2002 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME Penguin paperback 2002 ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE Penguin paperback 2002

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Penguin paperback 2002

THUNDERBALL THE SPY WHO LOVED ME ON HER MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN Penguin paperback 2002 OCTOPUSSY & THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Penguin paperback 2002

James Bond Penguin anniversary paperbacks box-set 2002

THE MAN WITH THE
GOLDEN GUN
OCTOPUSSY &
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
James Bond Penguin anniversary paperbacks box-set 2002

The new paperbacks were released simultaneously with the Anniversary hardback editions that shared the same abstract wraparound photographic covers by Toby McFarland Pond. The hardbacks had just 1,000 copies printed for each title and retailed at £17.99; whereas the paperbacks were priced at £5.99 (later rising to £7.99) and had a larger print run for each title ranging from 5,000 to 8,500 copies. In 2002 a Limited Edition box set of 2,000 copies was also produced exclusively for the UK high street retail store Past Times.

PENGUIN Classics/PENGUIN Modern Classics 2002-2006

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, DR. NO & GOLDFINGER Penguin classics paperback CASINO ROYALE, LIVE AND LET DIE & MOONRAKER Penguin classics paperback

Penguin Books also released two collections each containing three Ian Fleming James Bond novels; in 2002 FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, DR. NO and GOLDFINGER were published, followed a year later by CASINO ROYALE, LIVE AND LET DIE and MOONRAKER.

The novels and short story collections were then later re-branded and incorporated into the ‘Penguin Modern Classics’ range and released in two waves starting with 10 novels on June 3, 2004, the remaining four titles were published on October 5, 2006. Some of the new paperbacks featured publicity photographs of Sean Connery; whilst others used stock library photographs. A box set containing the 10 novels already issued as Modern Classics was produced in 2004 for discount publisher Ted Smart/The Book People Limited.

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE,
DR. NO & GOLDFINGER
Published 4th April 2002
CASINO ROYALE, LIVE AND
LET DIE & MOONRAKER
Published 29th May 2003
CASINO ROYALE Penguin Modern Classics paperback LIVE AND LET DIE Penguin Modern Classics paperback MOONRAKER Penguin Modern Classics paperback

CASINO ROYALE
Published 3rd June 2004

LIVE AND LET DIE
Published 3rd June 2004
MOONRAKER
Published 3rd June 2004

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Published 3rd June 2004

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE Penguin Modern Classics paperback DR. NO Penguin Modern Classics paperback GOLDFINGER Penguin Modern Classics paperback

THUNDERBALL Penguin Modern Classics paperback

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Published 3rd June 2004
DR. NO
Published 3rd June 2004
GOLDFINGER
Published 3rd June 2004

THUNDERBALL
Published 3rd June 2004

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE Penguin Modern Classics paperback YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Penguin Modern Classics paperback FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Penguin Modern Classics paperback

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME Penguin Modern Classics paperback

ON HER MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE
Published 3rd June 2004
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
Published 3rd June 2004
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Published 5th October 2006
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Published 5th October 2006
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN Penguin Modern Classics paperback OCTOPUSSY & THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Penguin Modern Classics paperback

TEN GREAT IAN FLEMING JAMES BOND NOVELS

TEN GREAT IAN FLEMING JAMES BOND NOVELS

THE MAN WITH THE
GOLDEN GUN
Published 5th October 2006
OCTOPUSSY &
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
Published 5th October 2006
TEN GREAT IAN FLEMING JAMES BOND NOVELS
2004
Produced for discount publisher Ted Smart/The Book People Ltd.
 

PENGUIN Modern Classics 2008 Ian Fleming Centenary editions

CASINO ROYALE Penguin Modern Classics paperback LIVE AND LET DIE Penguin Modern Classics paperback MOONRAKER Penguin Modern Classics paperback

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Penguin Modern Classics paperback

CASINO ROYALE

LIVE AND LET DIE MOONRAKER

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Penguin Modern Classics paperback DR. NO Penguin Modern Classics paperback GOLDFINGER Penguin Modern Classics paperback

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Penguin Modern Classics paperback

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE DR. NO GOLDFINGER

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

THUNDERBALL Penguin Modern Classics paperback THE SPY WHO LOVED ME Penguin Modern Classics paperback ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE Penguin Modern Classics paperback

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Penguin Modern Classics paperback

THUNDERBALL THE SPY WHO LOVED ME ON HER MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN Penguin Modern Classics paperback OCTOPUSSY & THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Penguin Modern Classics paperback CASINO ROYALE. LIVE AND LET DIE & MOONRAKER Penguin Modern Classics paperback FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, DR. NO & GOLDFINGER Penguin Modern Classics paperback
THE MAN WITH THE
GOLDEN GUN
OCTOPUSSY &
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
CASINO ROYALE, LIVE AND
LET DIE & MOONRAKER
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE,
DR. NO & GOLDFINGER

The 2008 Ian Fleming Centenary saw Penguin Books republish the author's works again under the ‘Modern Classics’ imprint. All previous novels and short story collections were reprinted with slightly revised covers, although most simply cropped the existing photograph differently. The publicity photographs of Sean Connery were changed, with THUNDERBALL now using a still from You Only Live Twice (1967) – reproduced the wrong way round! All nine short stories were also included in a separate paperback published on 28th May 2008 under the title QUANTUM OF SOLACE. 10,000 copies were printed of the new omnibus and marked the first time that all Ian Fleming's James Bond short stories had been collected in one volume. A hardcover edition limited to 5,000 copies was issued concurrently with the October 2008 second paperback version.

A further omnibus containing THUNDERBALL, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE followed on 1st October 2009 under the title The Blofeld Trilogy. QUANTUM OF SOLACE was republished again on 30th October 2008 with a new cover to tie in with the release of Daniel Craig's second film as James Bond which was released in the UK on the same day.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE The complete James Bond Short Stories Penguin Modern Classics paperback The Blofeld Trilogy Penguin Modern Classics paperback

QUANTUM OF SOLACE The complete James Bond Short Stories Penguin Modern Classics paperback

 
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
The Complete James Bond
Short Stories

Published 28th May 2008
The Blofeld Trilogy
THUNDERBALL, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE & YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
Published 1st October 2009
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
The Complete James Bond
Short Stories

Published 30th October 2008
 

Other PENGUIN standalone editions

CASINO ROYALE Penguin film tie-in paperback

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE Smirnoff Vodka promotional edition CASINO ROYALE Popular Penguin Edition

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Popular Penguin Edition

CASINO ROYALE [Film tie-in]
Published 26th October 2006
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE
Smirnoff Vodka
Promotional Edition
Published 31st May 2007
CASINO ROYALE
Popular Penguin Edition
Published 2009 in Australia
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE
Popular Penguin Edition
Published 2010 in Australia

Penguin Books also published several other Ian Fleming novels which did not form part of an existing collection. These standalone titles included a film tie-in edition of CASINO ROYALE which was published on October 26, 2006 to coincide with the release of Daniel Craig's debut as James Bond. This paperback represented the first true tie-in of an Ian Fleming novel since THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN was published as a PAN paperback in 1974. All subsequent tie-ins from different publishers had been based on the screenplay of the film and not Ian Fleming's original source novel.

In 2007 Penguin Classics issued FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE in an edition intended as a promotional giveaway to advertise Smirnoff Black Number 55 Vodka. As James Bond was famously a drinker of vodka martinis, the inside rear cover also printed the recipes for two classic cocktails. CASINO ROYALE and FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE then appeared in Australia in 2009/2010 as Popular Penguin paperbacks. This collection of classic novels all had a common jacket design, honouring the simple style of the first paperbacks Penguin ever produced.

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Penguin Decades Edition

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Penguin Mini Modern Classics FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE Penguin Modern Classics  
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE
Decades Edition
Published 1st April 2010
Cover art by Peter Blake
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
Penguin Modern Classics
Published 15th February 2011
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE
Penguin Modern Classics
Crime and Espionage series
Published 6th June 2024
Cover design by Mathew Young

On April 1, 2010 FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE was issued once more as part of Penguin's ‘Decades’ series, which celebrated the publisher's 75th anniversary. The series consisted of five seminal novels from each decade from the 1950s to the 1980s. Sporting a stylish new cover by renowned pop artist Sir Peter Blake, this paperback had a print-run of only 5,000 copies. Penguin later celebrated the 50th Anniversary of their ‘Modern Classics’ range with the publication of a paperback edition of THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. The ‘Mini Modern Classics’ series represented the best short fiction from the Penguin back catalogue, with 50 titles printed - one from each year of the series history. With another small print run of just 5,000 copies, the 90-page paperback also included Ian Fleming's 1959 short story FROM A VIEW TO A KILL. The series was also issued as a deluxe box set containing all 50 titles and priced at £150.

On November 16, 2023 Ian Fleming Publications announced that FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE would be reissued by Penguin Books in June 2024 as part of their ‘Modern Classics Crime and Espionage’ series.

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