IAN FLEMING'S ORIGINAL James Bond books appeared between 1953 and 1966, most of which were written before the movies were made.  After his death other novels were comissioned including 1968's Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis.  This was the first (and last) of a proposed series of Bond thrillers written by "Robert Markham". 

IN THE LATE 1970s two paperbacks by Christopher Wood appeared, based on a couple of the Roger Moore movies.  Then in the 1980s and 1990s John Gardner and Raymond Benson took over and between them they have produced one new Bond adventure per year. 
THE COVERS I have decided to include here are from the Pan paperbacks printed in the 1960s, roughly when Sean Connery was making his Bond movies.  I found most of them in various second-hand bookshops back in 1989 and 1990, some for as little as 50 pence each.  I have a lot of affection for them as they are largely responsible for giving me the Bond-bug. 

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