The first edition of ‘Casino Royale‘ was published 70 years ago on the 13th April 1953 by Jonathan Cape, We will have to wait another 2 years and 5 days until we get to the 70th anniversary of the PAN edition. The original PAN artwork  by Roger Hall was sold at Bonham’s in 1991 and now resides in the collection of Michael L VanBlaricum.