'It's superlative, everything such a story should be. Reviews : 'Hums with tension.Author Fleming keeps his incidents and character spinning through their paces like juggling balls.' Time review. Pages have slight browning, to be expected as this edition is from 1963. Cover still bright & shiny, spine is good ~ original front cover in good condition as well. Excellent overall condition with no tears or missing pages. Since first publication on April 13, 1953, by Jonathan Cape, Casino Royale has thrice been adapted for the screen: the Climax! CBS television episode with Barry Nelson as CIA agent 'Jimmy Bond', an eponymous spoof with David Niven as 'Sir James Bond', and the twenty-first official film in the film series with Daniel Craig as James Bond, released November 17, 2006. It would eventually pave the way for eleven other novels by Fleming himself in addition to two short story collections, followed by many 'continuation' Bond novels by other authors. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is the first James Bond novel. Rare Excellent Edition of the paperback Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming 1963 7th Edition Signet PaperBack.
