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Octopussy and The Living Daylights

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Illustrated By Fay Dalton

The fourteenth and final volume in the original Bond series, Octopussy and The Living Daylights brings together four gripping short stories. From Cold War sniper showdowns to secret missions in Manhattan, this is Bond at his most dangerous – and most human. Illustrated by series artist Fay Dalton, this closing chapter in the Folio Bond collection features glamorous artwork and a beautifully designed slipcase.

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Book Details

Production DetailsBound in blocked cloth
Pictorial slipcase

Dimensions9 inches x 6¼ inches

FontSet in Miller Text with Folio Bold Condensed as display

Pages136 pages

AuthorIan Fleming

Illustrated ByFay Dalton

Illustration4 colour illustrations including 1 fold-out double-page spread

Publication Date16/09/2025

Editor's Notes

Octopussy and The Living Daylights brings James Bond’s literary journey to a close with a collection of four taut, masterful stories. In 'Octopussy', wartime secrets resurface with deadly consequences, while 'The Living Daylights' captures the nerve-shredding tension of a mission where one wrong move spells catastrophe. This final volume in The Folio Society’s acclaimed Bond series is illustrated by Fay Dalton. Bound in blocked cloth and presented in a striking pictorial slipcase, with four exquisite colour illustrations – including a fold-out double-page spread – this is a stylish tribute to Ian Fleming’s enduring creation and a fitting conclusion to a definitive collection.

Synopsis

There’s more than one kind of cold war, and James Bond is about to face all of them – from icy mountain passes to the frigid calculations of traitors and tyrants.

Enter the shadowy world of espionage with Ian Fleming’s Octopussy and The Living Daylights – a thrilling collection of four short stories featuring the world’s most famous spy, James Bond.

From a high-stakes sniper mission in Cold War Berlin to a deadly reckoning in the Jamaican heat, these stories see Bond at his most ruthless – and most human. Whether he’s tracking a stolen fortune, exposing a Soviet double agent, or wandering Manhattan with his signature blend of cynicism and charm, 007 proves once again that danger follows wherever he goes.

This edition brings together 'Octopussy', 'The Living Daylights', 'The Property of a Lady' and '007 in New York' – four perfectly crafted tales of betrayal, revenge and moral ambiguity. It’s Bond in bite-sized form, but with all the style, suspense and sophistication that made him a legend.

About the Illustrator

Fay Dalton

Fay Dalton is a London-based illustrator. She has a first-class degree in Illustration and was the winner of the 2010 Pickled Ink Award for illustration. Fay combines traditional drawing and painting methods with digital painting. For the Folio Society she has illustrated Casino Royale (2015), From Russia with Love (2016), Dr No (2017), Moonraker (2017), Goldfinger (2018), Diamonds Are Forever (2018), Thunderball (2019), Live and Let Die (2019), The Spy Who Loved Me (2020), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (2020), You Only Live Twice (2021), The Man with the Golden Gun (2021) and For Your Eyes Only (2022).

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About the Author

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 (1953; Folio 2023), 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.

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