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PENGUIN BOOKS UK Paperbacks – VINTAGE 007

Published on September 6, 2012, The Complete James Bond Collection from Penguin Books under the ‘Vintage 007’ imprint, saw all Ian Fleming's Bond novels and short story anthologies collected once again with uniform covers. This time a simple graphic motif taken from the novel appeared on the retro style covers, and where one did not present itself, the designers resorted to using bullet holes. Random House creative director Suzanne Dean briefed the designers to be inspired by the famed American graphic designer Saul Bass (1920-1996). In 2013 the series added Fleming's two non-fiction books The Diamond Smugglers (1957) and Thrilling Cities (1963), and in 2015 a special edition of GOLDFINGER featuring an excerpt from the upcoming TRIGGER MORTIS by Anthony Horowitz. The continuation novel TRIGGER MORTIS is set in 1957, two weeks after the events of GOLDFINGER, and features the return of Pussy Galore.

2015 also saw the publication of The Spectre Trilogy - a collection of THUNDERBALL, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. The first James Bond continuation novel COLONEL SUN (1968) by Kingsley Amis [writing as Robert Markham] also joined the ‘Vintage 007’ series on October 15, 2015.

The final title in the Penguin ‘Vintage 007’ range was a reprint of CASINO ROYALE, issued on May 31, 2018 to coincide with the publication of FOREVER AND A DAY, the second continuation novel by Anthony Horowitz. FOREVER AND A DAY is a prequel to CASINO ROYALE and follows Bond as he earns his licence to kill and explores the origin story of Fleming’s iconic character. The new edition of CASINO ROYALE also featured an introduction by Anthony Horowitz. Penguin Books’ ten year licence expired in 2022, and it was announced on October 5th that Ian Fleming Publications Ltd would issue the James Bond novels in paperback under their own imprint in 2023.

Vintage 007 The complete James Bond collection
CASINO ROYALE LIVE AND LET DIE MOONRAKER

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

CASINO ROYALE
Cover design by Suzanne Dean

LIVE AND LET DIE
Cover design by James Jones
MOONRAKER
Cover design by Stephen Parker

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Cover design by Julia Connolly

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE DR. NO GOLDFINGER

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Cover design by Suzanne Dean
DR. NO
Cover design by Matt Broughton
GOLDFINGER
Cover design by Matt Broughton

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Cover design by Julia Connolly

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

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

THUNDERBALL
Cover design by Kris Potter
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Cover design by James Jones
ON HER MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE
Cover design by Matt Broughton
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
Cover design by Kris Potter
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN OCTOPUSSY & THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

 

 

THE MAN WITH
THE GOLDEN GUN
Cover design by Stephen Parker
OCTOPUSSY &
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
Cover design by James Jones
   
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Also issued as part of this series

As part of their UK publishing deal Vintage Books also acquired the rights to Ian Fleming's two non-fiction titles The Diamond Smugglers (1957) and Thrilling Cities (1963), and these were added to the series in 2013. In addition to the reprint of GOLDFINGER, which included an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming TRIGGER MORTIS by Anthony Horowitz, Vintage Books also issued The Spectre Trilogy (an omnibus of THUNDERBALL, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE) and COLONEL SUN in October 2015, and a box set containing all 14 Ian Fleming novels. In 2018 DR. NO was selected to be part of a new ‘Heroes and Villains’ series of Vintage Books paperbacks, each of which had a famous quote from the hero of the book on the front cover, and one from the villain on the rear.

The final Vintage Books title was a limited edition reprint of CASINO ROYALE with a new cover by Kris Potter. The paperback was issued to coincide with the publication of FOREVER AND A DAY, the second James Bond continuation novel by Anthony Horowitz, which is a prequel to CASINO ROYALE. The author also provided a new introduction to Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.

THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS

THRILLING CITIES GOLDFINGER

THE SPECTRE TRILOGY

THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS
Published 4th April 2013
Cover design by Matt Broughton
THRILLING CITIES
Published 4th April 2013
Cover design by Julia Connolly
GOLDFINGER
Published 20th August 2015
Cover design by Matt Broughton
 THE SPECTRE TRILOGY
Published 1st October 2015
COLONEL SUN Vintage 007 Box Set DR. NO Vintage 007 Paperback Heroes and Villains edition

CASINO ROYALE

COLONEL SUN
Published 15th October 2015
Cover design by Kris Potter
BOX SET (2015)
Contains all 14 Ian Fleming James Bond novels
DR. NO
Heroes and Villains Edition
Published 5th April 2018
CASINO ROYALE
Published 31st May 2018
Cover design by Kris Potter

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