Live and Let Die (1954)
The second James Bond novel.
Author
Publication History
First Editions
- London: Jonathan Cape.
- New York: Macmillan.
- New York: Macmillan. Later printing with an illustrated green and black jacket.
Later British Hardbacks
- London: Viking, 2002. ISBN 0-670-91048-1
- London: Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-718-15384-7
- London: Vintage, 2017. With an introduction by John Cork. ISBN 978-1-784-87200-7
- London: Folio Society, 2019.
British Paperbacks
- London: Coronet, 1988. ISBN 0-340-42570-9
- London: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-141-00301-4
- London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-141-18757-3
- London: Penguin, 2006. With an introduction by Louise Welsh. ISBN 0-141-02832-7
- London: Penguin, 2008? (2004). Later printing with different cover. ISBN 978-0-141-18757-0
- London: Penguin, 2009. ISBN 978-0-141-04497-2
- London: Vintage, 2012. ISBN 978-0-099-57599-3
- London: Vintage, 2012. With an introduction by Andrew Taylor. ISBN 978-0-099-57686-0
Later American Hardbacks
- New York: MJF Books, 1994. ISBN 1-56731-057-5
- Shelton, CT: First Edition Library, 1995. Slipcased replica of the British Jonathan Cape first edition.
- Waterville, ME: Thorndike, 2006. Large print edition. ISBN 0-7862-8241-X
American Paperbacks
- New York: Permabooks, 1956. Paperback.
- New York: Signet, 1959. Paperback.
- New York: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-200323-9
- Las Vegas: Thomas and Mercer, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61218544-6
Reviews
- Book World, 9 August 1992, p. 9. Book reviews of Live and Let Die and Doctor No.
- Hilary Corke, “The Banyan Tree,” Encounter, August 1954, pp. 76–77.
- Kirkus Reviews, 1 February 1955, p. 102.
- Anthony Boucher, Criminals at Large, New York Times Book Review, 10 April 1955, p. 17.
- R. G. G. Price, Punch, 14 April 1954, p. 479.
- L. G. Offord, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 1955, p. 22.
- Sergeant Cuff, The Criminal Record, Saturday Review, 14 May 1955, p. 27.
- R. F. H., Springfield Republican, 24 April 1955, p. 8C.
- “Professional People,” New Fiction, Times, 7 April 1954, p. 10.
- Times Literary Supplement, 30 April 1954, p. 277.