Wayland, Massachusetts: Al Hoch, editor, Jan.-Mar. 1962. Small 8vo, self-covered as issued. 7, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. A rare original issue of this groundbreaking publication. The initial recipients of the CNL were few in number and the first issues were printed by Al Hoch (of later Quarterman fame) in a.... More about THE COLONIAL NEWSLETTER. Vol. 3, No. 1 (Serial No. 6
(Wakefield): 1984. First edition. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. iv, 51 duplicated typescript leaves; illustrated, including paper money. Fine. Special Hardbound Edition. Scarce. Sullivan 649. More about HISTORY OF THE PRIVATE, STATE AND NATIONAL BANKS OF GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 1886-1984
Pelham: Whitman, 2018. Fourth edition. 8vo, original pictorial hard covers. x, 150 pages; illustrated in color. New. An illustrated guide book, with valuations. More about CARSON CITY MORGAN DOLLARS
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. 576 pages; profusely illustrated in color. Fine. The standard work. Foreword by Q. David Bowers. Out of print. More about EARLY U.S. GOLD COIN VARIETIES: A STUDY OF DIE STATES, 1795-1834
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. 576 pages; profusely illustrated in color. Slight tears to jacket; near fine. The standard work. Foreword by Q. David Bowers. Out of print. More about EARLY U.S. GOLD COIN VARIETIES: A STUDY OF DIE STATES, 1795-1834
Fullerton: 2018. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; housed in original slipcase, as issued. (6), 1031, (1) pages; nearly 2000 illustrations, generally in color. New. A massive and groundbreaking work that will remain the standard reference on varieties of United States gold coins for years to come. Essential. More about UNITED STATES PROOF COINS. VOLUME IV: GOLD
Pleasant Valley: 1933. 8vo, original printed card covers. 18, (2) pages. Signed by the author on the title. Fine. Reprinted from the Hartford Courant. Rarely offered. More about OLD UNITED STATES COINS
Los Angeles: c. 1931. 8vo, original printed card covers. 47, (1) pages. Fine. Dunham writes, ìAfter nearly seventy years of busy numismatic labor, at the ripe old age of three score and ten plus three, now living on borrowed time, I consider it my duty to leave a slight token... More about EASY FINDING LIST. CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES, U.S. COLONIAL AND TERRITORIAL COINS, HARD TIMES...
(Los Angeles): (1932). Small three-ring binder with tabs, housing approximately 175 leaves of early duplicated typescript, which have been very heavily annotated by a collector. A few leaves detached, but present. Very good or so. The first copy we have handled of this extremely rare work. This was the first... More about THE KENWORTHY-DUNN CHECK LIST
West Palm Beach: 2019. 4to, original tan cloth, gilt; jacket. v, (1), 137, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly readable and very useful overview of the subject, with a nice balance of historical background and technical (die variety) discussion. Good color photography provides an improvement over earlier works. More about THE HALF CENT, 1793–1857: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S GREATEST LITTLE COIN
New York: Daniel R. Kennedy, Sept. 1–3, 1910. Small 8vo, contemporary red pebbled cloth, gilt; original gilt-printed card covers bound in. 92, (4) pages; 1626 lots; 42 very fine photographic plates. Hand-priced in red ink; original printed sale announcement laid in. Near fine. Adams 43. A most important plated sale... More about CATALOGUE OF THE FORTY-THIRD PUBLIC SALE. MAGNIFICENT RARE COIN COLLECTION OF THE LATE PETER...
Gahanna, Ohio: Kolbe & Fanning, 2017. 8vo, original heavy textured card covers, printed on fine paper. 100 pages; illustrated in color. New. A tribute volume in celebration of George F. Kolbeís 50th anniversary in the field of numismatic books. The 100-page volume brings together short recollections and appreciations of Kolbe... More about FIFTY YEARS OF NUMISMATIC BOOKSELLING: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
Boston: Printed by Perkins & Marvin, 1839. Tall 8vo, original brown blindstamped cloth, gilt. Blank leaf, (4), (9)-248 pages. Ex library copy, with some stamps and other minor markings. Very good. Based on two lectures before the Massachusetts Historical Society, this enduring history of Massachusetts coins and currency is one... More about AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASSACHUSETTS CURRENCY
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. 4to, original gray cloth, lettered in black. xix, (1), 202, (2) pages; portrait of Sellers; numerous text illustrations; endpaper maps. Near fine. An important source of information on the early 19th-century workings of the Philadelphia Mint. Born in Philadelphia in 1808, Sellers as a young... More about EARLY ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES (1815-40) OF GEORGE ESCOL SELLERS
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. Fourth Edition. Foreword by Q. David Bowers. 8vo, original pictorial boards; encased spiral binding. xxviii, 450 pages; illustrated. Near fine. More about CHERRYPICKERS' GUIDE TO RARE DIE VARIETIES OF UNITED STATES COINS. VOLUME II
Rancocas: 2005. 4to, original pictorial boards. 129, (7) pages; illustrated. Addendum laid in. Inscribed by author on flyleaf. Fine. Number 18 of this limited edition hardcover. An interesting compendium on the subject. More about THE 1894-S DIME: A MYSTERY UNRAVELED
Kansas City: 1972-74. 4to, original printed card covers. Generally near fine. 18 fixed price lists. More about FIXED PRICE LISTS 49, 51, 53, 55, 58-69, 71
Chicago: Orders and Medals Society of America, 1968. 4to, original tape-backed printed card covers. 112 pages; illustrated. Near fine. O.M.S.A. Monograph No. 2. More about MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION SUPPLEMENTS
Brooklyn: April, 1895. 8vo, self-covered. 4 pages. Near fine. Little-known to most collectors, the fixed price lists of Ed Frossard are considerably more elusive than most of his auction catalogues. More about Special List No. 10. Cabinet Specimens of Antiquities of Egypt, Greece, Assyria, Persia, Rome,...
Civil War Token Society, 2018. Sixth edition. Edited by Susan Trask. 4to, original pictorial boards. 327, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. The sixth edition of this standard work. More about PATRIOTIC CIVIL WAR TOKENS 1861–1865
2014. Third edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. 664 pages; illustrated. New. The long-awaited third edition of this classic volume, the definitive work on the subject. More about U.S. CIVIL WAR STORE CARDS. THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTORS' RESOURCE
Atlanta: Whitman, 2003. Tall 4to, original black cloth printed in silver; color inset; jacket. 119 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. More about 100 GREATEST U.S. COINS
Atlanta: Whitman, 2008. Second edition. 4to, original printed boards; jacket. xviii, 636 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. Foreword by Dr. Richard Doty. More about ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. GOLD COINS 1795-1933. CIRCULATING, PROOF, COMMEMORATIVE, AND PATTERN ISSUES
Woodside: 1990. Eighth edition. 4to, original green leatherette, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. Limitation leaf; vii, (1), 368 pages. Binding a bit worn; very good or better. Del Bland’s annotated copy of the limited deluxe edition of the eighth (the latest printed) edition of this essential bibliographic aid... More about AMERICAN NUMISMATIC AUCTIONS
8vo, self-covered. (817)-(912) pages. 2 copperplate engravings, one folding. Complete. Removed from previous binding; folding plate loose; near fine. The entire issue of this notable publication. Includes a brief article signed by ìW.B.î (page 868) discussing the recently minted Nova Constellatio coppers. Described as ìa halfpenny lately struck by the..... More about 1786 ILLUSTRATION OF A NOVA CONSTELLATIO COPPER. The Gentlemanís Magazine. Vol. LVI, No. 4, Part...