A GUIDE BOOK OF LINCOLN CENTS: HISTORY, RARITY, VALUES, GRADING, VARIETIES.
Pelham: Whitman, 2018. Third edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 320 pages; illustrated in color. New. Volume 9 in the Official Red Book Series. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2018. Third edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 320 pages; illustrated in color. New. Volume 9 in the Official Red Book Series. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards. xi, (1), 468 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. A collection of entertaining essays on American coin hoards. More
N.p. California Gold Marketing Group, 2019. Foreword by Bob Evans. 4to, original green leatherette, gilt; jacket. ix, (3), 210, (2) pages; illustrated in color. New. A remarkable volume that tracks the second mission to recover treasure from the Central America, providing historical background, scientific analysis, and an illustrated catalogue of..... More
Wolfeboro: 1991. Two volumes. 4to, original matching maroon leatherette, gilt. xi, (1), 842; (8), 843-1744 pages; illustrations. Inscribed by the author to Richard Eliasberg. Fine. A remarkable source of useful information, being a history of the association "as taken from the pages of The Numismatist," viewed from the authorís perspective..... More
Newport Beach: 2002. Folio, original black leatherette, gilt. 1055, (1) pages; profusely illustrated, including many full page illustrations. Signed by Q. David Bowers, Tommy Thompson, Robert Evans, and Dwight Manley on bookplate on pastedown. Fine. A massive and important work. More
Costa Mesa: Stack’s Bowers, 2023. 4to, original pictorial boards. vii, (1), 272 pages; illustrated in color. Signed and dated by author on front flyleaf. New. More
New York: ANS, 1973. Small 8vo, original card covers. 139, (1) pages. Fine. Still a significant work. More
Annandale: 1963. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. vii, 40 pages; illustrated. Near fine. More
Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, June 19–20, 1908. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. iv, 100 pages; 1003 lots. Original typewritten prices realized list included. Fine. Adams 6. The Harmon Chambers collection, which Adams simply refers to as the “Best collection of paper money.” Very scarce. Featured outstanding colonial currency, Confederate..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral, 1961. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; jacket. 267, (1) pages [Clifford’s article comprises pages 217–265]; well illustrated. Minor wear and signs of previous ownership. Very good or better. The first appearance in print of Clifford’s substantial article on pioneer gold. The various Brand Books (see..... More
Glendale: c. 1979. Three black-and-white contact sheets with matching 35 mm negatives, plus actual size enlarged prints of 17 items and a 3-page inventory of the photos. Some markings on contact sheets; otherwise fine. A photographic record of some of the rare and fascinating pieces included in this important collection..... More
Original handwritten document by Dupré, being the retained draft of his 1789 request to the National Constituent Assembly of France to be granted the commission to design the medal commemorating the abolition of the seigneurial rights of the nobility. Written in black ink on both sides of a sheet of..... More
Early American Coppers, 2014. 4to, original tan cloth, printed in copper; jacket. xii, 180 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. More
N.p. 1965. 12mo, original printed card covers. 144 pages; illustrated. Fine. After over half century, still the standard work on the subject. Covers both medals and tokens. Printed in limited quantities and infrequently available. More
New York: September 30, 1905. 8vo, original printed card covers. 39, (1) pages; 852 lots plus many bis lots. Hand-priced with annotations indicating its use during the auction itself. Very good or better. Adams 1 (rated B+ for colonials). A saleroom copy of Elder’s inaugural sale, at least in the..... More
(London): (c. 1863). 4to, later brown quarter calf, gilt; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; original printed paper cover mounted on front board. (2), 4 pages; 42 + 19 + 6 engraved plates. Untrimmed. Minor spotting; near fine. A well-preserved example of this edition, which is..... More
Philadelphia: William Duane, 1809. 8vo, later olive cloth, hand-written paper spine labels. Engraved half-title with stylized depiction of both sides of the Libertas Americana medal; viii, 434 pages. Ex library copy, with usual treatment; very good. Volume five only of this edition of Franklin’s writings, with a notable numismatic engraving..... More
Includes five engraved prints by Gobrecht prepared for Abraham Rees’s The Cyclopædia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (1802–1820). Plates present are: Astronomical Instruments (Plate 9); Block Machinery at Portsmouth (Plate 2); Iron Manufacture (Plate 4); Mechanics (Plate 38); and Pneumatics (Plate 6). Each print bears Gobrecht’s engraved..... More
Beverly Hills: Sept. 6, 2009. 4to, original red leatherette, lettered in silver. 394, (2) pages; 572 lots; illustrated in color throughout. Prices realized list. Fine. The special hardcover edition of this very important large cent sale. Holmes’s early dates are the only complete collection (including all NCs not in institutions)..... More
Hope Mills: 2014. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 600, (4) pages; illustrated. New. The new standard reference on this intriguing counterfeits, which circulated in considerable quantities in the Americas. More
Volumes 6–7 (New York, 1928–1929), complete in nineteen numbers as published in fourteen. 8vo, self-covered, as issued. 160 + 140 pages; text illustrations. Very good to fine copies. A complete run of the Bulletin in this format (typeset self-covered 9 by 6 inch pamphlets, saddle-stitched); quite scarce as such. Prior..... More
Chelsford: 1995. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 236 pages; profusely illustrated, including 16 pages in full color; endpaper maps. Fine. Very important, providing information on the markers and marks of Indian trade silver, with additional information on medals. More
South Carolina: Cypher Group, 2022. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt. xiv, 186 pages; illustrated in color. New. An intensive die study of the most popular date of United States large cent, with all 69 die varieties examined and analyzed. By studying the progression of cracks and other indications of die..... More
New York: ANS, 2009. 8vo, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. vi, 358 pages. New. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 169. A very important reference cataloguing around 900 American coin finds, as well as another 150 or so of American coins found outside the Americas. A significant work. More
Long Beach: October 17, 1992. Six copies, being one of each cover variant. Crown 4to, original gilt-printed card covers with gilt-lettered marbled paper title labels affixed to front covers. 111, (1) pages; 222 lots; prices realized lists laid in. Fine. A complete set of six cover variants of the softcover..... More