Octopussy And The Living Daylights
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. Jacket: Original pictorial dust jacket present; housed in a clear protective mylar. No obvious chips, tears, or major fading visible to the spine panel or front panel. Page Condition: Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked, with no foxing, tears, or discoloration visible. Markings: No ownership inscriptions, bookplates, stamps, or previous owner's names. Binding: Original publisher's dark brown cloth boards with gilt-stamped titling to the spine and front board. Spine is tight and square with no visible cocking or sunning.
This classic spy thriller collects two of Ian Fleming's final James Bond short stories into one essential volume. Octopussy follows a retired British Army officer haunted by a wartime crime, whose dark secret comes to light when Bond is sent to investigate — delivering a tense, morally complex tale unlike any other in the 007 canon. The Living Daylights chronicles Bond on a sniper assignment in Cold War Berlin, where a last-minute crisis of conscience forces him to question his orders. Together, the two stories showcase Fleming's taut, atmospheric prose and his gift for weaving Cold War paranoia with psychological depth, cementing his legacy as the defining voice of the British espionage thriller.
Author: Ian Fleming
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Thriller
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. Jacket: Original pictorial dust jacket present; housed in a clear protective mylar. No obvious chips, tears, or major fading visible to the spine panel or front panel. Page Condition: Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked, with no foxing, tears, or discoloration visible. Markings: No ownership inscriptions, bookplates, stamps, or previous owner's names. Binding: Original publisher's dark brown cloth boards with gilt-stamped titling to the spine and front board. Spine is tight and square with no visible cocking or sunning.
This classic spy thriller collects two of Ian Fleming's final James Bond short stories into one essential volume. Octopussy follows a retired British Army officer haunted by a wartime crime, whose dark secret comes to light when Bond is sent to investigate — delivering a tense, morally complex tale unlike any other in the 007 canon. The Living Daylights chronicles Bond on a sniper assignment in Cold War Berlin, where a last-minute crisis of conscience forces him to question his orders. Together, the two stories showcase Fleming's taut, atmospheric prose and his gift for weaving Cold War paranoia with psychological depth, cementing his legacy as the defining voice of the British espionage thriller.