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“The Living Daylights”: Short story artwork by Povl Norholt (1970)

In 1970, Lademann published the hardcover anthology "Kisten og andre historier om gys og giftmord" [The Coffin and other stories about horror and murder by poison]", edited by Tage la Cour. Among the 23 thriller stories included in the book was Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 short story "The Living Daylights" [Danish title: "Snigskytten"/The Sniper], reprinted in Rita Damm's translation from "100,000 er budt - James Bond" (Skrifola 1967).

For this edition of "The Living Daylights", the artist Povl Norholt (1908-1993) provided three exclusive illustrations. In addition to being the father of the actress Kirsten Norholt, Povl Norholt was in 1943 one of the founders of the still-running soft-core humor magazine Hudibras. The other illustrators who contributed to the anthology were Mads Stage, Thormod Kidde, Alex Secher, Palle Pio, Henry Thelander, Paul Høyrup, Eiler Krag, Des Asmussen and David Jarvis.

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The back cover blurb reads:
"These 23 exciting stories all revolve around the themes of horror and murder by poison. It's a powerful cocktail, mixed by the masterful Tage la Cour with ingredients not for the faint-hearted. Some of the stories are macabre and grotesque, others are humorous or have a surprising conclusion. But none of the stories are tame or boring. A number of well-known Danish cartoonists have dripped their brushes in arsenic and their illustrations enhance the effect of the exquisite crime cocktail."

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“Octopussy and The Living Daylights”: Danish first edition (1966)

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100.000 er budt – James Bond (1967)

Ian Fleming

Danish first edition
Original:
Octopussy and The Living Daylights (Jonathan Cape 1966)
Publisher: Skrifola (Lommeromanen no. 451)
Translator: Rita Damm
Cover design: 
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Ian Fleming's fourteenth James Bond book (his second collection of short stories) was the fourteenth to be published in Danish.

The short story "Snigskytten" (The Living Daylights) was reprinted separately in Danish as part of the anthology "Kisten og andre historier om gys og giftmord" (Lademann 1970).

Contains the short stories:
"Var det selvmord?" [= Was it suicide?] (Octopussy)
"100.000 er budt" [= The bid is 100.000] (The Property of a Lady)
"Snigskytten" [= The sniper] (The Living Daylights)

Later editions:
● Octopussy (Rosenkilde & Bahnhof 2014) - includes the short story "007 i New York" (007 in New York)