MORELL, Parker.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Diamond Jim. First edition, first printing; a nice copy, and uncommon with both the dust jacket and the faux diamond remaining in the cover. The biography of the larger-then-life figure James "Diamond Jim" Brady, American tycoon, philanthropist, and toast of the New York social scene during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.A collector of jewellery and precious stones, Brady owned 30 sets of diamond jewellery - one for each day of the month. He was also known for his enormous appetite, being described by one restauranteur as "the best 25 customers I ever had".

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