Our recent post of Dr. No promo art got us thinking about the popularity of the Ian Fleming novel, so today we’ve compiled a collection of Dr. No covers detailing their evolution through the years. At top is an original 1958 hardback with art by Pat Marriot, worth about $150 in mint condition, and at bottom is a 2007 hardback reprint from Penguin featuring art from Michael Gillette and Jon Gray. In between are thirteen more covers spanning the intervening forty-nine years.

Three action-packed Japanese posters for Dr. No, with Sean Connery and Swiss beauty Ursula Andress. You can see Connery and Andress getting close in a rare promo photo here. Dr. No premiered in Japan today in 1963. 

Swiss actress Ursula Andress’ performance as Dr. No’s knife-wielding skindiver Honey Ryder made her a star and set the standard for all future Bond girls. At the time of this publicity photo she was married to John Derek, but we have a feeling Sean Connery didn’t care—and rumor has it Andress didn’t either. She was delivered up from the sea on a clamshell today in 1936.

Filmmaker Paul Jilbert has put together a documentary entitled Painting the Last Rose of Summer, which details the work and life of one of the greatest pulp illustrators in history—Robert McGinnis. McGinnis painted posters for Hollywood films Dr. No and Barbarella, among many others, and for an array of 60s pulp novels written by the immortals of the art form. If you don’t know Robert McGinnis, this direct-to-DVD documentary is the easiest way to get to know his work.