Black cloth with faint brown silhouette of a woman on front cover, silver-lettered spine, pictorial jacket with matching decoration on the front cover. First Edition.

A rousing Bond thriller set in the Caribbean. Fleming's sixth novel featuring the master spy. Basis for the first Bond film starring Sean Connery; this is one of the more elusive first editions in the series and considered by many to be Fleming's best book. Bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone. Signature of Edward Stansbury dated 1959 on front free endpaper. Jacket with rubberstamp and penciled price over original printed "13s. 6d. net" price on front flap.