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RAYMOND HAWKEY SERIES
Also known by collectors as the X series (due to the letter indicating the price at the base of the spine) this series of U.K. covers was printed by Pan in the 1960's. The cover design for "Thunderball" was created by celebrated graphic designer Raymond Hawkey. It features a more modern font, a prominent "James Bond" in text and two die cut bullet holes piercing the skin as the cover image. The design was a dramatic change from the previous 1950's "painted" covers by Pan and this new style may have contributed quite significantly to the literary success of Ian Fleming during "Bond-mania" in the 1960's.Previously released Fleming Bond novels were republished with covers designed by Pan staff in the same style as Hawkey's, as well as subsequent Fleming novels. With the release of "Octopussy" in paperback by Pan in 1967 this became the first complete Fleming Bond series with uniform covers anywhere in the world. And when "Colonel Sun" was released in paperback in 1970 it also had a similar style.
RAYMOND HAWKEY SERIES
Also known by collectors as the X series (due to the letter indicating the price at the base of the spine) this series of U.K. covers was printed by Pan in the 1960's. The cover design for "Thunderball" was created by celebrated graphic designer Raymond Hawkey. It features a more modern font, a prominent "James Bond" in text and two die cut bullet holes piercing the skin as the cover image. The design was a dramatic change from the previous 1950's "painted" covers by Pan and this new style may have contributed quite significantly to the literary success of Ian Fleming during "Bond-mania" in the 1960's.Previously released Fleming Bond novels were republished with covers designed by Pan staff in the same style as Hawkey's, as well as subsequent Fleming novels. With the release of "Octopussy" in paperback by Pan in 1967 this became the first complete Fleming Bond series with uniform covers anywhere in the world. And when "Colonel Sun" was released in paperback in 1970 it also had a similar style.
© PAN 1963 | 
© PAN 1965 | 
© PAN 1964 | 
© PAN 1965 | 
© PAN 1966 |
© PAN 1964 | 
© PAN 1963 | 
© PAN 1965 | 
© PAN 1964 Cover Artist: Raymond Hawkey | 
© PAN 1968 |
© PAN 1964 | 
© PAN 1965 | 
© PAN 1964 | 
© PAN 1967 | 
© PAN 1968 |
© PAN 1970 |