Los Angeles: 2021. English translation directed by John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt. Four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching red cloth lettered in white. 1722 pages total; text illustrations; 121 color plates, plus occasional unnumbered full-page color enlargements. New. The first translation into English of Gerard van Loon’s enormously important Beschryving..... More

1969 Kelley reprint of the 1769 second edition. Two volumes. 8vo, original matching brown cloth, gilt. (12), xxx, 801 (1) + (8), 477 (1) pages, followed by Index of perhaps 200 pages. Fine. A useful reprint of the best edition of this important work. Scarce. More

(London): 1993. Tall 4to, original reddish brown half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. xviii, (2), 449, (1) pages; facsimile illustrations. Fine. Special Leatherbound Library Edition. One of only 30 copies issued, signed by the authors. Landmark bibliographic reference works, indispensable to serious numismatists of all stripes..... More

Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2015. Folio (13 by 10 inches), original terra cotta cloth; gilt; jacket. 232 pages; illustrated in color. New. Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta discusses the numerous varieties of Nini medallions, methods of distinguishing originals from aftercasts, and the artistic context within which these pieces were created..... 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

Montreal: Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. 1910. Published in Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. THE CANADIAN ANTIQUARIAN AND NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. THIRD SERIES, VOL. VII, NO. 4. (1910) 8vo, original printed card covers. Title page printed in red and black. Near fine. More

Moscow: 1996. 8vo, original brown cloth lettered in silver. 306, (6) pages; illustrated. Fine. Includes articles on the work of the Moscow Mint, 1596-1606 (Zverev and Kolyzin, Volkov 1069), monetary reform 1654-63 (Lavrentíev, Volkov 1080), hoards coming to the Historical Museum between 1963 and 1966 (Melínikova and Diadchenko, Volkov 1089)..... More

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1865 & 1866. Two volumes, complete. 8vo, contemporary matching full English calf, sides bordered with double gilt fillets with spherical corners and scalloped in blind; spines with five raised bands, richly decorated in gilt; red and dark brown spine labels, gilt; all board edges hatched in..... More

Rome: 1997. 4to, original red boards, gilt; jacket. (2), 816 pages; illustrated; 2508 detailed listings; price guide and errata laid in. Inscribed by the author. Fine. A monumental “catalogue of a private collection of books, magazines, articles, and various writings from the sixteenth to the twentieth century related to the..... More

Descriptions by William Blades; introduction by Henry Morris. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt; accompanying tan card covered folder with medal reproductions; housed together in brown cloth slipcase. 32, (4) pages; title printed in russet and black; 4 gold-tinted medal illustrations; 17th-century trade card reproduced..... More

Bruxelles: Charles Dupriez, Éditeur, 1905. xii, (2), 262, (2) pages; title printed in red and black; rubricated initials; text illustrations, some of them full-page; 11 very fine phototypie plates of medals bound following second supplement. [bound with] catalogue des médailles commémoratives de chemins de fer de tous les pays. SUPPLÉMENT..... More

Yokohama: 1904. First edition. 12mo, original green cloth lettered in gilt. Frontispiece printed in color; (2), xx, 281, (3), 2 pages; portrait plate; color plate of primitive treasure; 25 plates printed in metallic tints; 38 additional plates of coins; text illustrations. Both hinges cracked; spine with small damp-stain near center..... More

St. Petersburg: Miniatura, 1996. Miniature book [10 by 8 cm], original brown leatherette, lettered in black; jacket. 172 pages; illustrated. Light wear to jacket; near fine. Short remembrances of the medal collector and researcher David Robinson. One of only 100 copies printed. More