Montrouge: Éditions Corvina, 1952. Folio. Text as published in loose signatures within printed card covers; map and plates loose; all as issued housed in the original printed cardboard folding box. 39, (1) pages; map; 48 fine enlarged plates of coins. Box a bit worn; contents fine. A most appealing production..... More
London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1870. Second Edition. Small 4to [28.5 by 19.5 cm], original russet cloth, paneled in blind; spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. vi, 124 pages; tables; 23 text figures; 3 finely rendered lithographic plates of minting machinery and operations. Clipped newspaper review from The Standard..... More
Englewood: Paramount, 1975–1982. Complete six-volume set spanning $1 to $20 pieces. Tall 8vo, original matching pictorial boards. Bindings a bit rubbed, as usual. Near fine. A complete set of Akers’s outstanding six-volume reference work covering the entirety of regular U.S. Mint issue gold coins. Still significant for commentary on rarity..... More
New York: Elder Auction Rooms, September 27–28, 1912. 8vo, original printed card covers. 81, (3) pages; 1794 lots; frontispiece halftone plate; halftone “Extra Plate” loosely laid in, as issued. Once folded; small marginal repair to blank back of first plate. Very good. A notable sale of ancient Greek coins, American..... More
New York: Anderson Galleries, (Nov. 17), 1925. Cover title cited. 4to, original printed tan card covers. 29–50, (2) pages; lots 368–765a; text illustrations; 2 halftone plates of Franco-American jetons; 1 halftone plate of Montreal Side View tokens. Finely produced reprints of the 7 photographic plates occasionally encountered with this catalogue..... More
Crestline: George F. Kolbe, 2009. 4to, original brown full leather, lettered in white; front cover impressed in white with image of both sides of a Getz piece; rear cover impressed with the same design in blind. 147, (1) pages; color enlargements throughout. Fine. The deluxe edition, one of only three..... More
Brief notice printed in the New York Evening Post for Saturday, February 2, 1861. Entire issue present. Large tabloid, 4 pages. Article on page 3 announces the seizure of the New Orleans Mint, with a small headline. Folded, and separated at spine. Very good. An interesting memento of one of..... More