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, association copy, from the library of screenwriter John Michael Hayes (signature within). Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Publisher's light blue hardcovers with titles in white to the spine, with four white circles representing diamonds stamped to upper. Black pictorial dust-jacket, clipped in the usual Macmillan manner but retaining the price of $3.50 to flap. Contents clean, minor spotting to endpapers, jacket colour neatly touched-up in places (some blled to reverse side). Shoes as a near fine copy. John Michael Hayes (1919-2008), American screenwriter who wrote four of Alfred Hitchcock's films; Rear Window (for which he won an Edgar Award and an Oscar nomination), To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Hayes was the recipient of the Writers Guild of America's highest honour, the Screen Laurel Award. Papers from Gilbert-Schoyen reveal Alfred Hitchcock was Ian Fleming's first choice of director for his Bond films; Hitchcock declined as he was about to make Psycho. This copy was likely acquired by the screenwriter at that time. Later part of Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert's archive (pencil note within). Item #70939
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