Shumen: 2017. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 254, (2) pages; illustrated. Bilingual (English and Bulgarian). New. A specialized study of the iconography of Byzantine empresses on coins and seals, with supplementary work on Bulgarian empresses. Provides a cultural study of the subject as well as a numismatic examination. More
Riverside: June 1, 2004. 4to, original tan cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 308 pages; 1000 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The regular hardbound edition of the Ford sale, part I, available only to the subscribers to Kolbe's regular hardcover editions (ten additional copies of the... More
Riverside: June 1, 2004, and Long Beach, June 4 and 6, 2005. Two volumes. 4to, original brown quarter morocco; fine black cloth sides lettered in gilt and with color illustrations mounted on front covers; all page edges gilt; silk markers; specially commissioned marbled endpapers; clear dust-jackets. 308, (2); 172 pages;... More
Riverside: June 1, 2004, and Long Beach, June 4 and 6, 2005. Two volumes. 4to, original gray quarter morocco; fine black cloth sides lettered in gilt and with color illustrations mounted on front covers; all page edges gilt; silk markers; specially commissioned marbled endpapers; clear dust-jackets. 308, (2); 172 pages;... More
Reprint with additional plates and valuations. Madrid, 1992. Folio, original brown leatherette; decorative endpapers. (6), 286, (2); (4), (293)–532, (2), (22) pages; 149 plates of coins. Near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 11363*: “A basic reference on Spanish eight reales.” Mateu y Llopis 204. More
New York: December 10–11, 1988. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; card covers bound in. 65, (3) pages; 758 lots; prices realized list. Fine. The hardcover edition of Kolbe’s 38th sale, an especially important New York sale. More
Crestline: November 7, 1992. 4to, original light tan cloth, lettered in black; original printed card covers bound in. 51, (1), (2) pages; 993 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The hardbound edition. More
Crestline: October 12, 1996. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 96 pages; 2118 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The hardbound edition. More
Stockholm: The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2001. New. 4to, original purple cloth, gilt, jacket. 189, (1) pages, illustrated throughout, including full color illustrations. Jacket scuffed, else new copy. A beautifully printed volume carefully recording 16th, 17th & 18th century numismatic works in the Library of the Royal... More
Madrid: J. Lacoste, 1914. Two volumes, complete, bound in one. Folio, later full black crushed morocco; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; upper cover lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original gilt-printed card covers bound in. 532, (2) pages; 54 fine plates of coins. Light marks... More
New York: Nov. 2–3, 1859. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 36 pages; 609 lots. More than 300 of the first 400 lots hand-priced in ink, with buyer names provided for twenty or so lots. Removed from previous binding. Very good or so. Sage’s last catalogue. Q. David Bowers has written... More
New York: Feb. 9, 1887. Cover title cited. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 25, (1) pages; 551 lots. Partly hand-priced in pencil in Henry Chapman’s handwriting, with occasional annotations. Folded for mailing; very good or better. Adams 64: “1838, 1839 $1. Excellent colonial and fractional currency.” Henry Chapman’s bidbook, though... More
Port Clinton: BNR, 2015. Second edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. 304 pages; well illustrated in color throughout. Fine. The latest edition of the standard reference. More
New York: Jan. 10, 2009. 4to, original cream cloth, stamped in copper; original printed card covers bound in. 108 pages; 101–275 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The regular hardcover edition. More
Riverside: June 1, 2004. 4to, original fine black cloth lettered in gilt and with color illustrations mounted on front cover; page edges speckled; silk markers; clear dust-jacket. 308, (2) pages; 1000 lots; numerous color and monochrome illustrations, prices realized list. Fine. The Deluxe Hardcover Edition of Kolbe Sale 93, available... More
Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, April 27–29, 1904. 4to, later white cloth, gilt. (2), 109, (1) pages; 1848 lots; 14 very fine photographic plates; original printed prices realized list bound in. Partly hand-priced in pencil with notations on PRL. Near fine. Adams 74, rated A+ overall: “Sommer set. Season medal set... More
Lawrence: Quarterman, 1976. 8vo, original beige cloth printed in purple; jacket. 376 pages. Jacket worn; some yellowing; else near fine. Very scarce and still essential. More
Lisboa: FundaÁ„o Calouste Gulbenkian, 1971 and 1989. First editions. Two parts in four volumes, as issued. 4to, matching original tan linen, gilt, spines lettered in black. Frontispieces; 136; 200; (4); (4) pages; foldout map; a few text illustrations; 94 fine plates of coins housed in matching folders as issued. Light... More
Oxford: 1976. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 129, (1), (2) pages; 28 plates. Near fine. BAR Supplementary Series 4. Scarce. Daehn 2307. Grierson 97. Kroh 27: ìthe only decent reference for the later Thracian kings.î. More
Montreal: 2006. Two volumes (text and plate folder). 4to, original matching maroon or green cloth, gilt. (2), x, 148 pages; 33 very high quality 8.5 by 11 inch color photographs depicting 900 countermarks. New. One of 150 sets printed, which received very limited distribution. A highly important work. Much more... More
London: 1999. 4to, original crimson cloth, gilt; jacket. xi, (1), 450, (2) pages; 50 plates of coins. Fine. An important festschrift. More
London: Spink, 1963. Reprint. Reprint of the second (1911) edition. Tall 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. lxxxviii, 966, (2), (2) pages; tables in the text; 399 text illustrations of coins; 5 plate tables. Pages edges a bit discolored, else a near fine copy. Still the standard and most comprehensive single... More
London: 27–28 June 1905. Small 8vo, contemporary red three-quarter morocco, gilt; professionally rebacked spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers. 43, (1) pages; 324 lots. Second day’s sale, comprising the Norman collection (lots 168–324) hand-priced in ink with numerous annotations by a knowledgeable specialist, noting... More
New York: American Art Association, Oct. 27, 1933. 8vo, original printed card covers. (8), 32, (2) pages, including 4 plates; 248 lots. Mostly hand-priced in pencil, with occasional initials. Very good or better. Adams 16. Rated A+, overall: “Hurriedly written but a landmark medal sale. Betts series: Matanzas, Albemarle, Oglethorpe... More
New York: Feb. 7–8 and May 16, 1945. Two catalogues. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. (2), 50, (2), (4); 21, (3) pages; 906, 488–886 + 13 lots; 7 plates. First sale annotated in pencil and ink in the large cent sections, with prices realized noted, along with occasional comments... More