London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition, first impression. 8vo. 253 pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped with a revolver and rose design on front board in silver and metallic-red, spine lettered in same, light soiling to front board; in original pictorial dust-jacket, designed by Richard Chopping, losses along top edges at spine and flap folds, light wear along bottom panel edges, panel folds moderately worn; small circular yellow sticker at bottom of rear panel (applied by Lawrence Hughes, denoting importance). From the library of Lawrence Hughes, Fleming's friend and President of William Morrow and Company. Gilbert A5a (1.1)

First edition of the fifth James Bond novel, and the first to feature a Richard Chopping-designed dust-jacket.