Ypsilanti: 2006–2015. Six volumes. 4to, original matching maroon leatherette, gilt. Over 2400 pages; fine enlarged color text illustrations of large cents throughout. New. Well-illustrated attribution guides with significant condition-census data. The complete set. This set weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may incur extra international shipping charges. More about UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS. COMPLETE SET, VOLUMES 1–6: 1793–1857

London: Spink, 2012. Tall 8vo, original pictorial boards. (10), 308, (2) pages; illustrated. Fine. A new work on the subject, edited by Joe Cribb and Helen Wang, bringing together the collected works of Richard Wright, published between 1974 and 2003 and constituting one of the most important sustained examinations of modern Chinese coinage. More about THE MODERN COINAGE OF CHINA, 1866-1949: THE EVIDENCE IN WESTERN ARCHIVES

Evansville: 1983. Five double-sided typed and stapled sheets. Pencil markings. Ex Del Bland library. Fine. An infrequently encountered fixed price list of U.S. half cents belonging to an anonymous collector (identified by Del Bland as Ricky Gross on this copy). More about BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT: “THE BALTIMORE COLLECTION.”

No publisher information. 4to, unpaginated color copies housed in black 3-ring binder, as issued. New. Self-published records of the author’s own collection, placed into historical context with good illustrations and considerable discussion. Some of the pages have ink smudges from the printing process used. More about AN AMERICAN COLLECTION. PERSONAL CATALOG WITH HISTORICAL NUGGETS. BOOK TWO: EARLY AMERICAN...

Beverly Hills: Sept. 6, 2009; May 30, 2010; September 19, 2010; January 30, 2011. Four volumes complete. 4to, original matching card covers. Illustrated in color throughout. Part III includes The Davy Collection of Half Cent Errors bound with it, as issued. Cumulative prices realized list included. Near fine or better... More about THE DAN HOLMES COLLECTION: PARTS 1–IV

8vo, original green textured cloth, gilt. October 20, 1951. 64 pages; 1493 lots. Prices realized printed alongside each lot; printed prices realized list also included. Near fine. More about SPECIAL PRICED EDITION AUCTION CATALOGUE NO. 72 OFFERING A MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF UNITED...

Evanston: Press of Ward Schori, 1986. Small 8vo, original tan cloth and brown boards printed in brown with gilt decoration. 87, (1) pages on thick, high-quality untrimmed paper. Fine. The definitive story of history's most famous bibliographic hoax. The style is humorous and delightful reading as well as exhibiting Mr... More about THE FORTSAS BIBLIOHOAX. REVISED AND NEWLY ANNOTATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND...

Baltimore: Oct. 21–23, 1997. 4to, original pictorial card covers. xvi, 303, (1); 1264 lots; including 16 color plates; illustrated throughout, including many coin enlargements. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. Includes Pittman’s Canadian and colonial coins, and U.S. minor denominations, patterns, commemoratives, proof sets, gold $1, $5 and $20, and private/territorial gold. More about THE JOHN JAY PITTMAN COLLECTION. SELECTED NUMISMATIC RARITIES. PART ONE

New York: Harper & Brothers / John J. Ford, Jr. Numisco Series, 1965 printing of 1958 edition. 8vo, original tan cloth, gilt; jacket. xii, 340 pages; 51 plates. Jacket near perfect. Fine. Though it has been surpassed by more recent scholarship, this is one of the greatest book ever written... More about PENNY WHIMSY: A REVISION OF EARLY AMERICAN CENTS, 1793-1814: AN EXERCISE IN DESCRIPTIVE...

Wolfeboro: Bowers and Merena, 2003. Second edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. 263, (1) pages; well illustrated. Fine. The latest edition of Breen and Gillio on small-sized California gold. Out of print and in demand. More about CALIFORNIA PIONEER FRACTIONAL GOLD. HISTORIC GOLD RUSH SMALL CHANGE 1852-1857 AND SUPPRESSED...

Congress, Arizona: 2013. 4to, original pictorial boards. 903, (5) pages; illustrated in color. Corner bumps; near fine. A massive and thorough work on what is perhaps the greatest controversy of 20th-century U.S. numismatics. More about JOHN J. FORD, JR. AND THE "FRANKLIN HOARD."

St. Joseph, 1992. 4to, original white cloth, lettered in copper. (28), 335, (3) pages; coin enlargements throughout the text; 27 plates of coins with text; rarity table. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine. The standard work on the middle dates. More about THE CENT BOOK: 1816-1839

New York: June 13-14, 1984. 8vo, original brown leatherette, spine and front lettered in gilt. 156 pages; 893 lots; illustrated throughout and on 8 color plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. A scarcer binding variant of the Special Hardbound Edition with a gilt-lettered front cover rather than the mounted card cover. More about THE FLOYD T. STARR COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS, UNITED STATES HALF CENTS