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New York: The Viking Press,, 1962. Inscribed to his "crony, confidant, and drinking companion" First US edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his American publisher, Al Hart, on the front free endpaper: "To Al. 'Seulement le nom, Monsieur Proust. Seulement le nom. Surtout pas de pensées' ['Only the name, Mr Proust. Only the name. Above all, no thoughts'], From Ian". Fleming and Hart first met in 1953: Fleming had just published Casino Royale, and Hart was working for Macmillan, who had bought the American rights to the novel and any subsequent instalments in the series. Hart became Fleming's editor for his first seven books he published in the US, as well as "his crony, confidant, and drinking companion on all his subsequent visits to New York" (Pearson, p. 231). Hart made several changes to the series when it was published in the US. For the first paperback edition of Casino Royale, Hart changed the title to the pulp-sounding You Asked for It,…

The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in 1962. Unlike the other Bond novels, this story is told from the perspective of a young Canadian woman named Vivienne Michel, who encounters James Bond after she finds herself in a difficult situation at a motel in the Adirondack Mountains. The narrative explores themes of love, trust, and the dynamics of power.