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You may know more about this than I do, but if Folio does FYEO and OP, would that not include all of Fleming / the stories you're referring to? Lindner, Christoph (2009). The James Bond Phenomenon: a Critical Reader. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6541-5. The book also has some illustrations which use dots to create profiles of weapons, cars among others. I liked the designs.
Big Applesauce: The entire story is pretty much a description of places in New York from Bond's point of view. Glasses Pull: A very subtle example, done by Maria's KGB handler using a pair of sunglasses. It's his pre-arranged signal to the auctioneer that he's not going to bid up the price anymore, and Bond uses it to start the process of getting him expelled from London as persona non grata.The Property of a Lady': Especially written for an auctionhouse, so that is what is the star in the movie. More a police story than a spy thriller. But still well written. (Featured in the movie Octopussy) Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9757 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000287 Openlibrary_edition Gilbert, Jon (2012). Ian Fleming: The Bibliography. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-9558189-6-7. The Living Daylights theme song sung by A-Ha. It wasn't released as a single in the US due to some in-fighting between the band and the producers. It could've prevented them from being a one hit wonder over here. However, they were HUGE in Europe, so I don't think they were too bugged about Take on Me being their only hit stateside.
The Property of a Lady was a bit of a throwaway but still interesting. Bond goes to Sotheby's for the auction of a long lost Fabergé emerald for the purpose of discovering a Russian spy in England. Once again a very simple story, but the small bit of spycraft made it a fun read.
"Octopussy"
Before his death, Ian Fleming reportedly had intended to compile a second book of short stories in the same vein as For Your Eyes Only. After his death, Glidrose Productions followed this plan. The 14th and final Bond book by originator Fleming, this follows the 1960 publication of For Your Eyes Only as a collection of short stories. This edition has four stories – “Octopussy”, “The Living Daylights”, “Property of a Lady” and “007 in New York”. Chancellor, Henry (2005). James Bond: The Man and His World. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-6815-2. The Property of a Lady : Bond is tasked with identifying a top ranking Soviet spy during the auction of a Faberge art in Sootheby’s in London. The Living Daylights is another instance of film taking a basic story and expanding it very successfully, all the while remaining true to the source material. Perhaps this story more than many others show Bond's true feelings towards some of the nasty assignments he has to endure and the way in which his vices play into his decisions. He's a real human character, not just a quip and a suit, and we get to see that here, flaws and all.
The final book in the original Bond series consists of three short stories. These were uneven. The least interesting as a story was the one about Bond eyeing bidders in an auction. This reads like Fleming was doing a kind of product placement story highlighting the action and intrigue of a fine arts auction. In another review I read this was originally published in an auction house magazine, so there you go. It is not known for certain whether any of these stories were ever actually earmarked by Ian Fleming for his never-completed collection, though it is likely "The Living Daylights", at the very least, would have been a strong contender since it (unlike the others) had already been widely published by 1964. In addition, Fleming's final novel, The Man with the Golden Gun, referred to the events of "The Property of a Lady", despite the story only having had limited release prior to the novel's publication. Octopussy': This story is not a 007 adventure but more a tale of WOII where a soldier steals from the Nazi's. But while doing that he makes a mistake which brings 007 on his doorstep. An impressive little tale well told. ( was mentioned in the movie "Octopussy') A surprising payday for a KGB spy! and one of the few actual spying cases done by James Bond in this series.It could be argued neither are essential Fleming, (certainly the latter story), but it would be nice to have the Folio editions containing all the Fleming Bond stuff that was published in Fleming's lifetime.
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