A CATALOG OF MODERN WORLD COINS 1850–1964.
Pelham: Whitman, 2023. Fifteenth edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xii, 525, (3) pages; illustrated. New. Revised and edited by Arthur L. Friedberg. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2023. Fifteenth edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xii, 525, (3) pages; illustrated. New. Revised and edited by Arthur L. Friedberg. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2014. 8vo, original pictorial boards. vi, 490 pages; illustrated in color. New. Foreword by Dr. Manuel Galán Medina. More
(London): Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 15 May 1816. Folio, self-covered. 5, (1) pages. Printed on fine paper with a Britannia watermark. Hand-written cumulative pagination. Fine. The House of Commons Bill of the June 1817 British Parliamentary Act that made the manufacture, distribution or circulation of..... More
Williston: 2024. 10th edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. 816 pages; profusely illustrated in color throughout. New. Since 1958, Friedberg’s Gold Coins of the World has been the standard work covering all gold coins from ancient through modern times. The 10th edition (2024) includes up-to-date values, color illustrations, and expanded coverage..... More
1909-1911. Includes Cahn’s 1909 sale of the Fleischel collection, Hess’s 1899 catalogue of the Heyer collection, Rosenberg’s 1911 catalogue of the Ahrens collection and Hamburger’s 1906 catalogue of the Baesecke collection. See comments for full details. 8vo, contemporary brown cloth, gilt. Binding worn, with spine cloth torn; very good or..... More
Montreal: undated [1894 or later]. Edition Populaire/Popular Edition. 24mo, contemporary red cloth-backed mottled boards; spine lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in, along with binder’s leaves for bulk. 95, (1) pages; text illustrations. A few handwritten annotations. Spine and original covers worn; very good or so. Intended as..... More
Prag: 1858–1872. First edition. Six volumes, complete. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt; green speckled page edges. (18), 581, (1) + (10), 504 + (8), 215, (1) + (10), 451, (1) + (12), 507, (1) + (4), 296 + 224, xxxix, (1), pages; size chart; 79 well-executed lithographic plates of coins..... More
Paris: 6–8 mai 1867. 8vo, original printed paper covers. (4), 128 pages; 1409 lots; 3 finely engraved plates by Dardel. Near fine. Very scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 4979. Grierson 283: “Une des ventes les plus importantes du XIXe siècle.”. More
London: John Bowyer Nichols & Son, 1847. 8vo, later dark green cloth, gilt. 56 pages. Near fine. Includes a detailed section on “Coins and Medals, and Provincial Tokens,” with a separate section devoted to “Dr. Prattinton’s Worchester Collections.”. More
Ottawa: Tirage Spécial de l’Auteur, The Mortimer Co., 1916. 8vo, later plain gray cloth; hand-numbered spine label. Oval frontispiece portrait of the author; 86 pages; 31 plates depicting 48 figures, nearly all medals. Ex-library copy with deaccession stamps. Very good. The first appearance in book form of this scarce and..... More
Istanbul: 1970. 150, (2) pages; 16 plates; text illustrations. English summary. [with] Ölçer, Cüneyt. SULTAN ABDÜLMEC D DEVR OSMANLI MADEN PARALARI. / OTTOMAN COINAGE DURING THE REIGN OF SULTAN ABDÜLMEC D HAN. [no pub info]. 120, 47, (1) pages; 6 plates; text illustrations. [with] Ölçer, Cüneyt. SULTAN ABDÜLAZ Z HAN..... More
London: John Hearne, 1846. Second edition. 12mo, original green cloth, decorated in blind; professionally rebacked in green cloth, gilt. Frontispiece medallion plate engraved via medal ruling machine; xix, 112 pages; 1 additional medallion plate engraved via medal ruling machine. Cover has some wear; plates with mostly marginal staining; else near..... More
Malmö: John Kroon, 1949. 8vo, original decorative blue boards with printed cover and spine labels; housed in matching slipcase. 249, (1) pages; numerous fine illustrations, some in color. Slipcase a bit worn; spine sunned, volume otherwise fine. Covers orders and decorations of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Scarce. Riksheraldikerämbetets..... More
London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas’d; Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1695. Small 8vo [19 by 12 cm], later tan half calf with marbled sides; spine rebacked in modern matching calf with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. 159, (1)..... More
Santa Ana & Costa Mesa: Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 2018. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 96 pages; illustrated. Signed by the author. Fine. The Vattemare project was written in the late 1990s and only reached publication in 2018. Published in limited numbers, mostly for private distribution. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1860. 8vo, original brown embossed cloth, gilt. Frontispiece medallion plate engraved via medal ruling machine; xix, (2), 22–412 pages; text illustrations; folding statement; 27 plates of coins printed in relief with metallic tints, on a dark brown background. Inscribed, dated and signed by Snowden on..... More
A Avignon: chez Jean Jouve & Jean Challiol, 1760. Two volumes. 12mo [17 by 10 cm], contemporary matching full mottled calf; spines with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red spine labels, gilt; board edges ruled in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges red. (2), 384, (4) + (2), 392..... More
Ipswich: Printed by George Jermyn, 1798. First edition. 12mo, contemporary brown speckled English calf, gilt, the crowned arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet impressed in gilt in the center; professionally rebacked in tan morocco; original spine label, gilt; all page edges speckled. (24), 330, (2) pages; 3..... More
Exeter: W.C. Featherstone, c. 1841. 8vo, original pebbled brown cloth, gilt. Title printed in red and black; lithographic illustration of Shilstone Cromlech on title; 96, (8) pages; 7 lithographic plates as printed on 6, with Plates 5 and 6 devoted to coins and trademen’s tokens. Binding stained at fore-edge, but..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1886. 8vo, original printed green paper covers. xii, 51, (1), (4) pages; illustrated, with pages 43–51 featuring 16 lithographic depictions of coin designs finely printed on thin paper and mounted on the pages. Near fine. An unusual and rather scarce work, with well-printed illustrations in the..... More