A PAPERMONEY BIBLIOGRAPHY: AN INITIAL LISTING.
London: Spink, 1979. Small 8vo, original printed card covers. vii, (1), 72 pages. Near fine. A very useful bibliography, one of the few available on the subject. More
London: Spink, 1979. Small 8vo, original printed card covers. vii, (1), 72 pages. Near fine. A very useful bibliography, one of the few available on the subject. More
Anderson, 1977. 1977 reprint of the 1862 edition. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 168 pages; a few illustrations and diagrams. Fine. An infrequently seen reprint of this rare publication. More
1977. Anderson, 1977 reprint of the 1865 edition, with additions from the 1863 edition. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 320, (28) pages. Fine. An infrequently seen reprint of a rare publication. More
New York: ANS, 1976. 8vo, original pictorial boards. (6), 216, (2) pages; illustrated. Fine. A fundamental group of essays and required reading for anyone interested in colonials. More
Toronto: May 13-16, 1976. Small 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (10), 110, (4) pages; 2550 lots; 36 halftone plates. Covers spotted, else near fine. One of the most important sales of early Canadian numismatic material to be held in modern times. Copies have always been difficult to obtain. More
Washington, D.C. Oct. 28-29, 1969. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 50 pages; 1409 lots. Original prices realized list laid in. Fine. A significant sale of this material, from an era when few were collecting early American paper money. Highlights included New Hampshire 7 shillings notes of Dec. 25, 1734..... More
Beograd: 1958. 230 leaves, mostly printed on both sides, many with illustrations of both sides of a bank note, and a coin or two, accompanied by descriptive text. Small 8vo, original tan linen folder, lettered in black; original brass bar and screws holding contents together. Covers and title a bit..... More
New York: ANS, 1955. 8vo, original printed card covers. xii, 168 pages. Near fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 132. Clain-Stefanelli 13642. Davis 918. More
(No place): New Jersey Bankers Association, 1942. 8vo, original printed card covers. viii, 98, (2) pages. Copies of Supplement Nos. 3 and 5 laid in. Near fine. One of the best works on the subject, by the main bibliographer of bank note reporters and counterfeit detectors. More
Ottawa: 1933. First edition. Tall 8vo, original printed card covers. xlix, 495, (1) pages. Spine sunned; near fine. More
San Francisco: Albert Dressler, 1927. First edition. 8vo, original orange cloth lettered in black. Tinted frontispiece portrait; (8), 30, (6) pages, including four-page signature tipped in after page 30, as issued; other full page and text illustrations, including a facsimile of a Norton 50¢ note. Some wear to cover edges;..... More
New York: June 5, 1917. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 22 pages; 529 lots. Covers reinforced with archival tape; very good. Includes nearly a dozen Bechtler pieces, including the rare quarter eagle mentioned in the title. Colonials and early coppers are represented by some nice pieces, but few worthy..... More
Boston and Washington: Heath, 1877. Twelfth edition, second printing. Newman 12-P-2. 16mo, original blindstamped green cloth; front cover decoratively lettered in gilt. Engraved title preceding printed title; 47, (1) pages, including new prefatory chapter, “A Few Hints to Aid in Detecting Counterfeit Money,” by George W. Casilear, which now appears..... 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
New York: Hickcox & Co., 1866. Joel Munsell, Albany, printer. Tall 4to [26 by 18.5 cm], 19th-century blue half calf with marbled boards; five raised bands, second and fourth resulting panels with gilt-printed morocco labels; spine tail lettered MUNSELL 1866; spine richly decorated; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. 2..... More
Poughkeepsie: Published for the Authors, 1865. Second edition. 8vo, original black cloth, intricately decorated in blind; upper cover lettered MONEY in gilt. Finely engraved frontispiece view of Poughkeepsie; iv, (3)–51, (1), 20 pages; 4 finely engraved plates of bank note designs; woodcut illustrations. Binding spotted and a bit worn; moderate..... More
Augusta: Stevens & Blaine, 1855. 8vo, original printed green paper covers. 54, (2) pages. Folded; minor spotting. Very good. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. Library. 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: Published at the Office of the Evening Post, 1840. Fourth edition. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 42, (2), (5)–64 pages. Front cover with most of top inch clipped; Quite worn at spine. Very good or so. The first copy we have handled of this admitted poorly printed edition. Gouge’s..... More
Providence: John E. Brown, 1837. 8vo, contemporary brown straight-grained half morocco with mottled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; pages edges speckled. 48 pages. Binding light rubbed; some spotting, particularly to first and final leaves. Very good or better. The first work on the paper money of a single..... 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
Published by Order of the General Assembly, March Session, A.D. 1809. 8vo, later marbled paper covers. 43, (1) pages. Foxing; else near fine. The report of the state investigation of the first bank failure in the United States. Established in the village of Chepachet 1804, the Farmers’ Exchange Bank was..... More
Small tabloid, (57)–64; (73)–80 pages. Unopened. Fine. Nice copies of two issues, though there appears to be little of numismatic interest in them. 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
Written on two sides of a 25 by 20 cm sheet of an unruled double-sheet self-mailer. Folded for mailing; remnant of wax seal, with minor loss from opening. Hand-rated, with strong black and weak red postmarks. Very good. An interesting letter discussing changes to be made to plates engraved by..... More