Providence: Society of Colonial Wars, 1942. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. x, 112 pages; 10 plates, 4 of them impressions of colonial currency taken from the original copperplates, printed on parchment and tipped into place. Fine. A well-preserved copy of this less-frequently seen work on colonial counterfeiting. Clain-Stefanelli 13653. Davis..... More
Los Angeles: 1982. 4to, original grained cream cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 134 pages; portrait; enlarged text illustrations; 2 photographic plates of large cents in color. Price list laid in. Fine. Special Limited Library Edition. One of 256 numbered copies, signed by the authors. A superb collection..... More
Los Angeles: 1982. 4to, original printed card covers. 134 pages; portrait; enlarged text illustrations. Photocopy price list laid in. Near fine or better. A superb collection, mostly comprised of coins with remarkable pedigrees extending into the nineteenth century. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2021. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xiii, (1), 274 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2020. Second Edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. viii, 440 pages; illustrated in color. New. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 528 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. 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 Federal Reserve. Volume 5 is..... More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2016. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 480 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. Volume 6 is the first of three volumes on the South Atlantic states. This book weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may incur extra international shipping charges. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2016. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 720 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. Volume 7 is the second of three volumes on the South Atlantic states. This book weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may incur extra international shipping charges. More
Wolfeboro: Bowers and Merena, 1989. 4to, original pictorial boards. 527, (1) pages. Slight faded line across cover, else fine. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2020. 4to, original pictorial card covers. x, 422 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. A new book by Q. David Bowers and Mary L. Martin on postcard collecting. The two have written two other books focusing on the postcard art of Alphonse Mucha. More
Wolfeboro: Bowers & Merena, 1997. 4to, original pictorial boards. 456 pages; illustrated throughout. Fine. A useful and interesting reference. More
Wolfeboro: 1998. 4to, original pictorial boards. 429, (1) pages; numerous illustrations. Signed by the author on numbered bookplate. Fine. Perhaps the best work available on the early history of the hobby in the United States. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xv, (1), 272 pages; illustrated. Fine. More
Wolfeboro: 1993. Two volumes. 4to, original matching pictorial boards. xx, (2), 1096, (2); (8), 2005–3067, (1) pages; text illustrations. Covers sunned, else fine. The standard work on the subject. More
4to, original pictorial boards. 356 pages; illustrated in color. New. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2020. 2nd edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. x, 340 pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly important work, providing a single-volume examination of these complex coins. More
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
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
Toronto: 1965. 8vo, original printed blue boards. xiii, (1), 92, (4) pages; illustrated. Near fine. A significant work on the subject. More
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
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
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
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 text's occasional errors and the volume's production problems, it would..... More
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
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