Hardcover. Condition: Used. Numbered. Number 5 of 18 made. Signed and dated (1992) by the author. Harcover is in very good condition. Pages are clean and bright. Coins mentioned below in the discription are intact. Book has been shelved in a cool dry climate controled envrionment since aquired. Prose and Cons has been produced in an edtion of eighteen, with four artist's proofs. Each book includes a set of three different coins. No two sets are identical. One book includes the coins actually used in the con described herein. The artist alone knows which book includes the authentic coins. Signed By Author.