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London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], bank. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 15s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A very lightly used copy with only a few small marks. Near fine overall, in an attractive custom-made clamshell box. 'Thunderball' is a pivotal work of the series; it was here that Fleming first introduced the world to the ultimate Bond villain, Ernest Stavro Blofeld. Basis for the fourth movie in the long-running series, starring Sean Connery as 007, Claudine Auger as Domino and Adolfo Celi as Emilio Largo- SPECTRE's No.2. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A9a (1.1).

Thunderball is the ninth book in the James Bond series, and the eighth full-length James Bond novel, written by Ian Fleming. It is famous for introducing the criminal organization SPECTRE and the character Ernst Stavro Blofeld.