"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
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 illustrated by Denis Piper, priced at 12/6. No inscriptions, contents clean, binding fresh. A smart copy without dust-jacket. 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 #75327
Gilbert A15a (1.1).
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