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FLEMING, Ian (1908–1964). You Asked for It [Casino Royale]. New York: Popular Library, 1955.
12mo. Original printed wrappers (a bit worn, occasionally scuffed, creased, soiled, foxed, text toned with occasional soiling).
FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK EDITION OF CASINO ROYALE. Without Fleming’s permission, Popular Library changed the title from Casino Royale to You Asked for It, believing that an American audience wouldn’t understand the title. On the promotional blurb on the rear cover, they had even changed Bond’s name to “Jimmy Bond”: “If he hadn’t been a tough operator, Jimmy Bond would never have risked a weekend with a woman who used her magnificent body as a weapon to destroy him…” Gilbert A1b7.