From Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 19 August 1998
About this Item
First edition. 8vo, publisher s original black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in the pictorial dustjacket. 254 pp. A very handsome and clean copy in a complete and only very lightly mellowed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Fleming s books have had a staying power that few thriller-writers can match, perhaps because Bond is such an intriguing and morally ambiguous hero. Some admire him as a suave, supremely competent man of action who always gets the girl; others decry him a superficial playboy with a streak of sadism. According to Fleming, "Bond is not a hero, nor is he depicted as being very likeable or admirable. He is a Secret Service agent. He s not a bad man, but he is ruthless and self-indulgent. He enjoys the fight--he also enjoys the prizes. In fiction, people used to have blood in their veins. Nowadays they have pond water." The ninth James Bond thriller finds the high-living superspy guzzling carrot juice in a recovery clinic until the shadowy SPECTRE forces him back into action. But who is SPECTRE, and what are its nefarious plans?. Seller Inventory # 25674
Bibliographic Details
Title: THUNDERBALL
Publisher: London Jonathan Cape 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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