Special Edition of GOLDFINGER (1959) from The Folio Society
By: FSWL team
Published:
2018-03-16
A new special edition of Goldfinger (1959), the seventh original James Bond novel by Ian Fleming (1908-1964), is published by The Folio Society in the UK. Fay Dalton captivating images bring Ian Fleming’s riveting thriller to life in this essential addition to the Folio Society Bond series.
Auric Goldfinger is a man obsessed with greed and power. He is the money-man for SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency and Bond is assigned the mission to get to the bottom of his suspicious operations. But when a glamorous blonde is murdered, suffocated under a layer of gold paint, Bond begins to realise that Goldfinger’s ambitions are more sinister than he could have imagined.
Book details:
Bound in blocked cloth: 288 pages
Publisher: The Folio Society
Language: English
Frontispiece and six colour illustrations
Pictorial slipcase
Dimensions: 9 x 6¼ inch
Published price: 34.95 GBP
Goldfinger is part of the series including Dr. No, Casino Royale, From Russia with Love, Live and Let Die, Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker, Thunderball, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and You Only Live Twice.
About Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Eton College and abroad in Germany and Austria. After working as a stockbroker he became the assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence in the Admiralty during The Second World War. In 1952 he wrote
Casino Royale, the first of 14 James Bond titles, of which 30 million copies were sold during his lifetime. He was married to Ann Rothermere and together they had one son, Caspar. Fleming died in 1964.
Visit the official website of
Ian Fleming Publications for more information.
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Goldfinger by Ian Fleming, the seventh James Bond novel, from The Folio Society. © 2018 The Folio Society. All rights reserved.
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