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London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A, export copy, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.95. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver, patterned grey endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. With Canadian publisher/distributor's slip inserted. Price clipped as expected for export, else fine, in a leather-spined clamshell box. This copy was distributed in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Co. This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A14a (1).

A posthumous collection of short stories, featuring the character James Bond.