Moonraker (1955)

The third James Bond novel.

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Publication History

First Editions

• London: Jonathan Cape.
• London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 10th printing, with a plain black jacket and title in silver. ISBN 0-224-60200-4

Later British Hardbacks

• London: Viking, 2002. ISBN 0-670-91045-7
• London: Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-718-15385-4
• London: Folio Society, 2017.

British Paperbacks

• London: Coronet, 1989. ISBN 0-340-42566-0
• London: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-141-00298-0
• London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-141-18756-5
• London: Penguin, 2006. With an introduction by Michael Dibdin. ISBN 0-141-02833-5
• London: Penguin, 2008? (2004). Later printing with different cover. ISBN 978-0-141-18756-3
• London: Penguin, 2009. ISBN 978-0-141-04498-9
• London: Vintage, 2012. ISBN 978-0-099-57602-0
• London: Vintage, 2012. With an introduction by Susan Hill. ISBN 978-0-099-57687-7

Later American Hardbacks

• New York: MJF Books, 1994. ISBN 1-56731-055-9
• Shelton, CT: First Edition Library, 1995. Slipcased replica of the British Jonathan Cape first edition.

American Book Clubs

• New York: Macmillan.

American Paperbacks

• Too Hot to Handle. New York: Permabooks, 1956–7. Paperback.
• New York: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-200206-2
• Las Vegas: Thomas and Mercer, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61218545-3

Reviews

• Kirkus Reviews, 1 July 1955, p. 448.
• Karl Brown, Library Journal, August 1955, p. 1693.
• Lilliput, June 1955, p. 63.
• Richard Lister, New Statesman and Nation, 16 April 1955, p. 548.
• Anthony Boucher, Report on Criminals at Large, New York Times Book Review, 2 October 1955, p. 16.
• J. B. Boothroyd, Punch, 27 April 1955, p. 537.
• San Francisco Chronicle, 16 October 1955, p. 25.
• Sergeant Cuff, The Criminal Record, Saturday Review, 1 October 1955, p. 46.
• John Metcalf, Spectator, 22 April 1955, p. 512.
• John Biggs-Davison, Tablet, 23 April 1955, pp. 399–400.
• “On the Shady Side,” Times Literary Supplement, 20 May 1955, p. 265.

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