Ann Arbor: Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2015. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt; jacket. xviii, 462 pages; illustrated. New. The new standard work, covering the 1670 Gloriam Regni coinage, the 1717 Perpignan coppers and the 1721-22 9 deniers. More
Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2007. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt; jacket. xx, 492 pages; numerous coin enlargements and other illustrations. Fine. An outstanding work, now the standard reference. More
Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2011. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt; jacket. xxiv, 504 pages; numerous coin enlargements and other illustrations. New. The standard reference. More
Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2018. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt; jacket. xxii, 506 pages; illustrated in color. New. The long-awaited work on these poorly understood coins, and the new standard reference. More
No place of publication [prob. Boston]: undated [c. 1912]. Crown 4to, unsewn, unbound signatures. Drop title; 5-252 pages [lacking 253-(258)]; 1 halftone plate. Generally near fine. [with] Marvin, W.T.R. THE ARMS OF THE FREEMASONS AND THE SEAL OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS. Privately printed, 1880. 8vo, self-covered. 24 pages..... More
New York: Oct. 4-7, 1870. 4to, modern tan linen and mottled boards, printed in black on spine; original gilt-printed wraps bound in. 102, (2) pages; 2501 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. Hartford Library book plate on pastedown; library embossed stamp on first few pages; previous owner's name written in ink on..... More
New York: Oct. 4-7, 1870. 4to, later blue cloth, gilt; original printed wraps bound in. 102, (2) pages; 2501 lots. Hand-priced in red ink. Water stains to bottom page edges; very good. More
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Wenham: 1996 and 1998. Reprint. Two octavo volumes and one quarto; all three volumes bound in russet cloth, gilt. Fine. The Charles Davis reprints of the entirety of Ebenezer Mason’s rare and highly readable periodicals, issued over a 25-year period that saw the numismatic hobby mature from the rapid growth..... More
Detroit: Gale Research, 1967. Facsimile reprint. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. xxxii, 560 pages. Fine. An indispensable source of information on the vendors, and a number of the same players, active on the American numismatic auction scene in the 19th and early 20th century. More
Includes: Mease’s 1834 “Description of Some of the Medals, Struck in Relation to Important Events in North America, before and since the Declaration of Independence by the United States,” Fisher’s 1837 “Description of American Medals,” and Mease’s “Old American Coins,” all of which were originally published in the Collections of..... More
Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite, No. 20, N. Third-Street: For Sale by them and Joseph Delaplaine, 1811. First edition. 12mo, recent textured brown leatherette, red spine label; gilt. Folding frontispiece of Philadelphia, Taken from Kensington, by T. Birch; xii, 376 pages; lacking map of Philadelphia and adjacent country. Occasional spotting..... More
Fort Worth: June 3, 1941. 4to, original embossed gold and silver card covers. 287, (1) pages; 4169 lots; frontispiece portrait of Dunham; text illustrations; prices realized list; inserts. Covers worn; else near fine. One of Mehlís most important sales. Adams A+: ìLandmark Sale. Virginia shilling. 1822 $5. Proof Kellogg $50..... More
Fort Worth: June 3, 1941. 4to, modern brown cloth, gilt, with decorative endpapers; original embossed gold and silver card covers bound in. 287, (1) pages; 4169 lots; frontispiece portrait of Dunham; text illustrations and facsimiles. Original prices realized list bound in and inserts laid in. Fine. More
Fort Worth: May 2, 1922. 4to, original decoratively printed embossed card covers. 193, (1), (12) pages; 2754 lots; 6 plates. Prices realized list laid in. Tape repair to spine; some chipping to cover edges; near fine. B. Max Mehl’s first blockbuster sale. Adams 63 (rated A+): “1798 small eagle, 1815..... More
Fort Worth: May 23, 1950. Small 4to, original printed card covers. 196, (4) pages; 2763 lots; portraits of Mehl and Kern; illustrated; photocopy prices realized list; in original mailing box. Near fine. More
(Fort Worth): c. 1931. Original typewritten carbon copy of the inventory of the colonial and early American portion of the Waldo C. Newcomer collection. 37 leaves, typewritten in three columns (Date / Description / Cost) on one side of each sheet of onion-skin carbon-copy paper. Held together with two brass..... More
New York: 1961. THE METROPOLITAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Walter H. Breen, editor. Issue 1 (May-June 1961). 8vo, self-covered. 16 pages. Fine. [with] Breen, Walter, and Lynn Glaser [editors]. THE NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. No. 2 (November 1961). 8vo, original printed card covers. 28 pages; illustrated. Fine. [with] Metropolitan Coin Co. CHOICE COLONIAL COINS..... More
Cape Kennedy: 1979. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt. (10), 42 pages; illustrated throughout. A few minor markings. Inscribed by the author; near fine. The Special Hardbound Edition. Rare. More
Descriptions by William Blades; introduction by Henry Morris. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt; accompanying tan card covered folder with medal reproductions; housed together in brown cloth slipcase. 32, (4) pages; title printed in russet and black; 4 gold-tinted medal illustrations; 17th-century trade card reproduced..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. 8vo, original black quarter morocco with printed paper-covered sides. 57, (3) pages [certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull Press (San Serriffe branch) bound in as pages 29–32]. Two San Serriffe 25 Corona notes and the original prospectus laid in. With custom-made folder..... More
Congress, Arizona: 2013. 4to, original pictorial boards. 903, (5) pages; illustrated in color. Corner bumps; near fine. A massive and thorough work on what is perhaps the greatest controversy of 20th-century U.S. numismatics. More
2001. 4to, original spiral-bound printed card covers. 60 pages. Fine. More
Congress: 2001. 4to, original spiral-bound printed card covers. (2), i, (1), ii–iv, (1), 66 pages. Correspondence affixed to inside front cover. Fine. A later printing featuring corrections and additions. More
Springfield: 2002. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in copper; jacket. ix, (1), 326 pages; portrait; text illustrations; 8 color plates. Fine. A well-done examination of this 19th-century die-sinker and medalist. More
New York: 2017. 4to, original pictorial card covers. x, 134 pages; illustrated. Signed by the author. New. An interesting collection of essays relating to early American large cents and especially on collector J.N.T. Levick. More