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Ian Fleming

The Diamond Smugglers

Jonathan Cape

1957

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First edition and first issue of The Diamond Smugglers, Ian Fleming’s first non-Bond and non-fiction work, written with the assistance of diamond expert John Collard, who is noted in the book as John Blaize.

  • Ian Fleming (English).
  • London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.
  • Octavo.
  • 160 pages.
  • Illustrated with photographs.
  • Bound in publisher’s black cloth with white titles to the spine and in original dust jacket illustrated by Denis Piper.

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Contents clean.

Edges slightly toned.

Jacket gently toned to spine.

One small tear at top edge.

Dimensions

Height: 7.87 inches / 20 cm
Width: 5.51 inches / 14 cm

Feature(s)

First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Novels, Modern first editions, Mystery and Detective, Literature

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