BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS AND THEIR VALUES.
London: 2010. Second edition. 8vo, original red boards, gilt; jacket. 326 pages; 249 color plates of medals. New. The eagerly awaited and vastly expanded second edition. More
London: 2010. Second edition. 8vo, original red boards, gilt; jacket. 326 pages; 249 color plates of medals. New. The eagerly awaited and vastly expanded second edition. More
London: Spink, 2014. 4to, original marroon cloth, gilt; jacket. x, 476, (2) pages; illustrated. New. From the publisher: The British Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 9. Leonard Wyon was Victorial Britain's foremost designer of coins and medals. The publication of Wyon's diary, meticulously annotated so that every work and contact..... 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
South Gate: 1991. Large 4to, original padded white leatherette, gilt; handsome gilt-decorated oval portrait of George Washington in a recessed panel on the upper cover. Full-length frontispiece portrait; title printed in black ink and stamped in bronze foil; (8), 50 pages; 702 listings; 36 plates; original printed price list tipped..... 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
New York: December 24, 1863. Broadside [46 by 18.5 cm]. Lots numbered 101–217. Folded; a big ragged at bottom, with tears to blank margin. Very good. Rare. Attinelli page 34. The items sold were the property of Attinelli himself and the proceeds totaled $44.17. The sale followed a largely non–numismatic..... 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
Philadelphia: Bailey, Banks & Biddle, 1917. Small 4to, original textured blue cloth, gilt. 107, (1) pages; 18 most attractive embossed plates of medals and ribbons, printed in colors and metallic tints. Near fine. The quality of the embossed illustrations present here has never been equaled in an American numismatic work..... More
Cleveland: 1980. Reprint. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; facsimile medal of Goetz on the front cover. (8), ii, (2), 284 pages; well illustrated. Fine. The 1980 reprint. Clain-Stefanelli 14658. Mulder and Purves 3218-1. More
New York: privately printed, 1928. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. (12), 13, (3), pages; 7 very fine collotype plates. Fine, still in original box. Only 200 copies printed. A handsome production; the only substantial work on the topic. More
London: 1967. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. x, 307, (3) pages; heavily illustrated. Jacket worn, else fine. Very important. More
New York: January 11–12, 1898. Tall 8vo, later tan cloth and marbled boards; handwritten spine label. 108, (2) pages; 1183 lots; 5 plates [2 halftones, 3 lithographic]; priced throughout in red. Previous owner’s bookplate on pastedown; title page chipped; very good. Adams 37, with plates. Rated A+ overall, and A...... More
London: British Museum, 1930. Two volumes, complete. Folio, original matching tan cloth, gilt. xvii, (1), 371, (1) + vii, (1) pages; titles printed in red and black; 1333 extremely detailed descriptions; text figures; 201 superb plates of medals. Spotting to extremities; moderate wear from normal use. Very good or better..... More
Six pieces, bound in one volume, as follows: “John Rutlinger and the Phoenix Badge of Queen Elizabeth” (inscribed by the author, 1923), “Nicholas Hilliard, ‘Embosser of Medals of Gold’” (1908), “A Note on William Holle, Cuneator of the Mint” (1908), “Nicholas Briot and the Civil War” (inscribed by the author..... More
New York: December 11, 2007. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt, color photo of medal inset on cover. 75, (1) pages; illustrated in color. Fine. More
New York: 1984. 4to, original brown leatherette; dust jacket. x, 94, (2) pages, illustrated. Some wear to jacket; near fine. One of only 200 copies issued. More
New York: American Numismatic Society, 2019. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. xii, (2), 354 pages; illustrated in color. Small corner bumps caused in shipping. Near fine. A highly anticipated study of this popular series of medals depicting some of the most famous architectural landmarks of Europe. Studies in Medallic..... More
New York: ANS, 2020. Tall 4to, original black boards lettered in silver; jacket. xiii, (1), 268, (6) pages; illustrated, partly in color. New. A thorough and up-to-date study of these fascinating issues, originally used as counters in the medieval period, but serving a variety of social functions in the eighteenth..... More
International Fine Objects Publishing, 2023. 4to, original pictorial boards. 399, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A biography and catalogue of the works of this notable engraver and medalist. Swiss by birth, Frener (1821-1892) moved to Guatemala as an adult, where his career flourished. He produced coinage designs for several..... More
London: Spink, 2016. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original matching blue half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. 830 pages; illustrated throughout in color; three color photographic plates bound in, depicting the Wright Declaration of Independence medal, the..... More
Brunswick: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1969. Second edition. 4to, contemporary red quarter calf with red cloth sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. Unpaginated; 186 listings; well illustrated. Near fine. The deluxe binding of the revised edition..... More
Ghent: 19 juin 1843 et jours suivants. 8vo, contemporary blue paper covers; handwritten spine label. (2), ii, 119, (1) pages, interleaved with blank pages which have been ruled by hand and carefully annotated giving the price realized and buyer of each lot; 3325 + 168 lots. Paper spine worn, with..... More
New York: June 21, 1881. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. 51, (1) pages; 765 lots; handsome chromolithographic frontispiece plate of Arms of the Freemasons; 2 fine heliotype plates; 3 lithographic plates. Front wrap stained; used as backing for frontispiece; otherwise near fine. Adams 38..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press [Henry Morris], 2007. Crown 4to, original red quarter morocco and Japanese silk boards with mounted roundel printed by Morris; spine with black morocco spine label, gilt. 59, (15) pages; 4-page insert of stochastically printed illustrations of Comitia Americana medals; 2-page insert from Morrisís letterpress edition..... More
Berlin: 3. Juni 1924 und folgende Tage. 4to, later black leather-backed orange boards; black spine label, gilt. (2), 86, (2) pages; 2294 lots; 12 fine plates. Small tear at gutter of title page; near fine. A very scarce catalogue, most important for coins of Brandenberg-Prussia but also including a section..... More