First edition, first impression, of the author's first collection of short stories, "five episodes in a short span of tough life - the life of James Bond, agent number 007 in the Secret Service" (jacket blurb). The stories comprise "From a View to a Kill", "For Your Eyes Only", "Quantum of Solace", "Risico", and "The Hildebrand Rarity".
Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt (Gilbert's binding A), eye design in white on front cover. With dust jacket.
Title page printed in black and red.
Jacket generally bright, a little rubbed and nicked, price-clipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
Gilbert A8a (1.1).