THE STANDARD CATALOGUE OF ENCASED POSTAGE STAMPS.
Wolfeboro: Bowers & Merena Galleries, 1989. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 191, (1) pages. Fine. The hardcover version of the standard work on the subject. More
Wolfeboro: Bowers & Merena Galleries, 1989. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 191, (1) pages. Fine. The hardcover version of the standard work on the subject. More
Ypsilanti: 2007. 4to, original maroon leatherette, gilt. Over 400 pages; fine enlarged color text illustrations of large cents throughout. New. A well-illustrated attribution guide with significant condition-census data. More
Kenhorst, Reading, Pa. Catalogued by Mason-Dixon Coin Exchange (Thomas Warfield), May 8–9, 1959. 8vo, self-covered. 16 pages; (103) lots of large cents; 261 lots of other coins; (11) lots of stamps; 200 lots of books; 10 halftone illustrations of large cents. Folded for mailing; near fine. A well-preserved copy of..... More
New York: 1974. Two 8 by 10 inch photographic plates of coins. Tiny holes near margins where staples removed. Near fine. An important set of photographs, absolutely vital when first distributed and still consulted. One of the key early references to the Machin's Mills coinage and related pieces. More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 235–236, providing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 191–192, describing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 159–160, describing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 59–60, providing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 15–16, describing..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press [Henry Morris], 2007. Crown 4to, original red quarter morocco and Japanese silk boards with mounted roundel printed by Morris; spine with black morocco spine label, gilt. 59, (15) pages; 4-page insert of stochastically printed illustrations of Comitia Americana medals; 2-page insert from Morrisís letterpress edition..... More
Dated 3 September 1845. On double-sheet stationary [20 by 25 cm] of Danforth, Bald, Spencer & Huffy, but with “Bald” struck out in most instances. Folded into a stampless cover with a New York postmark dated 3 September 1845 for 5 cents. Generally fine and preserved within a custom-made acid-free..... More
New York: B. & S. Collins, 1835. Second edition. 8vo, removed from previous binding. 42, (2), (5)–64 pages. Title page spotted; general wear. Very good or so. A scarce edition of Gouge’s classic work on American paper currency, originally published in 1833. More
New York: Indianapolis, April 21, 1956. 8vo, original padded brown leatherette, gilt, in slipcase as issued. 114 pages; 2639 lots; 13 plates; printed prices realized. HENRY GRUNTHAL impressed in gilt on the front cover. Inscribed by Abe Kosoff on flyleaf. Near fine. The Special Library Edition of the Clarke and..... More
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
Cape Kennedy: 1979. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. (10), 42 pages; illustrated throughout. Fine. The Special Hardbound Edition. Quite scarce. More
Sunnyvale: 2007. 4to, original full white leather, front cover bordered and lettered in gilt; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. (4), vii, (1), 231, (1) pages; illustrated, often in color. New. The previously undistributed large-paper edition (the regular edition is an octavo), bound..... More
Eight State of New-York Senate bank reports, bound in one volume. January and February 1842. Small 8vo, later blue cloth, gilt. (40) pages; binder’s leaves added for bulk. Fine. Ex Armand Champa Library, with his bookplate. More
Lawrence: Quarterman, 1973. Reprint. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver; jacket. xiv, (4), 246 pages; illustrated. Jacket clipped; else near fine. The collected edition of Noe's three major monographs, including extracts from Eric Newman's work on the Good Samaritan shilling, with an added foreword and biographical sketch of Noe..... More
New York: Feb. 10-13, 1982. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; original pictorial card cover mounted on front. 283, (1) pages; 2049 lots; text illustrations; 8 color plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. The Special Hardbound Edition. Scarce. More
Nashville: Printed at “Union and American” Book and Job Rooms, 1872. 8vo, original printed yellow paper covers. 37, (3) pages. Front cover reattached with archival mending tissue; rear lacking. Very good or so. Rare. One might surmise the catalyst of the bank’s problems from the date cited in the title..... More
September 1999. Fourth printing. 4to, original Velo binding; “spine” lettered by hand. 142 pages, printed on rectos only, being duplicated typescript and plates consisting of photocopied numismatic objects. Signed and numbered by the author. Fine. One of several iterations published by the author, all of them produced in very small..... More
New York: F.C.C. Boyd Foundation, 1959. [Most of title page information crossed out.] Photocopy [1966 or later] of over 200 pages of typewritten manuscript, the original of which was heavily annotated in ink. Near fine. An early working draft of the book that developed into Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United..... More
New York: American Numismatic Society, 1947. 4to, original black and blue cloth, gilt. vi, 74 pages; title printed in red and black; 4 fine photographic plates. Fine. The last of the classic pre-Sheldon works on large cents. Clain-Stefanelli 12274. More
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
New York: Heritage Auctions, Nov 15-16, 2013. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 484, (60) pages; 1827 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will receive..... More