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“Live and Let Die”: Danish first edition (1958)

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Blodig vej til Jamaica (1958)

Jan Fleming

Danish first edition
Original:
Live and Let Die (Jonathan Cape 1954)
Publisher: Grafisk forlag
Translator: Grete Juel Jørgensen
Cover art:
H.M. Schneider

The title of Ian Fleming's second James Bond 007 novel, "Live and Let Die", was translated into Danish as "Blodig vej til Jamaica" (Bloody path to Jamaica). Only the current paperback edition from Rosenkilde & Bahnhof (2014) bears the literal translation which is also the Danish title of EON's film adaptation from 1973.

On the cover of this first edition, the author's name has been danicized into "Jan Fleming".

Later editions:
● Blodig vej til Jamaica ("Lommeromanen" nr. 385, Skrifola 1965)
● Lev og lad dø (Rosenkilde & Bahnhof 2014)

“Diamonds are forever”: Danish first edition (1957)

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DAF Grafisk 1957

Diamanter varer evigt (1957)

Jan Fleming

Danish first edition
Original:
Diamonds are forever (Jonathan Cape 1956)
Publisher: Grafisk forlag
Translator: Grete Juel Jørgensen
Cover:
Sigvald Hagsted

Ian Fleming's fourth James Bond 007 novel was the first one to be published in Danish. The author's byline on the cover has been danicized into "Jan Fleming".

Later editions:
● 
Diamanter varer evigt (Grafisk forlag 1963)
● Agent 007 spiller højt (Grafisk forlag 1965)
● Agent 007 spiller højt (Grafisk forlag 1967)
● Agent 007 spiller højt (Aschehoug/Egmont 2006)
● Diamanter varer evigt (Rosenkilde & Bahnhof 2014)