New York: Collier Books, 1964. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage Paperback, Collier AS 554 V; Originally published in 1957 as a series of articles in the London Sunday Times, this book is Fleming's True Crime account of South African diamond smuggling netting $30 million a year until the Diamond Corporation created its own private intelligence agency and brought a master spy chaser to South Africa to block the illegal pipelines at their source. Illustrated with black & white photos. Text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show a trace of foxing along spine on back cover, o/w only very minor surface and edgewear. Quite Scarce. Collectable.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004201
Title: THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS
Author: Fleming, Ian
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine to Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Printing, First Edition Thus.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Collier Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1964
Keywords: TRUE CRIME, DIAMOND SMUGGLING, FIRST EDITION,THEFT, INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE, SOUTH AFRICA
Bookseller catalogs: Spy; True Crime; Vintage Paperback;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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