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First US printing. The final novel by this writer who is best known for his post-nuclear holocaust book, 'On the Beach.' This story is, by contrast, warm, charming, and suffused with the kindness of people everywhere: when a man whose life revolved around his basement workshop where he made the miniature models he wrote about for a magazine suddenly found himself the trustee of his 10 year old niece, he sets off with her to Tahiti to recover her legacy: diamonds which were on the ship which sunk with her parents. Dustjacket art by Charles Geer. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket - closed tear along the fold of the front flap of the dj, and some toning to the spine of the dustjacket, but otherwise a very nice tight and straight copy of this book. .

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