Other editions of book From Russia with Love First Edition Library Facsimile

1985, hardcover facsimile edition (of a title first published in England in 1957), First Edition Library, CT. 253 pages. This attractive facsimile edition reprints the exact book that first appeared in 1957 with the great dust jacket art by Richard Chopping. James Bond is just making his way among spies of the British Secret Service. Filmed memorably, this is a great looking book, a compact hardcover edition.

One of the most thrilling classic novels of the Cold War, featuring the suave, steely James Bond Every major foreign government organization has a file on British secret agent James Bond. Now, Russia's lethal SMERSH organization has targeted him for elimination. SMERSH is the Soviet organ of vengeance, interrogation, torture, and death. James Bond is dedicated to the destruction of its agents wherever he finds them. Far away in Moscow, SMERSH has laid a death trap for Bond with an enticing lure: the irresistible Tatiana Romanova, who draws 007 to Istanbul promising the top-secret Spektor cipher machine. But when Bond walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double-cross ensues, with Bond both the stakes and the prize.

"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Ian Fleming's "From Russia with Love" was published in 1957 and made suave, steely secret agent James Bond an icon. Here 007 encounters the deadly machinations of Russian organisation SMERSH, the fiendish Colonel Rosa Klebb - and the irresistible beauty Tatiana Romanova - in one of the most thrilling classic novels of the Cold War.

Ian Fleming's most popular novel. The one President John Kennedy thought was the best of the Bond novels.London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first Impression of the first edition in Good condition in Good dust-wrapper showing original price of 13s 6d, slightly chipped along edges, some minor tears. The fifth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and the second to star Sean Connery as "007", involved in a series of plots and counterplots between the British and the Russian intelligence agencies. First novel in which Bond receives a gadget from Q-Branch. Considered the best Bond novel and best Bond movie by many fans and critics . 1957. Jonathan Cape US