The James Bond Archives by TASCHEN

To celebrate 50 years of the James Bond franchise, EON Productions opened their archives of photos, designs, storyboards, and production materials to editor Paul Duncan, who spent two years researching over one million images and 100 filing cabinets of documentation. The result is The James Bond Archives, the most complete account of the making of the series, covering every James Bond film ever made, beginning with Dr. No (1962) and ending with SkyFall (2012), including the spoof Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

The book meaures an impressive 16.2inch x 11.8inch (41,1 x 30 cm), contains almost 600 pages and weighs 16 pounds (7 kilogram)!

2012 Original version ($150 / £175 / €270)
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Available at Amazon.de
Available at Bol.com (NL)
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UPDATE November 2015
In 2015, a smaller version of the book was released (read more here). It is just as luxurious (beautiful cover, heavy paper) and has the same content but now also includes extra pages about SPECTRE. And it is about a third of the price of the original!

2015 Smaller SPECTRE version ($65 / £42 / €52)
Available at TASCHEN
Available at Uncrate
Available at Amazon
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UPDATE September 2020
In 2021, a new, updated large version of the book will be released. It is just as luxurious (beautiful cover, heavy paper) as the original, and now also includes extra pages about No Time To Die.
Read more about this book here

2021 No Time To Die version ($200 / £150 / €150)
Available at TASCHEN

2023 No Time To Die smaller version ($80 / £60)
Available at TASCHEN ($100 / £75)
Available on Amazon ($77 / £47)
Available on Bol.com (€71)

The stunning imagery is accompanied by an oral history recounted by over 150 cast and crew members, relating the true inside story of how the Bond films were made. Containing previously unpublished photography and artwork, as well as production memos from filming, this book is a comprehensive tribute to the legend of James Bond.

Paul Duncan has edited 50 film books for TASCHEN, including the award-winning The Ingmar Bergman Archives, and authored Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick in the Film Series. The James Bond Archives is the latest in this series and a real collector's item.

The original book was available in 2 Art Editions, each limited to 250 copies.

The James Bond Archives, Golden Edition A, No. 1-250
Hardcover with film strip in clamshell box with print in portfolio, 41,1 x 30 cm, 600 pages, € 750 (appr. $1000)
Golden leather edition signed by Daniel Craig.
Limited edition of 250 copies, each with a pigment print of a set design drawing for Goldfinger (1964) signed by Sir Ken Adam, the man who conceived the legendary 1960s and 1970s Bond sets
Bound in full leather with gold finish and gilded edges
Comes with an original strip of a half second of film from Dr. No
More info at TASCHEN
Sometimes available at Abe Books

The James Bond Archives, Golden Edition B, No. 251-500
Hardcover with film strip in clamshell box with print in portfolio, 41,1 x 30 cm, 600 pages, € 750 (appr. $1000)
Golden leather edition signed by Daniel Craig.
Limited edition of 250 copies, each with a pigment print of a set design drawing for You Only Live Twice (1967) signed by Sir Ken Adam, the man who conceived the legendary 1960s and 1970s Bond sets
Bound in full leather with gold finish and gilded edges
Comes with an original strip of a half second of film from Dr. No
More info at TASCHEN
Sometimes available at Abe Books

The James Bond Archives:

• Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the most successful and longest-running film franchise in cinema history!
• Made with unrestricted access to the Bond archives, this XL tome recounts the entire history of James Bond in words and pictures
• Among the 1,100 images are many previously unseen stills, on-set photos, memos, documents, storyboards, posters, and designs, plus unused concepts, and alternative designs
• Behind-the-scenes stories from the people who were there: producers, directors, actors, screenwriters, production designers, special effects technicians, stuntmen, and other crew members
• Special bonus included with the first print run of the book only: an original strip of film from Dr. No