Ian Fleming — Thunderball

London, Jonathan Cape , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of 'Thunderball', the first novelisation of an unfilmed James Bond screenplay. First edition.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.The eighth novel in Ian Fleming's iconic James Bond series, being a novelisation of an unfilmed James Bond screenplay. The story centres on the theft of a pair of nuclear weapons by the crime organisation SPECTRE and the subsequent attempted blackmail of the Western powers for their return.The first edition was published under Fleming's name alone, which brought about a subsequent lawsuit that resulted in credit eventually being given as "Based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming" for later editions.  In the original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine slightly cocked. Dust wrapper is smart, with tide mark to the front panel and fly leaf. A few short tears and mild edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with wrapper's tide mark affecting fore edge, only showing a bit to the endpapers' margins. Clean otherwise. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.