all numbered and correctly placed
Ends of spine slightly rubbed
Illustrations throughout the text
Novel set around a chess playing machine designed by a Hungarian mechanic called Wolfgang de Kempelen (1734-1804)
an American artist about whom little is known other than he began painting covers for books for Fantasy Press and Gnome Press in 1950
Famous Diamonds Fiction all numbered and correctly placedWoodbridge: Antique Collector's Club, 2009. Large hardback with the excellent pictorial dust jacket. Fifth edition. Colour photographs throughout. A fine copy. Focusing on the world's greatest diamonds including the Koh i noor, Niarchos,Pigot, Polar Star, Cullinan, Braganza, and the Hortensia, to name but a few. With a foreword by Nicky Oppenheimer, Chairman of De Beers.