London: 1972. Small 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. ix, 137, (3) pages; map; 16 plates. Near new. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 7. Daehn 2412. Grierson 63. Kroh 32 (four and one-half stars): "an excellent die-study of this series." More
Pelham: Whitman, 2021. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvii, (1) 333, (1) pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. From the publisher: "Ken Bressett has compiled the most complete historical record of the Red Book and the life of its creator, including never-before-published documents from the Whitman Publishing archives. Bressett, who worked..... More
Jerusalem: Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, 2019. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 149, (3) pages; text illustrations; 15 color plates. New. Provides a history of the Nabataean kingdom and an overview of the chronological sequence of the coinage arranged by monarch, followed by a thorough catalogue listing 237 types of..... More
New York: ANS, 1995. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt. xii, 224, (4) pages; illustrated. Fine. The proceedings of the tenth Coinage of the Americas Conference. More
New York: ANS, 1995. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver. xii, 127, (5) pages; illustrated. Fine. Coinage of the Americas Conference Proceedings No. 9. More
London: Spink, 2021 reprint. Crown 4to, original silver-printed blue cloth; jacket. xxxii, 360 pages; illustrated. New. A new printing of Sear’s classic study of the coins struck during the transitional period between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. More
London: Royal Numismatic Society, 2020. 4to, original red boards, gilt; jacket. x, (2), 326 pages; ilustrated. New. Royal Numismatic Society Publication No. 56. Published in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies, Macquarie University. More
London: Royal Numismatic Society, 2020. 4to, original maroon boards, gilt; jacket. xx, 205, (3) pages; text illustrations; 5 plates of coins. New. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 59. Important for Roman Provincial coins. More
Wien: 2012. By Michael Alram and Rika Gyselen. 4to, later black half morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; blue textured endpapers; all page edges speckled blue. 609, (1) pages including 83 plates, mostly of coins, plus hundreds of additional illustrations. Fine..... More
Paris: 1869. Congrès archéologique de France (XXXVe session, séances générales tenues à Carcassonne, a Narbonne, a Perpignan et a Béziers en 1868...). Small 8vo, somewhat later white cloth-backed mottled boards; green spine label, gilt. lxv, (1), 411, (1) pages; illustrated throughout; 2 folding plans [Des Méloizes’s article is found on..... More
Toronto: Macmillan, 1939. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; printed jacket. Frontispiece; xii, (2), 382, (4) pages. Previous owner’s signature, else a fine copy in a somewhat dusty but very well-preserved jacket. A very nice copy of a scarce title, rarely seen in the original jacket. Canadian Numismatic Bibliography, page 555..... More
London: July 26, 1950 [sale not held]. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. 49, (1) pages; 423 lots; 11 fine plates. Near fine. A rare catalogue. Focusing on British coins, the entire collection was purchased en bloc by Spink prior to the auction. The sale, therefore, never took place and..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, MARCH 6, 2021. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; original pictorial covers bound in. 156 pages; 539 lots; profusely illustrated in color. PRL bound in. New. More
London: RNS, 2019. Two volumes. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. 832 pages including 130 plates. New. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication, No. 55. More
Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019. 24th edition. Edited by Francesco Pastrone. 8vo, original red leatherette, gilt. 608 pages; illustrated in color. New. The standard reference and price guide to French coinage from the Revolution to the present. Includes sections on Corsica, Saarland and Monaco, as well as information on essais..... More
Pelham: Whitman, 2021. Seventh edition. Edited by Q. David Bowers. 8vo, original printed card covers. 1500, (4) pages; illustrated in color. New. Expanded deluxe edition of the best-selling “Red Book.” Features valuable essays on collecting and investing in rare coins, tokens, medals, more historical information, extensive grading instructions with enlarged..... More
Lancaster & London: CNG, 2021. 8vo, original gray leatherette, lettered and decorated in silver. xii, 332 pages; illustrated in color. New. A useful and well-illustrated guide to the subject, listing 684 types and providing much information. One of the few works in English on this fascinating subject. More
Regenstauf: Gietl Verlag, 2011. 7. Auflage. 12mo, original pictorial boards. 649, (23) pages; illustrated. New. The latest edition of this standard catalogue of Swiss and Liechtenstein coins. More
Los Angeles: 2021. English translation directed by John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt. Four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching red cloth lettered in white. 1722 pages total; text illustrations; 121 color plates, plus occasional unnumbered full-page color enlargements. New. The first translation into English of Gerard van Loon’s enormously important Beschryving..... More
London: 1955–1961. Four parts, complete. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. 130 + 84 + 68 + 120 pages; 3125 lots total; 111 fine plates of coins. Covers somewhat worn from use, with two spines taped; a very good set. The complete Lockett ancient Greek coin sales, a highly important..... More
N.p. Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2021. 4to, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt; jacket. 704 pages; illustrated, partly in color. New. The long-awaited modern standard reference work on this complex and fascinating series of state copper coins. Examines in detail the over 350 identified die varieties of Connecticut..... More
London: Spink, 2017. Second edition. Square 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 84 pages; illustrated in color. New. Focuses on the English, Dutch, French and exiled Jacobite use of medals as a form of propaganda during the period from the expulsion of James II to the destruction of the Jacobite movement..... More
London: Spink and the British Museum, 2013. Square 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (5), 121, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. Discusses coinage as it is depicted in the Bible, as well the historical numismatic records from the Old Testament period through the Constantinian era and its aftermath. More
London: Spink, 2016. Tall 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xiii, (1), 231, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A fascinating examination of the “damnatio memoriae,” through which the historical legacy of an emperor or other prominent person was officially effaced, with coins melted, statues defaced, and records destroyed. More
London: Spink, 2018. Square 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 136 pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly readable examination of the roles played by money in warfare, from being symbols of nation and empire to being liquid commodities irrespective of state. Primarily focused on the British experience, though noting other..... More