In fact, a first Signet Diamonds Are Forever might be one of the hardest of all the James Bond paperbacks to locate. While copies of DAF with this cover art are among the legion of Signets that you can easily find out there, to find one that is a noted as a first edition on the copyright page is very tricky indeed. You'll note that Diamonds Are Forever came late (in November 1961), and was the first Signet to sport the new series look.
paperback printings, although Moonraker and Casino Royale are the first paperbacks to be published in the U.S. (The first four titles had already been released as pulps by Popular Library and Perma Books in the 1950s.) Signet's From Russia With Love, Doctor No, Goldfinger and For Your Eyes Only are the true first U.S. release, not in chronological order of the books themselves. I've laid out the Signets here in the unusual order of their original U.S. But before Signet unleashed their familiar paperback series, they released earlier editions with terrific covers that are now highly collectible. These mass produced books are how most Americans came to know James Bond 007. Rare Excellent Edition of the paperback Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. knows that the paperbacks released by Signet in the 1960s dominate the shelves of used bookstores. Ian Fleming 1963 7th Edition Signet PaperBack.
Anyone who has ever gone in search of second-hand copies of Ian Fleming's James Bond books in the U.S.
