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Thunderball by Ian Fleming (First Edition) Firm square copy. Pen writing to front free end page. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Slight spotting to spine top. In clear protective cover. Stated first published 1961. The spine is lettered in gilt (Gilbert's binding A) with first state dustjacket (15s price on the front flap and Sydney misspelled as Sidney on the rear flap). James Bond, Secret Service operative 007, travels to the Bahamas to work with his friend Felix Leiter, seconded back into the CIA for the investigation of the theft of two atomic bombs by the crime syndicate SPECTRE and the subsequent attempted blackmail of the Western powers for their return.

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.