Casino Royale (1953)

The first James Bond novel.

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Publication History

First Editions

• London: Jonathan Cape.

Later British Hardbacks

• London: Viking, 2002. ISBN 0-670-89993-3
• London: Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-718-15383-0
• London: Folio Society, 2015.
• London: Vintage, 2017. With an introduction by John Cork. ISBN 978-1-784-87199-4

British Paperbacks

• London: Coronet, 1988. ISBN 0-340-42567-9
• London: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-141-00247-6
• London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-141-18758-1
• London: Penguin, 2006. With an introduction by Jeffery Deaver. ISBN 0-141-02830-0
• London: Penguin, 2006. ISBN 0-141-02869-6
• London: Penguin, 2008? (2004). Later printing with different cover. ISBN 978-0-141-18758-7
• London: Penguin, 2009. ISBN 978-0-141-04496-5
• London: Vintage, 2012. ISBN 978-0-099-57597-9
• London: Vintage, 2012. With an introduction by Alan Judd. ISBN 978-0-099-57685-3
• London: Vintage, 2018. With an introduction by Anthony Horowitz. ISBN 978-0-099-57597-9

Later American Hardbacks

• New York: MJF Books, 1994. ISBN 1-56731-056-7
• Shelton, CT: First Edition Library, 1995. Slipcased replica of the British Jonathan Cape first edition.

American Book Clubs

• New York: Macmillan.

American Paperbacks

• You Asked for It. New York: Popular Library, 1955. Paperback.
• New York: Signet, 1960. Paperback.
• New York: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-14-200202-X
• Las Vegas: Thomas and Mercer, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61218543-9

Reviews

• Booklist, 15 September 1990, p. 187. Audiobook review of Casino Royale.
• H. Fausset, Guardian (UK), 17 April 1953, p. 4.
• Kirkus Reviews, 1 February 1954, p. 74.
• Grove Koger, “The Spying Game: Deciphering the Best Novels of Intrigue,” Library Journal, 1 September 1993, pp. 142–143.
• Lilliput, May/June 1953, p. 109.
• Listener, 1953.
• J. D. Scott, New Statesman and Nation, 9 May 1953, pp. 557–558.
• Anthony Boucher, Criminals at Large, New York Times Book Review, 25 April 1954, p. 27.
• F. Wyndham, Punch, 6 May 1953, p. 558.
• L. G. Offord, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1954, p. 12.
• Sergeant Cuff, The Criminal Record, Saturday Review, 24 April 1954, p. 37.
• R. D. Charques, Spectator, 17 April 1953, p. 494.
• Springfield Republican, 2 May 1954, p. 9C.
• Christopher Pym, “Cards on the Table,” Sunday Times, 12 April 1953, p. 5.
• Time, 29 March 1954, p. 98.
• “Spies and Charlatans,” Times Literary Supplement, 17 April 1953, p. 249.

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