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There were 62,000 pre-orders for the book, a significant increase over the 42,000 advance orders for the hardback first edition of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
You Only Live Twice (novel)
There were 62,000 pre-orders for the book, a significant increase over the 42,000 advance orders for the hardback first edition of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
once when you were born and once when you look death in the face UNANSWERABLE who wrote you only live twice? Ian Fleming
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You Only Live Twice (novel) [SEP] Release and reception
"You Only Live Twice" was published in the UK on 16 March 1964, by Jonathan Cape and cost sixteen shillings. There were 62,000 pre-orders for the book, a significant increase over the 42,000 advance orders for the hardback first edition of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Richard Chopping, cover artist for "The Spy Who Loved Me", was engaged for the design. On 17 July 1963, Michael Howard of Jonathan Cape had written to Chopping about the artwork, saying: "I have had a talk with Ian about the ideas for the ingredients of this design. He is very much in favour of the toad ...