On Her Majesty’s Secret Service | Pan | Movie | 330 10350 4

11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Author : Ian Fleming
Publisher : Pan / Great Pan
Format : Paperback
Series : Pan Movie Tie In
Edition : 4th to 6th printings
Year : 1969 (first published with this artwork)
Country published : UK
Relevant article : pan-movie-tie-in-mti-series

Editions and pricing variants found with this artwork

​ISBN number 330 10350 4. Price code A to spine (4/-). The following printings and variants have been found with this artwork: 4th printing 1965. Copies found with:

• Multi currency pricing printed to back. U.K. (20p) 4/-, Australia 70c, New Zealand 65c, South Africa 50c, Canada 75c

Note - most of the 4th editions were printed in the UK but some were printed in Australia by "New Century Press Pty Ltd. 3-5 North York St Sydney".  These state "Special Australian Edition" below the printing information 5th printing 1965. Copies found with:

• Multi currency pricing printed to back. U.K. (20p) 4/-, Australia 70c, New Zealand 65c, South Africa 50c, Canada 75c

6th printing 1965. Copies found with:

• Multi currency pricing printed to back. U.K. (20p) 4/-, Australia 70c, New Zealand 65c, South Africa 50c, Canada 75c

Note that the 4th/5th & 6th printings can also be found with the Hawkey artwork. One copy of the 4th printing has also been found with the Still Life artwork. Given the film was not released until December 1969 the jacket (containing stills from the film) could not have been produced earlier than 1969. As such all copies found with this artwork were bound using older, leftover sets of pages. Why there were enough leftover sets of pages to avoid having to do a new print run for the movie tie in edition is a bit of a mystery. If anyone can shed light on this please get in touch.

Collectors notes

There has been some speculation as to whether there are two variants of this cover, one where the Ian Fleming on the spine is in red and another in yellow. Having access to a large number of copies at the same time its obvious this is in fact sun fading and the Ian Fleming prior to fading is the same colour as used for “The New James Bond” on the cover. The three printings have identical covers / pricing and no variants have been found other than that some copies were printed in Australia rather than the UK (see above). The 5th printing seems less common than the 4th or 6th.

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