CURIOUS CURRENCY: THE STORY OF MONEY FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE INTERNET AGE
Pelham: Whitman, 2019. Second Edition. 8vo, original pictorial boards. vi, 153, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. More
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A COMPLETE SET OF L’ANNÉE PHILOLOGIQUE, 1896–2003.
Seventy-seven volumes total, as follows: Collection de Bibliographie Classique. I: Bibliographie de l’antiquité classique 1896–1914. Première partie: auteurs et textes [the second part, Matières et disciplines, was never published]. 1951. 8vo, later tan linen and marbled boards. [with] II: Dix années de bibliographie classique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l’antiquité..... More
METALLURGY IN NUMISMATICS. VOLUME I.
London: 1980. Small 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece; viii, 217, (3) pages; text figures; 28 plates. Jacket rubbed; near fine. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 13. More
SCRIPTA NUMMARIA. CONTRIBUTIONS À LA MÉTHODOLOGIE NUMISMATIQUE
Louvain-la-Neuve: 1983. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt; jacket. xvii, (1), 365, (1) pages; text figures; 25 plates of coins, mostly with descriptive text. Fine. Numismatica Lovaniensia 6. More
100 YEARS OF COLLECTING IN AMERICA: THE STORY OF SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET.
New York: 1984. 4to, original blue cloth printed in white; jacket. 240 pages; illustrated, some in color. Fine. More
DIONYSUS AND HIS WORLD. THE FASCINATION OF PRECIOUS GEMS.
Athens: 2005. Square 4to, original russet embossed cloth; jacket; slipcase. 132 pages; illustrated in color. New. More
МОНЕТЫ, КЛАДЫ, КОЛЛЕКЦИИ. ОЧЕРКИ НУМИЗМАТИКИ. [MONETY, KLADY, KOLLEKTSII. OCHERKI NUMIZMATIKI.]
St. Petersburg: Iskusstvo-SPB, 1993. 8vo, original white cloth, gilt; jacket. 304 pages; 64 halftone plates. Inscribed in German to Peter Berghaus and signed by the author on the front flyleaf verso. Near fine. A general work on numismatics by the head of the numismatic research department at the Hermitage. More
A SURVEY OF PRIMITIVE MONEY: THE BEGINNING OF CURRENCY.
London: 1978. 1978 printing of the 1963 second corrected edition. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt; jacket. Color frontispiece; xxii, 344 pages; additional color plate in the text; text illustrations; 4 folding maps; 32 plates. Fine. More
EXCAVATIONS AT OLYNTHUS. PART XIII: VASES FOUND IN 1934 AND 1938.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1950. 4to, later brown hardcover, gilt. Color frontispiece; xix, (1), 463, (1) pages; 267 plates, 1 in color. Edge bump, else fine. More
THE OLD COUNTESS OF DESMOND: AN INQUIRY, DID SHE EVER SEEK REDRESS AT THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, AS RECORDED IN THE JOURNAL OF ROBERT SYDNEY, EARL OF LEYCHESTER? AND DID SHE EVER SIT FOR HER PORTRAIT?
Dublin: Printed for Private Distribution Only at the University Press by M.H. Gill, 1861. First edition. 8vo, original brown blindstamped cloth; spine lettered in gilt. 76 pages; large folding genealogical chart of the Earls of Desmond. Binding with minor scuffs and discolorations, but sound. Small tear to large folding chart..... More
CLAVIS NUMISMATICA, ODER ENCYKLOPÄDISCHES HANDBUCH... ERSTER THEIL: SPRUCHMÜNZEN. ZWEITE THEIL: NAMENSCHRIFTEN UND ABBREVIATUREN.
Dresden und Leipzig: 1840. Two parts in one volume. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards; green spine label, gilt; all page edges green. xii, 148; vi, (7)-64 pages. Binding a bit worn; previous ownerís stamp on pastedown; interior near fine. A scarce lexicon and encyclopedia of coins. More
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COIN COLLECTING: THOSE WHO LED THE WAY
Costa Mesa: Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 136 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. One of the “holiday books” distributed on a small scale in recent years to friends and clients, this volume provides delightful profiles of prominent collectors. More
COINS AND COLLECTORS.; Golden Anniversary Edition.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2014. 4to, original pictorial boards. xii, 404 pages; illustrated in color. Corner bump; signed by author on bookplate on pastedown; near fine. A highly readable and enjoyable work. Foreword by Joel J. Orosz. More
CHINESE JADE THROUGHOTU THE AGES: A REVIEW OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS, DECORATION, FOLKLORE AND SYMBOLISM.
London: Batsford, 1936. First edition. 4to, original orange cloth, lettered in green and red; decorative endpapers. xviii, 198 pages; text illustrations; 148 plates, 39 of which are in color. Bruise to upper right corner; clear jacket taped to endpapers. Previous owner’s bookplate. Very good. The first edition of this scarce..... More
AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF TRADITIONAL MONEY.; A DEFINITION OF MONEY AND DESCRIPTIONS OF TRADITIONAL MONEY.
Ocala: 2000. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; jacket. 411, (5) pages; numerous text illustrations, some in color. Price list laid in. Near fine. An extensive work on "traditional money," defined by the author as "primitive money and odd & curious money." Probably the best serious work on the subject. More
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