- Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled in black on the front cover and the spine with the outline of a half-moon or the trail of a rocket design on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper designed by Leo Manso. There is a very tiny tear to the cloth on the book's spine. The edges of the dust jacket are chipped with several short tears. The jacket's rear panel is soiled and there is a small hole to the jacket's spine. 220 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First American edition, stated first printing.The third James Bond novel.