Ian Fleming, The Complete Works, James Bond Adventures, Casino Royale

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The first ever edition of Ian Fleming’s complete works comprises 18 volumes in all.

There are the 14 James Bond adventures starting with Casino Royale and ending with Octopussy, and including in between all the legendary titles such as From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and Dr No.

To these famous titles are added Fleming’s account of the diamond trade, The Diamond Smugglers, first published in 1957, and his book of collected travel journalism, Thrilling Cities, 1963, which presents a rather Bondian take on cities such as Tokyo and Los Angeles. Milton Glaser, world-renowned designer and graphic artist, supplied drawings for the original American edition of 1964, and these once again decorate the chapter headings.

Fleming’s one children’s book, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the story of the much-loved magical flying car, is included. He wrote the story for his small son, Caspar, while recuperating from a heart attack.

The final volume, Talk of the Devil, is a compendium of some of Fleming’s other writing – articles, book reviews and such like – much of it containing pointers to events or places described in the Bond books. The title is taken from a list of titles that Fleming kept.

The set of 18 books is available in three different bindings:

Fine (leather inlaid), Vellum (quarter vellum over black cloth) and Cloth (navy blue cloth).