
THE DIAMOND THIEVES
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McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1923, believe First Canadian Edition; black & white frontispiece by W. B. King. Hard cover, 416 pages. Blue cloth with red lettering and green rules on front and spine; some rubs, and bit of discolouration to fore-edge of front board. Corners and spine ends bumped with some wear; spine faded with some age spots. Sound binding. Outer page block tanned with a bit of age spotting. No jacket. Prior owner’s name stamped on front paste-down; initials and date plus name neatly inked on front end paper. Remainder of interior clean and unmarked. A scarce/rare first Canadian edition. A young woman working for Security Alliance is to pose as a gem thief to infiltrate a gang of thieves. But things go awry and she is suspected of murder.