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FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice [parts I-III, published in Playboy April-June 1964]. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 8 o, disbound. ADVANCE PROOFS FOR THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS AND MARKED WITH CORRECTIONS AND INSERTIONS BY IAN FLEMING Loose in original printed olive wrappers. IAN FLEMING'S MARKED ADVANCE PROOFS FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE. You Only Live Twice was serialized in three parts appearing in Playboy April-June 1964. Fleming's corrections appear on both preliminaries as well as text in red ballpoint; other editorial corrections in pencil throughout. [ With: ] One carbon letter from Ian Fleming (initial-signed) to Michael Howard of Jonathan Cape Ltd. regarding some Japanese references in the text. -- Two carbon letters from Howard to Fleming in response to Fleming's letter. -- One typed and one carbon letter from Fleming's secretary, B. Griffie-Williams, to Playboy regarding corrections to the text, the former with Fleming's(?) typed list of corrections for the proof attached (one page, 4to). -- Two typed letters signed from Fleming's agent Phyllis Jackson to A.C. Spectorksy submitting the corrected proofs to Playboy . -- A two-page typed list of Japanese translations for terms used in the story (corrected in ink and pencil, some possibly in Fleming's hand). -- Related notes from Arlene Bouras at Playboy regarding word count and storyline. Together 10 items, various sizes, August-December 1963. (11)