FLEMING, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers. (THE QUEEN ANN PRESS - 2008 - LIMITED EDITION)

AUTHOR: FLEMING, Ian.

TITLE: The Diamond Smugglers.

PUBLISHER: London: Queen Anne Press, 2008.

DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION. 1 vol., 8-11/16" x 5-3/4", limited to 100 numbered copies this being #3, bound in full dark blue morocco, small fake diamond to front cover, with gilt and blind tooled multi-colored pictorial onlaid leather design that follows the theme of the book, patterned endpapers, and all edges gilt, housed in it’s original blue silk open-ended slipcase, title vertical gilt to back of slipcase, by Sangorski & Sutcliff.

CONDITION: In AS NEW condition.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Published in 2008 by Queen Anne Press London the complete set of 18 titles (considered the definitive collection of his works) was issued with a limitation of 406 sets of various limitations. 26 lettered A-Z, 30 lettered according to the Russian alphabet, 100 numbered 1-100, and 250 sets numbered I-CCL. This volume being one of the 100 sets.

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. ”