James Bond In Focus
1964 original 3/6 souvenir photo book · Sean Connery · Dr. No / From Russia with Love / Goldfinger
Original 1964 British licensed James Bond souvenir photo book, issued at the height of Goldfinger-era Bondmania and covering Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Mervyn Brodie & Associates Ltd.
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−. Structurally intact with moderate spine and edge wear, cover creasing/rubbing and scattered surface marks; photographed interior pages remain clean and legible.
- Completeness
- Appears complete as the standard 64-page publication from the supplied views, but not page-by-page collated. No separate standard insert, premium or loose supplement is established as missing.
- Date
- 1964
- Film
- Dr. No / From Russia With Love / Goldfinger
- Territory
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Format
- 64-page perfect-bound illustrated souvenir magazine / photo book
- Dimensions
- 8.25 × 11.25 in (specialist catalogue attribution)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Status
- Original 1964 licensed first edition / film-promotion publication
- Release context
- Published to coincide with the 1964 release of Goldfinger; pictorially surveys the first three EON James Bond films starring Sean Connery.
- Distributor
- Publication arranged through Mervyn Brodie & Associates Ltd.; films referenced were released by United Artists.
Catalogue note
Original 1964 British licensed James Bond souvenir photo book, issued at the height of Goldfinger-era Bondmania and covering Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. The 3/6 magazine-format publication combines colour and black-and-white film stills with short text and is one of the earliest officially licensed Bond merchandising publications, preserving the franchise at the moment its visual and commercial identity became a global phenomenon.
Why this object matters
The 1964 licensed souvenir is outstanding primary evidence of early Bond merchandising across the first three films. Its period photographs and publication context are valuable alongside TMR's later exhibition brochure and home-video packages, but the retained evidence does not establish a defining publication innovation or exceptional copy sufficient for Gold.
Evidence limits: Interior page-by-page collation is not recorded; no unverified issue priority or scarce distribution state is assumed.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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