The original paperback hero, turned big screen icon, James Bond, is going on exhibit.

The book covers of the 007 series now on exhibition, display the image of the British spy that has changed over the years. The covers begin from the 1950's to today, travelling all over the globe in different translations from Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, German and English. There is also an Italian comic-book version that is out.

The show opens in London at the Fleming Collection gallery, on Tuesday. It displays an impressionable range of tastes in the different prints published in different areas of language and culture.

The earliest cover comes from "Casino Royale," the 1955 paperback debut. On the cover is a relatively boring image of Bond, with a bowtie and a carnation in his buttonhole, sitting at a poker table. Covers from later edition show a slicker and racier Bond, with different themes of gleaming guns, shining diamonds or nude women.

The covers of the late 60's are more glamorous, while the rise of feminism, takes away the glamorous ladies who return later on in the journey of the series covers.