You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, First Edition, in Original Dust Jacket, 1964

Fleming, Ian, You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition. Octavo. In the original publisher’s black cloth boards with the front lettered in gilt and spine titled in silver. Original unclipped dust jacket. Presented is the first edition of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novel, You Only Live Twice. The book was published by Jonathan Cape in London in March of 1964, to an initial print run of 56,000. This book is presented in its original publisher’s black cloth boards with the front lettered in gilt and the spine lettered in silver. It retains the original unclipped dust jacket with a frog and peony flower, as designed by Richard Chopping.  You Only Live Twice was the last James Bond novel to be published during Ian Fleming’s lifetime. It is the eleventh novel and twelfth book in the Bond series. You Only Live Twice is the final chapter in what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy," after Thunderball and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Fleming wrote the book in January and Fe