Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xv, (1), 272 pages; illustrated. Fine. More about A GUIDE BOOK OF WASHINGTON AND STATE QUARTERS. COMPLETE SOURCE FOR HISTORY, GRADING, AND PRICES
Wolfeboro: 1985. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 168 pages; illustrated. Fine. More about UNITED STATES THREE-CENT AND FIVE-CENT PIECES: AN ACTION GUIDE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND INVESTOR
Atlanta: Whitman, 2014. 4to, original pictorial boards. viii, 280 pages; profusely illustrated in color. New. An exceptional work, with a Foreword by C. John Ferreri. The Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is a multiple-volume study of currency issued from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks... More about WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OBSOLETE PAPER MONEY. VOLUME 1: AN INTRODUCTION FOR COLLECTORS AND...
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 448 pages; profusely illustrated in color. New. Foreword by Anne E. Bentley. The Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is a multiple-volume study of currency issued by American banks from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks and the... More about WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OBSOLETE PAPER MONEY. VOLUME 3: NEW ENGLAND, PART 2: MASSACHUSETTS, BOOK...
Toronto: 1965. 8vo, original printed blue boards. xiii, (1), 92, (4) pages; illustrated. Near fine. A significant work on the subject. More about COMMUNION TOKENS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA
1961. Issue 1 (May-June 1961). 8vo, self-covered. 16 pages. Near fine. The only issued published. According to Ken Lowe (ìAmerican Numismatic Periodicals from 1860 to 1960: An Overview Based on Remy Bourneís Book of the Same Nameî), ìapparently between 200 and 300 copies of the first issue were produced. The... More about THE METROPOLITAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL
Wolfeboro: Bowers and Merena, 2000. Edited by Mark Borckardt. 4to, original pictorial hardcover. 857, (37) pages, including 34 plates of coins, numerous text illustrations and enlargements. Fine. Based on Breen’s extensive notes on early large cents; most useful for provenance research, die state analysis and expanded condition census information. More about WALTER BREEN’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY UNITED STATES CENTS, 1793–1814
Santa Barbara: 1983. First edition. 4to, original pictorial card covers. (2), 160 pages; well illustrated. Inscribed by Walter Breen to John Donohueat the ANA Seminar, Colorado Springs, 7/11/90. Fine. Originally written as an auction catalogue of the famous collection formed by Ed and Kenny Lee, this work features a great... More about CALIFORNIA PIONEER FRACTIONAL GOLD. HISTORIC GOLD RUSH SMALL CHANGE 1852-1856 AND SUPPRESSED...
New York: FCI, 1977. 4to, original brown cloth, printed and decorated in gilt; jacket. 324 pages; illustrated throughout. Near fine. Remains an important work, though some of its claims have been questioned (while others, controversial at the time, have gained acceptance). More about "A COINER'S CAVIAR," WALTER BREEN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES AND COLONIAL PROOF...
Chicago: mid-1960s. Seven titles: Major Varieties of U.S. Gold Dollars; Varieties of United States Quarter Eagles; Major Varieties of the United States Three Dollar Gold Pieces; Early United States Half Eagles 1795-1838; Varieties of United States Half Eagles 1839-1929; United States Eagles; New Varieties of $1, $2.50 and $5.00 United... More about MONOGRAPHS ON U.S. GOLD DIE VARIETIES
New York: F.C.C. Boyd Foundation, 1959. [Most of title page information crossed out.] Photocopy [1966 or later] of over 200 pages of typewritten manuscript, the original of which was heavily annotated in ink. Near fine. An early working draft of the book that developed into Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United... More about UGLY DUCKLINGS: THE UNITED STATES HALF CENTS 1793–1857. AN EXERCISE IN DESCRIPTIVE CLASSIFICATION
New York: FCI/Doubleday, 1988. 4to, original black cloth; jacket. xiv, 754 pages; illustrated. Jacket a bit worn; else near fine. Probably the greatest single attempt to discuss all U.S. coinage, including colonial and private coinages, in a single volume. While some have focused on the textís occasional errors and the..... More about WALTER BREEN'S COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. AND COLONIAL COINS
New York: FCI/Doubleday, 1988. 4to, original black cloth; jacket. xiv, 754 pages. Well-illustrated throughout. Fine. Probably the greatest single attempt to discuss all U.S. coinage, including colonial and private coinages, in a single volume. While some have focused on the textís occasional errors and the volumeís production problems, it would..... More about WALTER BREEN'S COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. AND COLONIAL COINS
Malmˆ: 1977. 4to, original pictorial boards. 296 pages; text illustrations; price list laid in. Near fine. A major work. Rarely encountered signed. Clain-Stefanelli 11137. More about THE COPPER COINAGE OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 1700-1917
Ottawa: 1983 reprint. 8vo, original printed card covers. 214 pages; illustrated. Near fine. An abridged reprint published by R. Paul Nadin-Davis. It incliudes all of the coin catalogue, but omits the rarity/price information as it is obsolete and also does not include the biographic pages about Canadian collectors. More about ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE COINS AND TOKENS RELATING TO CANADA
Winnipeg: 1963. Combined reprint of the 1894 & 1912 works. Tall 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt. (4), 344, (16) pages; illustrated. Fine. A useful reprint of the still-standard guides to these areas. Clain-Stefanelli 8518*. More about POPULAR ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO CANADIAN COINS, MEDALS, &. &
Ottawa. 1983 reprint of the 1912 original. 8vo, original printed card covers. 195, (1) pages; text illustrations and portraits. Near fine. A reprint of the classic 1912 work. Still a primary reference for Canadian numismatics. More about POPULAR ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO CANADIAN COINS, MEDALS, &. &. / GUIDE POPULAIRE ILLUSTR…...
Boston: 1955. First edition. 4to, text bound separately in later brown half morocco, gilt; plates housed loose, for ease of reference, in full brown morocco plate folder. Fine frontispiece; xvi, 340, (2) pages; 115 very fine plates of coins. Near fine. A beautifully bound copy of the scarce original edition... More about MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON: CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS
London: 1889. Reginald Stuart Poole, editor. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. xliv, 252 pages; 39 fine plates. Binding worn at spine; plates reinforced with tape at gutters. Good or better. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Volume 13. The scarce original edition, with superior plates. Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. Grierson 54-55. More about CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS. PONTUS, PAPHLAGONIA, BITHYNIA, AND THE KINGDOM OF BOSPHORUS
Dublin: 1969. Crown 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 255, (1) pages; text illustrations; 23 fine plates. Spotting to cover, wear to spine; very good or better. More about THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1968. Volume XXXVII
Dublin: 1968. Crown 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 239, (1) pages; text illustrations; 15 fine plates. Spotting to cover, wear to spine; very good or better. More about THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1967. Volume XXXVI
Dublin: 1966. Crown 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 198, (6) pages; text illustrations; 15 fine plates. Spotting to cover, wear to spine; very good or better. More about THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1965. Volume XXXIV
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1920. First of two volumes only. Tall 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. 89, (1) pages; folding map; 3 plates of ornaments; 22 fine plates of coins. Binding bruised; very good. The plate volume for this scarce and important reference. Does not include the catalogue volume. Clain-Stefanelli 10026*. Grierson 237. More about CATALOGUE OF COINS IN THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, LUCKNOW. COINS OF THE MUGHAL EMPERORS. VOL. I:...
Wolfeboro: Bowers & Merena, 1992. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 166 pages; text illustrations; 8 plates. Fine. The hardcover edition of the most up-to-date work on the topic. More about THE EARLY QUARTER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES 1796-1838
Rockford: World Exonumia Press, 2003. 4to, original full maroon leather; both covers bordered in gilt with floral corner devices; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; decorative pastedowns derived from color images used for regular edition dust-jacket. (4), 476 pages; illustrated throughout. Numbered by hand on... More about MERCHANT AND PRIVATELY COUNTERMARKED COINS: ADVERTISING ON THE WORLDíS SMALLEST BILLBOARDS