Ian Fleming

Stunning signed onlaid leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of The Diamond Smugglers, part of The Works of Ian Fleming, which is considered the definitive collection of his works. 

• Ian Fleming (English).
• London: Queen Anne Press, 2008.
• Limited to 56 lettered editions (26 lettered according to the English alphabet and 30 lettered according to the Russian alphabet), with this volume being Russian letter 3 (English translation is Z).
• Bound in full morocco with a pictorial onlaid leather multicolored design that follows the theme of the book and includes a diamond on the cover, and hand-sewn headbands, handmade watermarked endpapers and all edges gilt, with binders stamp in gilt on the bottom of the inside back cover.
• Housed in a blue silk cloth slipcase with leather entry and the title appears in gold gilt on the spine.

From the Ian Fleming Estate and Publications, “On September 15, 1957, Ian Fleming’s true account of diamond smuggling in Africa was serialized by the Sunday Times. The articles were then bound together and published as a book the following year. The million carat network…that was the name given by the men of the International Diamond Security Organization to a fantastic smuggling racket which spirited away ten million pounds worth of diamonds from Africa every year. That was the challenge which faced ex-MI-5 Chief, Sir Percy Sillitoe and his anti-smuggling squad. Master thriller-writer Ian Fleming tells the true story of the fight against the web of intrigue which covered two continents — and it is as exciting and gripping as any work of fiction."