Diamond Jim: The Life and Times of James Buchanan Brady by Morell, Parker - 1934

Simon and Schuster, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 1934. First Edition. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Blind stamp decoration and fake diamond to front. Includes 22 black & white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Binding remains firm. Top text block edge dyed blue, with small water drops. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Spine label is slightly peeling. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hurst and Blackett, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

SIMON AND SCHUSTER. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 3rd printing, 1934. (New York, Businessmen, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Garden City, NY. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 236 pp; Star Books reprint form 1934, nice book in dust jacket with sunned spine and edge wear at the spine ends with edge chipping, still a nice tight book .

NY: Simon and Schuster. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, paper clip indents and rust on top . edge of first several pages.. 1934. Second Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth binding with blindstamped portrait of Diamond Jim on front boards complete with inset fake diamond tie pin. Index, 22 black and white photographs of Brady, Lillian Russell, Brady's diamond-stuffed personal jewelry, New York City street scenes of the 1890s and paunchy boxer John L. Sullivan. Biography of Brady, the poster boy for the Gay Nineties with his rags to riches story, and his excessive appetites for food, women, nightlife and diamonds. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 286 pages .

Simon And Schuster , 1934. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing..

Garden City Publishing. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 2nd printing. (businessman, financiers, biographies) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1934. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Reprint Star Books/Garden City Publishing 286 pages. Good+, in a Good DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to red cloth boards with black titles and illustration - corners and boards bumped. Major shelf/edge wear and one large chip missing (lower left edge of front panel) to original DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. 27 chapters, appendix and index. James Buchanan Brady (August 12, 1856 – April 13, 1917), also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman, financier and philanthropist of the Gilded Age. Book was published just before the 1935 film Diamond Jim was released. The film was based on the published biography Diamond Jim Brady by Parker Morell. It follows the life of legendary entrepreneur James Buchanan Brady, including his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell, and stars Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero and Binnie Barnes.… Read More

Ams Pr Inc, 1934-06. Hardcover. Good.

star books, garden city,, 1934, movie tie-in hardcover. very good -fine red binding, in a good dust jacket , large chip upper right, lower left, small chips at spine ends and corners, spine fading