1958 The Diamond Smugglers

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper

The US first edition, first printing.

Originally published in the UK in 1957.

In publisher's original blue cloth binding. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. 

A work by Ian Fleming, a British writer, best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. 

This work is is a non-fiction book based on two weeks of interviews Fleming undertook with John Collard, a member of the International Diamond Security Organisation (IDSO) and a former member of MI5.

The IDSO was formed by Sillitoe to combat the smuggling of diamonds from Africa, where it was estimated that £10 million worth of gems were being smuggled every year out of South Africa alone.

The book expands upon a series of articles Fleming wrote for The Sunday Times in 1957.

Illustrated with a frontispiece and 8 double sided plates. Collated, complete.