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Author:	Ian Fleming
Title:	Casino Royale
Publisher:	Jonathan Cape
Country:	UK
Date:	13 Apr 1953
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Thriller
Total Editions:	24
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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Casino Royale was first published by Jonathan Cape on 13 April 1953. There were 4,728 copies of the first edition printed. A second printing of 2,264 copies followed in May and a third printing of 986 copies was released in May 1954.

Comments and Reviews


JPGR&B SUBS 2nd Nov 2023		I think the 60c is for Australia, not the US or Canada. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



annaloog ● 1st Nov 2023		Thanks, 23skidoo, as with my comments for "From Russia, With Love", AFAIK Pan did not publish in the USA. I have a a dozen or so Pan paperbacks in my accumulation, but those I purchased in the USA are UK editions, either used, or import copies. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



23skidoo 1st Nov 2023		@annaloog - 60c was also the cover price on these Pan editions in Canada and the US. I didn't scan the back cover of mine because it's identical, which (like other Pan Bonds I have) means the 60c was added for Canada/US. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



annaloog ● 29th Oct 2023		Note the back cover: the "60c" is the price in Australia. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



23skidoo 29th Oct 2023		Added variant front cover with 60c North American price. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 7th Aug 2023		Added some pages from the first paper back edition of the first James Bond novel. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



23skidoo 4th Mar 2021		It's interesting that Pan actually acknowledges on the cover the fact the film bore little resemble to the book ("only one thing in common..."). The only part of the movie based on the book was the casino showdown between Peter Sellers' "Bond" and Le Chiffre, and there's actually a reference to the infamous "chair with no bottom" that readers of the book and those who know the more-serious 2006 film will recognize. One can only imagine readers unfamiliar with Bond who only know the 67 film and go to read the novel expecting it to be the same fun romp only to discover a rather low-key and dark story. I hope to find a copy of both this edition along with the 2006 film tie-in edition so they can make strange bedfellows on my bookshelf! (this comment is from another edition of this book)



fantasticbaggie SUBS 12th May 2019		This 23rd printing form 1965 is different from the 1964 edition because of the prominent Australian price of 6'- on the back cover. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



LouisSidney 25th Nov 2015		Cigarette, and benzedrine, too. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



carey jeggs 25th Nov 2015		I only started reading Fleming about three years ago after reading an article by Philip Hensher lamenting the decline in the quality of mainstream thriller writing.He was praising Fleming, John Buchan and Nevil Shute at the expense of Dan Brown. Something particularly striking about this book is the line:- 'Bond lit his eightieth cigarette of the day.' There's no comment or mitigation offered which I found refreshing as it serves as an antidote to our modern pieties. (this comment is from another edition of this book)