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London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. [James Bond short stories] FIRST EDITION, First Impression, Binding 'A'. IAN FLEMING'S LITERARY AGENT'S COPY, with agency rubber-stamp to endpaper, business card andtucked in. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered in gilt, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping priced 15s., leather-spined clamshell box. Contents clean, jacket with some wear to extremities, some rubbing, gummed brown paper strips to reverse side. Very good indeed. The first selection of James Bond short stories, which was followed by 'Octopussy and The Living Daylights'. This collection includes 'For Your Eyes Only' and 'From A View to a Kill' and 'Quantum of Solace', all of which were adapted as part of the 007 movie series. Peter Janson-Smith (1922-2016) initially negotiated Fleming's foreign translation rights and by 1960 would handle the James Bond short stories and serialisations, rising to chairman of Glidrose, managing…

For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories by the British author Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond. The collection includes five short stories: 'From a View to a Kill', 'For Your Eyes Only', 'Quantum of Solace', 'Risico', and 'The Hildebrand Rarity'. It is notable for including elements that were adapted into the James Bond films.