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London: Jonathan Cape, 1961 [actually issued December 1960]. [Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Contents clean, reader's name to first blank, in address (Hastings, East Sussex) to rear panel, covers rubbed at joints, and extremities, spine is toned with some wear, small chip at crown, some soiling to upper. Remains a very good copy of a rare Fleming proof. Housed in a custom-made protective box. Gilbert A9a, p.267.

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.