New York: Press of the Pioneers, 1934. First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece portrait; (iii)–xi, (1), 423, (5) pages; 13 additional plates. Inscribed and signed by the author (see comments). Very good or better in a very good, price-clipped jacket. A popular biography of the famous settler..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral, 1961. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; jacket. 267, (1) pages [Clifford’s article comprises pages 217–265]; well illustrated. Minor wear and signs of previous ownership. Very good or better. The first appearance in print of Clifford’s substantial article on pioneer gold. The various Brand Books (see..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: Riverside Press, (October 1903). First edition, fourth impression. 8vo, original olive green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated pictorially in black, silver and green; top page edges gilt. Halftone frontispiece; xi, (5), 281, (1) pages; illustrated throughout by E. Boyd Smith;..... More
Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 288 pages; illustrated in color. New. The first book-length study of the intriguing series of coppers issued by various parties associated with Thomas Machin. Includes coverage not only of the series collected as Machin’s Mills coppers, but also of those Vermont..... More
Baden-Baden: 5.–21. Oktober 1995. The complete set of six sale catalogues, plus the introductory volume. All 4to, original pictorial card covers; housed in original decorative slipcase. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout with many full-page photographs. Catalogues with minor signs of use; slipcase creased. Near fine. The six volumes include: Volume..... More
San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2004. First edition. Introduction by Roger Ebert. 8vo, original black cloth, decorated in gilt; jacket. 255, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. A highly readable collection of articles first published in this hugely important early comic and Sci-Fi fanzine, with introductory materials by the Lupoffs and Roger Ebert..... More
(Londini): Prelo demum mandabantur, A.D. MDCCXLVI (1746). Part Four of Numismata Antiqua in Tres Partes Divisa: Collegit olim et Aeri Incidi Vivens Curavit Thomas Pembrochiae et Montis Gomerici Comes. Tall 4to, contemporary full tree calf, both boards decoratively bordered in gilt; professionally rebacked in tan calf with a new spine..... More
Bourgas: Adicom, 2005–2007. Three volumes. 8vo, original matching red leatherette, gilt; jackets. 1496 pages; well illustrated. New. A complete set of the English editions of these important modern references on Roman Provincial (Greek Imperial) types struck in Balkan mints. More
Paris: 1957. First separate edition. 8vo, later tan linen; spine ruled and lettered in brown. 154 pages; 20 fine plates of coins. Previous owner’s stamps on title, else fine. Scarce and important. Clain-Stefanelli 2122*: “Basic reference on Rhegium, including latest research.” Daehn 2820. Grierson 63. Kroh 18 (4.5 stars): “This..... More
London: Society of Antiquaries, 1761–1763. 4to, modern brown half calf with marbled sides; spine with six raised bands, ruled in gilt, with two black spine labels lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers. iv, 161, (1), 12, 216 pages; 42, + 19 + 6 engraved plates, mostly by Francis Perry, of English..... More
Washington, D.C. 1993. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. viii, 143, (1) pages; map; 41 plates of coins. Jacket wrinkled; else near fine. A significant catalogue. More
Cold Spring: Davissons, 1994. Concordance compiled by Harold Welch. 4to, original crimson cloth, gilt. Several hundred pages; text illustrations. Signed and numbered by the editor. Fine. One of only 100 copies issued, of which this is No. 54. Provides historical background for the tokens not to be found elsewhere. Davisson..... More
Gamlingay: 2011. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. 164 pages; illustrated. New. Covers the numismatic history of Japan before the Meiji period (i.e., before 1868). Useful guides to the calligraphy, language, production techniques and historical background are also provided. Intended to be of use to both novice and more advanced..... More
Oxford: Ashmolean, 2016. Crown 4to, original black boards lettered in silver; jacket. 160 pages including 63 color plates of coins with facing text. New. An important contribution to the study of the coins of Aksum (Axum), and one of the few of Wolfgang Hahn’s works in English. The coin plates..... More
Llanfyllin: 1993. Tall 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. (2), 366 pages; illustrated throughout. Price guide laid in. Fine. The standard work. More
Witham: 2001. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (4), xi, (1), 96, (1), 97–394, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. Perhaps the finest single work on the subject. More
Paris: 1940. 4to, original printed card covers. viii, 164 pages; 62 plates. Unopened. Spine a bit worn; else near fine. A biography and study of this prominent French architect and artist. More
New York: 1851. Second edition. 8vo, original brown cloth paneled in blind and lettered in gilt. (6), 72, (2), xvi, 2, (16), 2 pages; 5 lithographic plates, mostly depicting pioneer gold coins. Spine worn with backstrip partly lacking; very good or so, but with bright unspotted pages. Originally published in..... More
Zürich: 5-6 October 2011 and 17 May 2012. Two volumes. 4to, original matching printed card covers. 260, (4) + 147, (5) pages; 1220 + 608 lots; illustrated in color. Prices realized lists laid in. Fine. A very important two-part sale of Roman Republican coins. The hardcover editions. More
Paris: Bibliothéque Nationale de France / Numismatica Ars Classica, 2018. First edition. Tall 4to, original crimson cloth, gilt; jacket. xlv, (1), (134) pages; 154 plates illustrating 1769 coins. New. A recent addition to the SNG series, focusing on the coins of Roman Alexandria. The SNG France volumes are among the..... More
Zürich: NAC, 2013. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt; jacket. xviii, 408 pages; illustrated. Minor corner bump. Fine. A festschrift in honor of Russo, with 19 papers on Greek, Roman and medieval coinage. Most important for Andrew McCabeís 174-page treatise "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic: A Provisional..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1885. First edition. Crown 4to, original plain boards with printed spine. x, 286 pages; text illustrations. Binding worn, with spine professionally reinforced with archival materials. Printed notice, filled out in ink, tipped in identifying this as one of 25 copies printed on large paper. Untrimmed. Interiors occasionally..... More
Victoria: Numismatic Education Society of Canada, 2007. Two volumes. 4to, original maroon leatherette, gilt. xxvi, 578, (2); (xxvii)-xxxiv, 581-1114, (2), 95, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. Essential. One of only 300 sets printed. More
London: British Museum Press, 2002. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. 215, (1) pages, including 80 plates of coins, each with a page of facing descriptive text, table of legends. Fine. More
London: 1968 reprints. One volume as published in three parts. 8vo, original matching green cloth, gilt. xii, (6), 406; x, (4), 211, (3); xxiii, (1), 246, (2) pages; 16 + 13 + 16 plates of coins. A bit dusty; very good or better. More