Casino Royale reinvents the genre, and this beautiful edition celebrates its explosive style and elegance perfectly. Published in 1953, it is the first James Bond book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and two short story collections by Fleming, followed by numerous continuation Bond novels by other authors. Kim Sherwood says: “When Ian Fleming first sat down at his not-yet-golden typewriter, it was with the intention to 'write the spy story to end all spy stories' and he achieved it. Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming.

Her introduction discusses how Ian Fleming changed spy fiction forever with the creation of James Bond. The book features an exclusive new introduction by award-winning author Kim Sherwood, who is expanding the world of James Bond with a new trilogy of ‘Double O’ novels that began last year with Double or Nothing. Released in 1953, it paved the way for a further 11 novels, two short story collections, 25 films and a dedicated fanbase worldwide. Only 750 copies of the special collector’s edition have been produced in close collaboration with the Ian Fleming estate to celebrate the first James Bond book.

The Folio Society has release a new limited edition of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the book’s original publication.