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First edition, first impression, inscribed on the front free endpaper by the actress, model, and Bond girl Caroline Munro (b. 1949), "Best wishes, love Caroline Munro, aka Naomi 007", with her fan club compliments slip loosely inserted, inscribed "Dear Roger, Thank you for sending your books. Hope this finds you well - all best wishes, Caroline Munro". Munro starred in the 1977 film adaptation of The Spy Who Loved Me as Naomi, the villain Karl Stromberg's pilot and assassin, opposite Roger Moore as James Bond. This is the only Bond book to be written in the first person, presented as the testimony of a 23-year-old Canadian woman with whom Bond has an ill-fated affair. To further this pretence, Vivienne Michel gets a spurious credit on the title page as co-author. Octavo. Original dark grey boards, spine lettered in silver, dagger design stamped to front cover in silver and blind, red endpapers. With dust jacket. Double-page illustration at pp. 6-7. Minimal rubbing to extremities; jacket unclipped, lightly rubbed, spine toned, faint stain to rear panel, extremities lightly nicked, discreet tape repair to spine verso: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Gilbert A10a (1.1).

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.