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, 2015. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. ix, (1), 374 pages; illustrated in color. New. Volume 20 in The Official Red Book Series. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xv, (1), 272 pages; illustrated. Fine. More
Wolfeboro: 1985. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 168 pages; illustrated. Fine. 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
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
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
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
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*..... More
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
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
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
Washington, D.C. Pan American Union, 1960. 8vo, original printed card covers. liv, 295, (3) pages; frontispiece portrait; 8 plates. Cover sunned; near fine. An important collection of essays on this brilliant Chilean scholar’s vast contributions to bibliography, numismatics and history. The numismatic portion of the book was written by Robert..... More
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*..... More
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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1899. 8vo, later brown cloth, gilt. 144, (10) pages. Fine. John Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Series XVII, Nos. 1–3. A scholarly work on the subject. More
Brief notice printed in the New York Evening Post for Saturday, February 2, 1861. Entire issue present. Large tabloid, 4 pages. Article on page 3 announces the seizure of the New Orleans Mint, with a small headline. Folded, and separated at spine. Very good. An interesting memento of one of..... More
New York: ANS, 1938. 16mo, original printed card covers. (6), ii, 192 pages; frontispiece; 10 fine double-page plates. Slight wear to covers; near fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 83. More