Description

Large format hardcover, quarto bound in black blind-stamped boards and publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 192 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index, Section of Faberge Dealers and Collectors, etc. Introduction by Archduke Geza von Habsburg. Foreword by Mikhail Piotrovsky. Essay by Danielle Steel. Illustrated with 136 full color photographs by Fred Lyon. First edition, no additional printing listed. A sumptuous display of the privately owned collection of John Traina, the largest private collection of Faberge cigarette cases and related accessories in existence. With an essay by Traina’s former wife, the author Danielle Steel on her life with the collector and his collections. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large book, Priority mail will may require additional postage based on distance.