Burma Ruby: A History of Mogok's Rubies from Antiquity to the Present by S. K. Samuels. SKS Enterprises, Inc. 2003. ISBN-10: 0972532307. 6" x 9 1/4" xvii, 254 pages, plus 15 pages color photos and 1 diagram Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED on the first blank page, "With Best Wishes/ S(illegible) K Samuels/ 3-4-03". I cannot verify this as being signed by the author. DUST JACKET: Maybe light edge wear. Bumping to the top of the dj. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped but with no published price. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear.  Light bending to the front cover. A small smudge inside the back cover. No other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JL24a

"Provides a general yet complete introduction to Burma, surveying that country's ancient history and culture, its experience through WWII, and its current economic situation while maintaining its focus on rubies from Burma's renowned Mogok mines.
Also addresses the topics of enhancement, heat treatment, smuggling, and provenance of rubies and discusses the unique properties of Burmese rubies and sapphires. Provides tips on buying rubies in Burma. Includes heretofore unpublished statistics about historical and recent production and sales of rubies in Burma and a hitherto unpublished listing of significant rubies and sapphires sold from 1965 to 2002." - Amazon review