THE 1822 GOLD HALF EAGLE: STORY OF A RARITY.
Wolfeboro: 2014. 4to, original black leather, gilt. ix, (1), 116, (2) pages; illustrated. Signed bookplate on front pastedown. Fine. More
Wolfeboro: 2014. 4to, original black leather, gilt. ix, (1), 116, (2) pages; illustrated. Signed bookplate on front pastedown. Fine. More
New York: ANS, 2010. 4to, original tan cloth lettered in black; jacket. ix, (1), 294 pages; well illustrated, largely in color. New. Studies in Medallic Art, No. 1. An important recent work on the subject. More
Pelham: Whitman, 2021. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvii, (1) 333, (1) pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. From the publisher: "Ken Bressett has compiled the most complete historical record of the Red Book and the life of its creator, including never-before-published documents from the Whitman Publishing archives. Bressett, who worked..... More
New York: ANS, 1995. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt. xii, 224, (4) pages; illustrated. Fine. The proceedings of the tenth Coinage of the Americas Conference. More
New York: ANS, 1995. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver. xii, 127, (5) pages; illustrated. Fine. Coinage of the Americas Conference Proceedings No. 9. More
New York: ANS, 1996. 8vo, original maroon cloth, lettered in silver. xii, 346, (2) pages. Fine. The proceedings of the 11th Coinage of the Americas Conference. More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, MARCH 6, 2021. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; original pictorial covers bound in. 156 pages; 539 lots; profusely illustrated in color. PRL bound in. New. More
New York: ANS, 2005. 8vo, original cream cloth, gilt; jacket. vii, (1), 75, (1) pages; 9 plates. New. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 167. An excellent work, by far the most authoritative on this difficult yet fascinating subject. More
Irvington: Published by the Author, 1879. Crown 4to, mid-20th century brown quarter baby calf, lettered in gilt. 58, (2) pages; 9 heliotype plates [8 plates with numbers and ligatures added in ink]. Binding rubbed at spine; very good or better. A classic work, apparently Stuart Mosher’s copy (his last name..... More
December 2003. 4to, original spiral-bound printed card covers. 236 pages. Fine. Most useful and rarely offered. Arranged by sale/lot number and by die variety. More
Boston: Boston Public Library, 1976. 8vo, card covers. (2), 35, (3) pages. Fine. An unusual production, with the introduction noting that Arnold’s “essay is crotchety, at best, to the point of perverseness, and one might well question the wisdom of giving it wider currency by here reprinting it.” The essay..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1954. 8vo, original green cloth lettered in black; jacket. 186 pages. Spine sunned; else near fine. A popular biography of John Augustus Sutter (1803–1880), on whose property gold was discovered in January 1848, setting in motion the California Gold Rush. More
San Ramon: 2005. 8vo, original pictorial boards. ix, 139, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A guide to the provenances of a number of important 1794 large cents, with much information on notable collectors. 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
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Three sales bound together. SALE 155. February 1, 2020. 84 pages; 425 lots; illustrated. [bound with] SALE 156. May 30, 2020. 86 pages; 419 lots; illustrated. [bound with] SALE 158. November 21, 2020. 72 pages; 467 lots; illustrated. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; original pictorial..... More
Beverly Hills: Feb. 2, 1992. 4to, original tan-gray cloth, lettered in copper; embossed color jacket. (10), (1), 79, (1) pages; 389 lots; portrait; numerous text illustrations; 1 halftone color plate; 6 fine monochrome photographic plates mounted and bound in. Prices realized list laid in. New. The Special Hardcover Edition with..... More
San Francisco: Monday Morning, April 3, 1854. Large tabloid. 4 pages. Folded; some spotting. Spine a bit ragged, but holding. Very good. A San Francisco newspaper published the very morning the San Francisco Mint opened its doors for business. While the opening is not discussed, the paper includes a report..... More
New York: Halcyon House, December 1938. Fourth printing. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; endpaper maps; vibrantly colored jacket. Frontispiece portrait; xi, (3), 423, (1) pages; 13 additional plates. Gift inscription. Fine in near fine jacket. While this edition of Dana’s biography of Sutter is not particularly scarce, copies with well-preserved..... More
New York: 1851. Second edition. 8vo, original brown cloth paneled in blind and lettered in gilt. (6), 72, (2), xvi, 2, (16), 2 pages; 5 lithographic plates, mostly depicting pioneer gold coins. Spine worn with backstrip partly lacking; very good or so, but with bright unspotted pages. Originally published in..... More
N.p. Regina Caeli Press, 2013. 4to, original printed boards. (2), v, 133 pages. Near fine. A highly useful supplement to Attinelli, with much information not available elsewhere. More
St. Joseph: Wright, 1992. 4to, original full brown polished calf, gilt; speckled page edges; silk marker. (28), 335, (3) pages; coin enlargements throughout the text; 27 plates of coins with text; rarity table. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine. The rare special edition, No. 3 of only 12 thus..... More
Crestline: George F. Kolbe, 1990. Tall 4to [29.5 by 23 cm], original red half calf with gray cloth sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; printed in red and black. Frontispiece; 418, (2) pages; 21 additional plates. Untrimmed; pictorial endpapers mounted in place. New. One of..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2020. Crown 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. 288 pages; illustrated in color throughout. Signed copies available upon request. New. A bibliography and analysis of American auction catalogues issued before the Second World War that feature photographically printed illustrations of ancient coins. Includes biographical material concerning..... More
Submitted in Partial Satisfaction of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English. University of California, Berkeley: Graduate Division, 1975. Duplicated typescript bound in printed card covers. (4), ix, 379 pages. Fine. Unpublished and virtually unknown. While the focus of the study is on the literary aspects..... 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