A James Bond Quintet | Jonathan Cape
21. Omnibus editions
Author : Ian FlemingPublisher : Jonathan Cape
Format : Hardback
Series : Cape hardbacks
Edition : 1st
Year : 1993 (first published with this artwork)
Country published : UK
Artwork designer : John Caple
General Notes
According to the blurb on the dust jacket the series of omnibus editions are to mark James Bonds 40th birthday (Fleming started writing Casino Royale in 1952). This may be rather a tenuous reason but they are are as you would expect high quality books a deserve there place in any collection of Cape hardback books. The number of copies printed is unknown but was probably fairly small, not all collectors know they exist and they do not often seem to come on the market. Perhaps the only bad thing to say about them is that even in the 1990s Cape still printed their dust jackets with red ink that quickly fades in the sun, this particularly effects the Quintet and Essential volumes as the book titles were printed on the spine in red and on some copies vanish totally.Editions and pricing variants found with this artwork
A James Bond Quintet is the second of the three omnibus volumes published by Jonathan Cape. It contains Diamonds Are Forever, Doctor No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me