London: British Museum, 1899. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. xci, (1), 341, (1) pages; folding map; 38 fine autotype plates. Professionally rebacked; original spine covering laid onto new spine. Pastedowns with removed labels; small embossed stamp throughout. Very good. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum..... More
London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas’d; Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1695. 8vo, modern brown quarter calf in antique style, decorated in blind with marbled sides; spine ruled in gilt, burgundy spine label lettered in gilt. 159, (1) pages; woodcut decorations; text..... More
Boston and Washington: Heath, 1870. Third Banking & Counting House Edition, Newman 3-BH-1. Small 4to, original brown cloth, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. Frontispiece; (4), 42, (1) pages; Treasury Department facsimile letter; unnumbered and unpunched Heath bank note facsimile plate; 16 engraved plates of bank notes or elements..... More
Included within are: CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE CHARLES I. BUSHNELL, ESQ., OF NEW YORK. New York: Bangs & Co., June 20–24, 1882. 142, (2), 10, (2) pages; 3000 lots; 12 fine collotype plates with original tissue guards; prices realized list..... More
Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia, 1924–1926. Two volumes: text and plate portfolio. Small 4to, contemporary matching red half calf, gilt; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. (4), cxcvi, (4), 74, (2) + 200 + 135, (1) + 148 + (2), 13, (1) pages; text illustrations;..... More
Wien: 1986. Folio, original gray cloth lettered in blue. 347, (25) pages; softcover Tafelband with 47 plates. Housed in cardboard slipcase. Fine. Infrequently offered and quite important. Daehn 6177. More
Dublin: Printed for Private Distribution Only at the University Press by M.H. Gill, 1861. First edition. 8vo, original brown blindstamped cloth; spine lettered in gilt. 76 pages; large folding genealogical chart of the Earls of Desmond. Binding with minor scuffs and discolorations, but sound. Small tear to large folding chart..... More
Beograd: 1958. 230 leaves, mostly printed on both sides, many with illustrations of both sides of a bank note, and a coin or two, accompanied by descriptive text. Small 8vo, original tan linen folder, lettered in black; original brass bar and screws holding contents together. Covers and title a bit..... More
San Marino: April 8, 1953. Thin 8vo, original printed card covers. 16 pages; 313 lots. Near fine. Adams 184. Bolender’s first sale held in California, to which he retired (more or less) after suffering a serious heart attack on Christmas Day 1951, brought on by shoveling snow for two hours..... More
Berlin: bei G. Fincke, 1843. 4to, contemporary black cloth-backed boards; hand-lettered spine label. vi, 216 pages; tables; text illustrations; 20 engraved plates of coins and seals. Half-title loose; binding a bit worn. Very good. An important work by this esteemed German scholar. Rare: this is the first complete copy we’ve..... More
St. Joseph: Wright, 1992. 4to, original full brown polished calf, gilt; speckled page edges; silk marker. (28), 335, (3) pages; coin enlargements throughout the text; 27 plates of coins with text; rarity table. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine. The rare special edition, No. 3 of only 12 thus..... More
Leamington Spa: Simmons and Waters, 1906. 8vo, modern brown half calf with marbled sides; spine with two raised bands, ruled in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers. viii, (4), 98 pages; fine frontispiece plate of tokens; 5 other plates. Fine. No. 160 of only 200 copies printed, signed..... More
Dublin: 1931. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume XL, Section C, No. 2. Large 8vo, recent green linen, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. (19)–186 pages, complete. Early ownership notation on front paper cover; upper corner of pages bumped. Near fine, in a new binding. Important and scarce..... More
Munich: Kreß & Hornung, 1938. Large 4to, original russet cloth lettered in black; black calf spine label, gilt. xv, (1), 396 pages; text illustrations; map; 43 fine plates. Near fine. The scarce original edition of this classic work on the medieval and modern coins and medals of Osnabrück, with fine..... More
New-York: 1859. 4to [29.5 by 22.5 cm], later brown half morocco, gilt, with brown linen sides; original blindstamped dark brown cloth, gilt-stamped with title, trimmed and mounted on front board; spine with two raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. 39, (1) pages. A worn copy, with staining throughout and..... More
Neuchâtel: 1939. 8vo, later tan quarter calf; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and dated in brown. Frontispiece; 354, (2), (2) pages; text illustrations; 2 halftone plates depicting dies and punches; 16 fine plates of coins. Fine. An attractively bound copy of this notable study, with exceptional coin plates..... More
Bruxelles: Fr. Gobbaerts, 1877. 4to [31 by 23 cm], original red half morocco with double gilt fillets; spine with five raised bands, ruled, and richly decorated in gilt, with presentation lettering to I. Diegerick (see comments); marbled sides and endpapers; top page edges gilt. (4), 378 pages; 42 engraved plates..... More
Boston: Heath, 1864. First edition, no stated printing or imprint. Newman 1-P-20. 16mo, original blindstamped brown cloth; front cover lettered in gilt, without price. 32 pages; 10 engraved plates of bank note design elements, with original tissue guards, interspersed in the text, with plate 6 serving as a frontispiece, plate..... 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
New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1894. 4to [29.5 by 23.5 cm], contemporary green three-quarter morocco with marbled sides; rebacked spine with five raised bands, dated and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; other page edges untrimmed. Magnificent engraved frontispiece portrait of A.B. Durand by Alfred Jones, with..... More
Berlin: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, 1970. First edition. Two volumes. 4to, original green cloth, gilt, with matching plate folder. xxiv, 312 pages, text figures, maps; 16 pages, 56 fine plates of coins. Covers dusty, with label residue. Interiors nearly fine. Antike Münzen und geschnittene Steine, Band II. Clain-Stefanelli 2224*. Daehn 3010..... More
Paris et Vienne: 1895. First edition. 4to, contemporary vellum-backed mottled boards; spine with red morocco labels, gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges red. Engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; vii, (1), 294, (2) pages; 3310 descriptions; 30 fine plates of coins and 1 plate of monograms. Binding a bit worn..... More
Beverly Hills: 1947. Original color lobby card [11 by 14 inches], printed on card stock. Folded horizontally across lower third; folds and perforations from staples in upper corners, with upper right corner having small bit of resulting loss. Very good or so. A color advertising card intended for display in..... More
Worcester: Dorr, Howland & Co., 1841. 8vo, original full brown calf; spine intricately decorated and lettered in gilt. viii, (9)–576 pages; engraved frontispiece; engraved hand-colored folding map; numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, including depictions of both sides of a Pine Tree shilling and the copper coins of New Jersey..... More
Wien: 1904. 4to, later brown cloth, gilt. (2), vi, (4), 206, (2) pages; 25 fine plates of coins. Fine. The rare original edition of this work, privately printed and limited to 130 copies according to Gustav Fock’s 1934 catalogue of the Pick-Gotha library (item 1106). Still important. Clain-Stefanelli 3029*. Daehn..... More