"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to the spine in original dust-jacket illustrated by Denis Piper, priced at 12/6. No inscriptions, edges toned, jacket with a few small nicks/tears, sunned to spine. Very good indeed. Fleming's first non-Bond book, and also his first non-fiction work. Written with the assistance of Diamond expert John Collard, who is noted in the book as 'John Blaize'. Item #72135
Gilbert A15a (1.1).
Price: £250.00
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