Diamonds Unlimited
by P.H.E. Burgess
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: The Adventurers Club, 1960 The Adventurers Club, London, UK. 1960. Hardcover. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; light bumping to top edge; light soiling to panels. Maroon boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine with gilt barbed wire decorations. 190 pp 8vo. The Adventurers Club was a book publisher that published 11 books between 1940 and 1967 on people who ventured into dangerous locations and occupations. This book is about a London policeman who established a security operation at the Williamson Diamond Mine in Mwadui, Tanganyika and worked with the Canadian geologist, Dr. John Williamson. This is actually a portrait of two men- Burgess and Williamson and how order was brought out of chaos. This a picture of an extradinary man in extraordinary circumstances. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011385
- Title
- Diamonds Unlimited
- Author
- P.H.E. Burgess
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Adventurers Club
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- P.H.E. Burgess, Williamson Diamond Mine, Mwadui Tanganyika, security operation, Dr. John Williamson, geologist, diamonds, The Adventurers Club, security officer, diamond theft, crime, Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; African Matters;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...