Doctor No (1958)

The sixth James Bond novel, and the first novel to carry the “Glidrose Productions Ltd.” copyright.

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Publication History

First Editions

• London: Jonathan Cape.

Later British Hardbacks

• London: Viking, 2002. ISBN 0-670-91038-4
• London: Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-718-15389-2
• London: Folio Society, 2017.

British Paperbacks

• London: Coronet, 1989. 5th printing, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess. ISBN 0-340-70343-1
• London: Coronet, 1989. 6th printing, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess. ISBN 0-340-41899-0
• London: Coronet, 1989. 9th printing, with a different cover and without the Burgess introduction. ISBN 0-340-41899-0
• London: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-141-00287-5
• London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-141-18761-1
• London: Penguin, 2006. With an introduction by Simon Winder. ISBN 0-141-02827-0
• London: Penguin, 2008? (2004). Later printing with different cover. ISBN 978-0-141-18761-7
• London: Penguin, 2009. ISBN 978-0-141-04501-6
• London: Vintage, 2012. ISBN 978-0-099-57606-8
• London: Vintage, 2012. With an introduction by Sam Bourne. ISBN 978-0-099-57692-1

Later American Hardbacks

• New York: MJF Books, 1994. ISBN 1-56731-054-0
• Shelton, CT: First Edition Library, 1995. Slipcased replica of the British Jonathan Cape first edition.

American Book Clubs

• New York: Macmillan.

American Paperbacks

• New York: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-14-200203-8
• Las Vegas: Thomas and Mercer, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61218549-1

Reviews

• Book World, 9 August 1992, p. 9. Book reviews of Live and Let Die and Doctor No.
• Kirkus Reviews, 15 May 1958, p. 364.
• Robert Hatch, “Excitement from England,” Nation, 21 June 1958, pp. 566–567.
• Paul Johnson, “Sex, Snobbery and Sadism,” New Statesman, 5 April 1958, p. 430. An infamous book review of Doctor No: “I have just finished what is, without doubt, the nastiest book that I have ever read.… By the time I was a third of the way through, I had to suppress a strong impulse to throw the thing away, and only continued reading because I realised that here was a social phenomenon of some importance.”
• James Sandoe, New York Herald Tribune Book Review, 6 July 1958, p. 9.
• Anthony Boucher, Criminals at Large, New York Times Book Review, 6 July 1958, p. 11.
• Richard Mallett, Punch 234 (1958), p. 554.
• L. G. Offord, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 July 1958, p. 23.
• Sergeant Cuff, Criminal Record, Saturday Review, 16 August 1958, p. 38.
• Simon Raven, “Gilt-Edged Bond,” Spectator, 4 April 1958, p. 438.
• Richard McLaughlin, Springfield Republican, 10 August 1958, p. 12B.
• Raymond Chandler, “The Terrible Dr. No,” Sunday Times, 30 March 1958, p. 6.
• New Fiction, Times, 3 April 1958, p. 13.
• “Old Tricks,” Times Literary Supplement, 11 April 1958, p. 193.

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