Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1935. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. xiv, 248, (2), ix pages; 6 plates. Spotting to cover and page edges. Very good. University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Volume XXXVII. An important catalogue of Seleucid, Parthian and other coins found in the late 1920s and early..... More
Amsterdam: Chez François Changuion, 1741. Tome Quinzième. 12mo, original full brown speckled calf; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; two red morocco spine labels, gilt, the lower erroneously labeled “TOM XX”; all page edges red; marbled endpapers; silk marker. Title printed in red and black with engraved printer’s..... More
77 reproduced photographic prints illustrating the obverse and reverse of 2238 coins. Prints measure 23.5 by 17.5 cm. Fine, housed in photo album. The important photographic record of the Tom Virzi collection. A few sets of photographs of the entire collection were produced in the 1970s by Bank Leu, from..... More
Halle (Saale): 1923. 4to, somewhat later brown quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. xvi, 208 pages; text figures; 16 fine plates. Foxing mostly limited to opening pages and the paper edges. Inserted are a number of handwritten notes and a copy of an..... More
Lugano: 7 février 1928. 4to, later green cloth; plates housed loosely in an integral cloth folder. (4), 33, (3) pages; 29 fine plates of coins, the first 20 of which are folding double-plates reinforced here with linen. Near fine. A classic sale, particularly for aes grave. Seldom offered. The plates..... More
Roma: Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei, 1913. Folio, original printed paper covers. (6), 588 pages; 48 fine plates of coins. Paper-backed binding very worn; pages crisp and untrimmed; first and final plates foxed, but rest generally clean. Very good. The fourth volume of this massive work, which in its..... More
Boston: 1931. Very thick 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. 1146 pages; frontispiece portrait plaque; 16 plates. Fine. A very well-preserved copy of the most comprehensive work on the topic ever written, recording perhaps as many as ten thousand items. Privately printed in a very small edition and likely never to..... More
Sausalita: 1976–1984. Fourteen lists, beings Nos. 1–5, 7–8 and 11–17. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Several unopened, stapled shut for mailing. Mailing marks on some. Generally fine or nearly so. Rarely encountered fixed price lists of world coins, most important for Latin American coins. These are from Wallace’s own library..... More
Fairfax & Alexandria: 1997. Bicentennial edition. Thirty-first printing. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt. 511, (1) pages; illustrated throughout. Fine. An important reference work. The lengthy subtitle reads: A Definitive Listing of the Buttons Depicting the Insignia of the Armed Forces and Famous Regiments, Governmental, Service and Veterans Organizations, Educational and Military..... More
Pelham: Whitman, 2020. 74th (2021) edition. 12mo, original red leatherette, gilt. Limitation leaf; 462, (2) pages plus response card. Different cover design celebrating centennial of Manilla Mint. Slight corner bump, else fine. One of 250 copies prepared as a special edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Philippine Mint at..... More
Boston: Published by the Author, 1875. 4to, later black half leather with hand-marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. (2), v, (5), (11)–381, (1) pages; 110 wood engravings in the text; 2 folding heliotype manuscript facsimiles; 10 fine heliotype plates of coins and tokens with..... More
London: British Museum, 1883. 8vo, later blue cloth, with original gilt-lettered spine covering laid on. lviii, (2), 234, (2) pages; 32 fine and lithographic plates. A couple of signatures coming loose, with slight marginal chipping. Very good or so. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Volume 6..... More
First edition. Three volumes, complete. København: Nationalmuseet, 1957–1961. Tall 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt. 251, (1) + 389, (1) + 302 pages; maps; text illustrations. Near fine. An extensive and important study of the Roman Republican coinage issues before the denarius, updating and supplementing previous works on the subject. Clain-Stefanelli..... More
London: Hawkins Publications, 1975–1976. Nine volumes, complete. 4to, original printed card covers. 1131 pages; maps, tables and numerous coin illustrations throughout. Minor wear, most apparent at corners; very good or better. A standard reference and the most extensive work ever published on the topic, listing over 10,000 coins. Clain-Stefanelli 3124*..... More
Zürich: 1895. Small 4to, original black cloth-backed printed gray boards. xxxvii, (1), (8) pages; 59 fine Photocollographie plates, by Brunner & Hauser of Zürich, mostly depicting coins, some of them folding. Binding somewhat worn, but intact; occasional spotting and general wear. Very good. Very scarce and important. Covers the colonial..... More
N.p. 2010. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. viii, 469, (1) pages; illustrated in color. Fine. A highly readable work covering coins, tokens and paper money issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or its members. Well-illustrated in color. Infrequently available. More
München: No. XXX. 11. Mai 1911 u. ff. Tage. 4to, original printed card covers with mounted coin illustration. (4), 103, (3) pages; 1298 lots; 39 fine plates. Near fine. An important sale. According to Spring, the “englischen Gelehrten” was Arthur Evans. Clain-Stefanelli 1695. Grierson 279. Spring 384 [also listed under..... More
London: 1955–1961. Four parts, complete, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, contemporary maroon pebbled cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 402 pages total; 3125 lots; 111 fine plates of coins. Price realized printed alongside each lot in all four catalogues. Binding a bit worn at spine; very good..... More
London: British Museum, 1899. 8vo, later dark blue cloth, gilt. xci, (1), 341, (3) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 38 fine plates. Spine cloth with short tear; a few minor repairs; Very good. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Volume 20. Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. Daehn 1776 & 5131..... More
London: British Museum, 1897. 8vo, original blue cloth; professionally rebacked with original gilt-printed spine covering laid on. cxviii, (2), 325, (3) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 45 fine plates. Binding worn at spine; first introductory leaf trimmed and reglued; very good. Near fine. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the..... More
Lisboa: 4 de Abril de 1949 e seguintes. 8vo, later blue cloth, gilt. 219, (1) pages, 1413 lots, 17 plates of coins. Prices realized list bound in. Near fine. Rarely offered, featuring an introduction by Pedro Batalha Reis, and detailed descriptions of Ferrari’s Portuguese coins from the end of the..... More
London: British Museum, 1887. 8vo, later blue cloth, gilt, in similar style to the original. lxiv, 230 pages; tables; 37 very fine autotype plates of coins. Text browned, as often seen. Institutional blind-stamp throughout. Very good or better in a new binding. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British..... More