DIAMOND
The Highlands of the Brazil; With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great Rivers Sao Francisco, from Sabara to the Sea.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. Two volumes. [4], xii, 443; [4], viii, 478 pages, plus 2 pp of ads. Each volume with a frontispiece plate and an additional title page with decorative vignette. Tall thick 8vos, recently rebound in dark brown morocco; ornate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and red leather labels; original gilt pictorial cloth covers are preserved and inset on front panel. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1869. First edition. Pages evenly toned throughout with some chipping at fore-edges of first... More
Diamonds...Famous, Notable and Unique
Gemological Institute of America, 1966. With Artwork, Design and Photography by Jeanne G. Martin. Illustrated. ix + 188pp., 8vo, grey cloth. Gemological Institute of America, (1966). First edition. A near fine copy. More
The Book of Diamonds: Their History and Romance From Ancient India to Modern Times
New York: Crown, 1965. Color frontispiece and many black-and-white photos. 226 pages plus a bibliography and index, 8vo, dark blue cloth with silver-stamped spine, dust wrapper (edge-worn; creased at top and bottom of spine). New York: Crown Publishers, (1965). Second printing. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. Illustrated in black and white. 409 pages, 8vo, green cloth backed brown boards, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Diamonds Myth, Magic, And Reality.
New York: Crown, 1980. Numerous illustrations in color & in black & white. 287pp., all edges gilt, 4to, privately rebound in full black calf, ornately gilt front cover, tan suede slipcase. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. First Edition. A fine copy. More
Cecil Rhodes
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. Frontispiece. 449 pages (foxed on fore-edge and top edge; previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper), tall 8vo, edge-worn red cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1933). Fourth printing. Very good(-). More