The Diamond Smugglers. With an Introduction by 'John Blaize' formerly of the International Diamond Security Organization.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1958. [True crime] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photos and drawings. With errors corresponding to Gilbert. Publisher's light blue cloth with titles in white to the spine, with four white circles representing diamonds stamped to upper. Black pictorial dust-wrapper, clipped in the usual Macmillan manner but retaining the price of $3.50 to flap. A fine copy of the book in a near fine jacket with one nick to top edge of front panel and some light wear to spine tips. Jon Gilbert's copy with his pencilled notes and ownership to flyleaf. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Documentary on the illicit passage of diamonds out of Africa, and the covert agent responsible for breaking the racket. Item #64802
Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography A15b (1).
Price: £175.00



