Live and Let Die 16th Signet Paperback

Live and Let Die, 16th Signet paperback printing, August 1964, U.S., originally priced at 50¢.

Upon seeing Mr. Big in the flesh, "Bond at once realized that the photographs had conveyed nothing of the man, nothing of the power and the intellect which seemed to radiate from him, nothing of the over-size features."  Likewise, after reading Fleming's description of Mr. Big, the reader might feel that the cover art conveyed nothing of the man.  But that's more of a compliment to Fleming than a criticism of the illustrator.  Especially for a small drawing, it conveys something of the bigness of Mr. Big.  Although the cover is not as memorable as the cover of Signet's printing of Diamonds Are Forever, it isn't forgettable as are others from that publisher.