New York: ANS, 1922. 16mo, later three-quarter black morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges speckled blue; original printed front card cover bound in. (4), 234 pages; 13 fine folding plates. Card cover with corner fold, else..... More
Halle (Saale): 1923. 4to, later cream linen with red leather spine, lettered in gilt. xvi, 208 pages; text illustrations; 16 fine plates. Fine. A well-preserved copy of this classic work, still used as a standard reference. Very scarce. A. Riechmann’s Münzstudien, Band I. Clain-Stefanelli 3716*. Grierson 73. Kroh 67: “a..... More
Tel-Aviv: 1967. Translated from the Hebrew by I.H. Levine. 4to, later black three-quarter morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges speckled in blue; original printed card covers bound in. 184 pages; 32 plates of coins. Fine. An..... More
Montreal. Reprinted from The Gazette, 1886. 16mo [17 by 11 cm], original printed gray paper covers. 16 pages. Fine. The first work on the topic. Often attributed to McLachlan himself, who undoubtedly had something to do with it. Beginning with Henry Christmas’s 1862 Numismatic Chronicle article, discusses Sandham, Kingsford, Leroux..... More
London: 1967. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 4to, later black half morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges speckled blue; original front dust jacket trimmed and bound in. x, 307, (3) pages; heavily illustrated. Binding rubbed, with..... More
Wolfeboro: Bowers & Merena, 1993. Two volumes. 4to, original matching maroon cloth, gilt. 3092 pages; text illustrations. Limitation bookplate signed by the author. Fine. The deluxe hardcover edition, one of only 500 sets thus bound of what is now the standard work on United States silver dollars and their varieties..... More
London: Spink & Son, 1932. 8vo, later black three-quarter morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges speckled blue; original printed front card cover bound in. (2), iv, 199, (5) pages; text illustrations. Fine. A well-preserved and handsomely..... More
London: Spink, 1999. 4to, later maroon half morocco; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; maroon endpapers; all page edges speckled red. xi, (1), 450, (2) pages; 50 plates of coins. Fine. An attractively bound copy of this important festschrift, bringing together thirty-seven articles in various languages..... More
Stockholm: 1874–1875. Two volumes. 8vo, original matching green cloth, gilt. xiv, (2), 624, (2); (4), 624, (2) pages; size scales. Near fine. A scarce and important work on Swedish commemorative and presentation coins and awards medals. Clain-Stefanelli 14979. Hesse 953. More
no place of publication: Entered at Stationers’ Hall, 1912–1914. Small 4to, somewhat later maroon cloth, gilt. 89–216 + 12 pages and preliminaries; finely illustrated. Binder’s leaves added for bulk. Very good or better. The Middlesex portions of the original edition of the indispensable standard reference on this captivating series. Clain-Stefanelli..... More
New York: Gimbel Brothers, March 18, 1944. 8vo, original printed card covers. 17 pages; 225 lots; 5 plates of coins. Hand-priced in pencil, with some coded annotations. Very good. An important sale of Russian coins that is usually encountered in poor condition when a copy can be found at all..... More
Printed advertising placard [26.5 by 20.5 cm], mounted on red wooden shingle [29 by 24 cm] with wall mount on rear. Marginal chipping to top of placard; some roughness to shingle, especially at lower right. An eye-catching display item that is for the most part well-preserved. A fun piece of..... More
Chicago: Hotel LaSalle, August 26, 1944. 8vo, original printed card covers. 40 pages; 203 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. Very good. A hand-priced copy of the 1944 ANA convention auction sale, as issued in the Official Program. Very scarce. More
Various locations: 1984–2009. Numbers 1–49, a complete set of the printed issues. Includes Kolbe Auctions 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 39, which were issued with the series. Varying formats. Generally fine. A complete set of Kolbe’s Numismatic Bookseller, originally issued as a fixed-price list..... More
9.5 inch diameter orange frisbee. Produced from 1971 to the mid-1970s. Not knowing the grading standards for such items, let’s just say it’s “near fine.”. From the extensive frisbee collection of the late Mike Ringo. Part of Ringo’s frisbee collection was donated to the Colonial Coin Collectors Club to be..... More
Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud Vid. C. Boutesteyn & S. Luchtmans / Delphis: Apud Adrianum Beman, 1713. 8vo, contemporary full vellum; both sides bordered and paneled with double gilt fillets with decorations at the interior corners, gilt device of a unicorn forcené upholding escutcheon depicting a hunting horn; spine with five gilt..... More
Paris: 1999. 4to, later black three-quarter morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in; blue endpapers; all page edges speckled blue. (4), 260 pages; 27 plates. Fine. A handsomely bound copy of this important die study, from..... More
Leamington Spa: Simmons & Waters, 1904. Small 8vo, original maroon quarter morocco, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait; xiv, 33, (1) pages; 2 fine autotype plates of tokens; folding facsimile; 3 lithographic plates. Inscribed by the author to Fred Shaw & Co. Spine worn, particularly..... More
Poznan: May–July 1994. Small 4to, later black half morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised ands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; original pictorial card covers bound in; all page edges speckled blue. 135, (1) pages; well illustrated throughout. Bilingual. Fine. An important exhibition catalogue, attractively bound..... More
New York: Bangs, April 28–May 1, 1863. 4to [32 by 26.5 cm], modern brown half speckled calf with marbled sides; spine with six raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; black and red spine labels lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; original printed paper covers bound in. 112 pages, interleaved; 2569..... More
London: B. Quaritch, 1891. 12mo, later black three-quarter morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; all page edges speckled blue. ix, (3), 118 pages, interleaved; frontispiece and 13 fine autotype plates of coins; map plate. Handwritten index on opening page; occasional notes on interleaves..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; top page edges gilt. Frontispiece; (4), 53, (1) pages; 12 very fine enlarged plates. Corner bump; label residue on spine; very good or better. A handsomely produced work, still of considerable value. Clain-Stefanelli 2262*. Daehn 3148: “Illustrates all the known..... More
Trieste: Giulio Bernardi, 1999. Folio [36 by 26.5 cm], original blue leatherette, gilt. Approximately 350 leaves printed on one side only, nearly all of them reproducing original sheets of coin rubbings made by Dattari. Lightly used; very good or better. The first edition of Dattari-Savio, which dramatically expanded the original..... More
Written in ink on one side [11 by 17 cm] of a sheet of folded notepaper. Folded for mailing; early ink stamp with ink notation by A. Juncker. Fine. A brief note from this famous artist, reading: “Je me rendrai avec bien du plaisir à l'aimable invitation que veut bien..... More
Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Guerra, (1910). Three volumes, complete. 4to, contemporary matching black half morocco; spines with five raised bands, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers. 359, (1) + 253, (1) + 271, (1) pages; 115 attractive plates, many in color. Bindings worn and stained; occasional spotting..... More