Constantinople: AH 1311 (AD 1894). Text in Ottoman Turkish. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. (32), 183, (1) pages; genealogical table; 8 fine plates of coins. Professionally rebacked, with red morocco spine label, gilt. Marginal spotting to first plate. Very good or better. A scarce but important 19th-century work on Ottoman..... More
Baltimore & Rosemont: October 21–23, 1997; May 20–21, 1998; August 6–8, 1999. Three volumes, complete. 4to, original matching red leatherette, gilt; original pictorial card covers bound in. xvi, 303, (1); xvi, 276; xvi, 503, (1) pages; 5250 lots; including 48 color plates; illustrated throughout, including many coin enlargements. Prices realized..... More
1837–1865. A complete set of twelve volumes: Liberty Seated Half Dimes, 1837–1873. Liberty Seated Half Dime Proofs, 1837–1873. Liberty Seated Dimes, Volume I: 1837–1860. Liberty Seated Dimes, Volume II: 1860–1891. Liberty Seated Dime Proofs, 1837–1891. Liberty Seated Quarters, Volume I: 1838–1865. Liberty Seated Quarters, Volume II: 1866–1891. Liberty Seated Quarter Proofs..... More
Budapest: 1910. 4to, contemporary green cloth and marbled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers. 81, (1) pages; 54 fine plates of coins. Near fine. A handsome copy of this scarce and significant work. Clain-Stefanelli 5239*: “On Eastern Celtic imitations of Greek coins.” Grierson 97: “Collection de planches..... More
London, etc. International Association of Professional Numismatists, 1976–1992. E.G.V. Newman et al., eds. Thirty-five numbers, as published in thirty illustrated issues, being Volumes 1–17 lacking only four issues (3.1, 14.2, 16.1, and 17.2) for completion through that volume. 8vo, original printed paper covers. All originals. Fine or nearly so. A...... More
Barcelona: X. & F. Calicó, 2003. Two volumes. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jackets. (6), xiii, (1), 424, (2), xi, (3); (4), 426–876, (1), xi, (1) pages; well-illustrated throughout. Fine. The preferred English edition of this impressive work, correcting some errors and omissions from the 2002 Spanish edition. Covers the..... More
t’Amsteldam: By Andries van Damme, Boekverkoper op’t Rokkin, bezyden de Beurs, 1712. Two parts in one volume. 8vo, original full brown speckled calf; board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges mottled; spine with five raised bands. Finely engraved allegorical frontispiece title; (15), 142, (3); (2) 143–286, (4) leaves; first..... More
Paris: Rollin, 1854. 8vo, modern full black polished morocco; sides paneled in blind; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. (4), 225, (3) pages; lithographic text illustrations throughout. Inscribed to Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg, with a three-page..... More
Paris: Leroux, 1913. 8vo, contemporary brown English half calf in Arts & Crafts style; spine with four raised bands with foliated sides, ruled, lettered and dated in gilt; top page edges gilt. (4), 172 pages. Binding a little darkened with age; near fine. A rarely seen work including chapters on..... More
Cincinnati: Helmick, 1876. 8vo, original yellow paper covers printed in green. 9, (1) pages plus opening and closing advertising leaves. Final text leaf tipped in as issued and erroneously numbered 6 [here corrected by hand]. Minor wear; very good or better. Virtually unknown, and the only copy we have handled..... More
New York: March 16–17, 1988. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 244 pages; 774 lots; numerous monochrome text illustrations, many enlarged; 8 pages of full-color illustrations of large cents in the text. Prices realized list and Preview mailing laid in. Heavily annotated throughout in multiple inks, with bids, starting and closing..... More
Paris: Imprimebat Michael Vascosanus sibi, Roberto Stephano, ac Iohanni Roigny, affinibus suis, 1542. Cum privilegio Regio. Colophon: Finis libri quinti & ultimi, Gulielmi Budæi Parisiensis, Consiliarii Regii, supplicúmque libellorum in Regia magistri, de Asse & partibus eius, diligenter cum reliquis ab ipso authore antequam vita defungeretur, & recogniti & aucti..... More
Paris: 2–11 mai 1898. Tall 4to, recent cream linen, ruled and lettered in red; original printed card covers bound in. Superb frontispiece portrait of Hoffmann; viii, 210, (2) pages; 2892 lots; 12 fine phototype plates, mainly depicting ancient Greek and Roman coins. Minor spotting; original card covers somewhat discolored; near..... More
Leipzig: 1930. 8vo, original printed card covers. iv, (2), 98 pages; 4 very fine tinted plates of coins. Covers a little worn, with small stain to rear cover. Very good or better. A very scarce history of the Ptolemaic and Cyrene coinage, with highly attractive tinted plates. The Kreindler copy..... More
Volume XVII of the Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique ... gravé par les procédés de M. Achille Collas. Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1836. Folio [43.5 by 30.5 cm], somewhat later maroon half morocco, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. (4), 132 pages; 96 plates of..... More
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Two volumes. Besançon, 1880 and 1888. Both 8vo, bound in green and red cloth, respectively, both with gilt-lettered spines. 15, (1) pages + 12 pages, first with text illustrations; both with additional leaves added for bulk. Both inscribed by the author to the art historian Eugène Müntz. Near fine. Two..... More
London: 21–30 July 1903. Crown 4to, recent tan linen, ruled and lettered in brown. (2), 107, (1) pages; 1233 lots; 10 fine collotype plates. Ruled and hand-priced in ink, with buyers’ names recorded. A very good or better copy in a new binding. A priced and named copy of one..... More
Boston: Leonard & Co., October 23–24, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 36 pages; 1222 lots. Removed from a previous binding, with spine reinforced with archival mending tissue. Good. Woodward’s Sale 2, though his name does not appear on the catalogue. Very scarce. While much of the cataloguing is terse..... More
(New York): 1921. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. Frontispiece depiction of the Assay Office; 42, (2) pages; 10 additional plates. Fine. A beautifully preserved copy of this interesting and very scarce work on the Assay Office in New York and the history of the site upon which it was built..... More
New York: December 3–4, 1968. 8vo, recent white linen, ruled and lettered in red; original printed card covers. (2), 116 pages; 758 lots; 16 plates. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. One of three copies we recently had bound of what John W. Adams has called “a strong candidate for..... More
Cairo: February 24–March 6, 1954. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. 306, (6) pages; 2798 lots; 37 plates, all but the last double-plates. Prices realized list laid in. Spine a bit worn, with one tape repair; corner bump; price list discolored. Original letter dated 30 December 1953 from Baldwin’s, which..... More
Galesburg: 1974. First (and only) edition. 8vo, original maroon leatherette lettered in silver. viii, 634 pages; illustrated. Inscribed and signed by the author; previous owner’s signature. Near fine. Davenport numbers 3001–5000. The only edition of the most popular volume in the Davenport series. Infrequently encountered signed by the author. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977. Edited by Philip English Mackey. Two volumes, complete. 8vo, original matching russet cloth, gilt, and yellow boards; endpaper maps. xxviii, (2), 248, (2), (6), 251–531, (1) pages; occasional text illustrations. Housed as issued in accompanying slipcase. Near fine. Mickle was an early American numismatist..... More
A set of this extensive seven-volume catalogue, compiled by Eduard Fiala, Josef Scholz, Otto Voetter, and Eduard von Zambauer and published between 1895 and 1917. As follows: 1. Münzen und Medaillen des österr. Kaiserstaates. Prag: K. u. K. Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase. — Selbstverlag, 1895. (6), 411, (1) pages; 6250 listings; 8..... More
München: Aus den Abhandlungen der k. bayer. Akademie der Wiss. 1890. 4to, original cloth-backed printed boards. Fine engraved frontispiece of the author; 274 pages; 14 fine plates of coins. Covers a bit discolored; text and plates appear never to have been opened. Near fine, overall. A remarkably nice copy of..... More