Diamond Jim: The Life and Times of James Buchanan Brady -
Parker Morell
1934 - Simon and Schuster, New York - First Edition
The lively, true rags-to-riches story of Diamond Jim Brady, the vulgar and pretentious but generous and lovable to a fault Gilded Age businessman, with a gargantuan appetite for rich food and opulent jewelry, who started life as a barkeeper’s son and ended up one of the world’s most sensational capitalists. ‘Possibly the most colorful personality that ever walked the sidewalks of New York’.
First edition, notable for it’s faux-Diamond which is embedded into the front covers, sparkling through to Diamond Jim’s shirt on the scarce dust jacket. Illustrated with 22 black and white photographs. ‘Diamond Jim Brady was famous for three things: making millions selling railroad supplies, wearing flashy jewellery and eating enormous amounts of food.’ – The New York Times.  More Details
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