OHIO MERCHANT TOKENS.
IKO-TAMS, 1986. First edition. 8vo, original yellow cloth lettered in black. (2), iv, 624 pages; illustrated. Fine. The standard reference. More
IKO-TAMS, 1986. First edition. 8vo, original yellow cloth lettered in black. (2), iv, 624 pages; illustrated. Fine. The standard reference. More
Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1869. Small 8vo [18 by 11.5 cm], original purple-brown cloth on flexible boards. 15, (1) pages. Binding a little frayed; very good or better. Rare in any form, copies in this modest cloth binding are especially so..... More
Fort Worth: May 2, 1922. 4to, later black quarter calf and blue cloth, gilt. 193, (1), (12) pages; frontispiece portrait; 2754 lots; 6 plates. JAMES KELLY in gilt on front cover. A few prices hand-written. Spine a bit worn; else fine. Dayton dealer James Kelly’s bound copy of B. Max..... More
New York: ANS, 1993. 4to, original red cloth, lettered in gilt; jacket; encased in cardboard slipcase. 314 pages; text illustrations. Slight corner bump; near fine. Numismatic Studies, No. 20. An essential work. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. 8vo, original black boards lettered in green. xii, (2), 192, (2) pages; illustrated. New. A readable and informative account of the roles played by money and banking in the early history of the United States. More
New York: 1977–1978. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 160 + 139, (5) + 156 + 100 pages; 3714 + 4573 + 4201 + 1609 lots; numerous text illustrations; plate supplements and prices realized lists bound in throughout. Fine. The Special Hardbound Edition. Gengerke page..... More
N.p. 2013. 4to, original gray boards, gilt; jacket. xiv, 118 pages, illustrated throughout, partly in color. Signed by the author. New. A thorough study of this rare 1793 cent variety. More
Ypsilanti: 2006–2015. Four volumes. 4to, original matching maroon leatherette, gilt. Approximately 1600 pages; fine enlarged color text illustrations of large cents throughout. New. Well-illustrated attribution guides with significant condition-census data. The complete set for the Sheldon series (early dates). This book weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may..... More
Bloomington: 1991. 4to, original maroon leatherette, gilt. Blank leaf, (296) pages, blank leaf; fine enlarged halftone text illustrations of large cents throughout. Near fine. An essential work on large cents. More
Philadelphia: 1858. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 11, (1) pages. Some pencil markings; very good or better. Rare and important for the history of the hobby in this country. Ex Wayne Homren Library. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1861. 8vo, original brown cloth decorated in blind, gilt. 292 pages, including 114 plates. Spine slightly worn, with cloth tears at extremities; a bit dusty. Very good. The first American beginner’s guide to coin collecting. Sometimes overlooked by American numismatic researchers because of its main..... More
New York: 1957. Eighteenth edition. 8vo, original teal cloth, gilt; jacket. 231, (1) pages; text illustrations. Jacket worn, else near fine. The 18th edition was published after Wayte Raymond’s death, and was mostly compiled by John J. Ford and Walter Breen. This copy was an ANA Library duplicate sold by..... More
N.p. 2016. 4to, original printed card covers. ii, 162 pages; illustrated. Near fine. One of only 90 copies printed. Publishes the detailed notes of Rob Retz, who was working on a new reference to this series before his untimely death in 2004. The proceeds for the book are going toward..... More
New York: March 18–19, 1955. 8vo, original printed card covers. 136 pages, including 27 plates; 2487 lots. Near fine. The Spiro collection of New Jersey copper coins, the highlight of the sale from today’s perspective, is one of the most important collections of these ever to be formed. The sale..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First edition. 8vo, original tan cloth, gilt; jacket. xvi, 339, (1) pages; 51 plates. Ex Floyd B. Newell, with his bookplate. Near fine with jacket showing some wear and small tears. Though it has been surpassed by more recent scholarship, this remains one of..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Small 4to, contemporary green quarter calf, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. x, (2), 13–203, (1) pages; letter facsimile plate; facsimile autograph plate; 21 superb plates of medals engraved by Joseph Saxton’s medal ruling machine. Binding rubbed; frontispiece foxed; very good..... More
New York: May 4, 1999. 4to, original grained white leatherette, gilt; original printed pictorial card covers bound in. 108 pages; lots 1701-1796; illustrated throughout in color. As new. Special Hardbound Edition. One of two binding variants. More
Philadelphia: September 19–20, 2013. 4to, original gray boards, gilt; upper covers embossed; decorative endpapers. Fine. The deluxe hardcover edition of the final follow-up Ford sale, held over five years after the main series came to an end, bound by Stack’s in very limited numbers to accompany the scarce gray leatherbound..... More
Century City: May 31–June 2, 1987. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. (10), 352, (2) pages; 3211 lots; text illustrations; 14 color halftone plates; 56 mounted photographic plates. Housed in original slipcase. Fine. The Special Extra-Illustrated Hardbound Edition, with actual photographic plates. Scarce. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2018. Third edition. 8vo, original pictorial soft covers. xii, 308 pages; illustrated in color. New. Volume 15 in the Official Red Book Series. An illustrated guide with valuations. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2009. First edition. 4to, original black quarter morocco with blue-gold Japanese cloth impressed with gilt on the upper cover; red morocco spine label, gilt; housed in matching slipcase. 177, (3) pages; mounted intaglio frontispiece vignette; 30 pages of stochastically printed illustrations, often in color; 10..... More