Paperback 1175: For Bond Lovers Only / ed. Sheldon Lane (Dell 2672)

Paperback 1175: Dell 2672 (PBO, 1965)

Title: For Bond Lovers Only

Editor: Sheldon Lane

Cover artist: [photo of Ursula Andress]

Condition: 8.5/10

Value: $12

[acquired in Encinitas, CA, Aug. 2026]

Best things about this cover: 

• Sale Forbidden to Non-Bond Lovers! Yes, she's very sexy, but put the book down and leave the store immediately, you impostor. You know you haven't seen Thunderball!
• The title appears to be a play on For Your Eyes Only, which at this point (1965) had not been made into a movie. It was merely the title story of a short story collection (1960), meaning you really *would* have to be a Bond Lover to appreciate the (admittedly weak) wordplay.
• I like how Andress is wearing a shirt. "If, uh, we could get a little more skin, Ms. Andr-" "Fuck you, it's cold, just take the picture!" "Yes, ma'am."

Best things about this back cover: 

• There should not be a comma after "elegant." I want to love the man as much as you want me to love him, but ... punctuation!
• If they're "girls" (and they're always "girls"), shouldn't he be a "girlizer"?
• I get what they're doing with "bedridden" but it makes him sound sickly.

Page 123~

    "Bond is a dangerous man," said Chandler. "Dangerous to his enemies. Dangerous to himself. In real life, I suppose Bond would not last more than twelve months. His enemies would combine to see that.

    "Philip Marlowe, now—he'll probably end his days in a street accident. The American crime syndicate would never really go out of their way to bump him off. He's not dangerous enough to them."

~RP

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