LE MONETE DELL'UNITA' D'ITALIA.
Roma: 1970. Folio, original blue leatherette, gilt; jacket. 222, (2) pages; well illustrated; 24 color plates. Near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 10175. More
Roma: 1970. Folio, original blue leatherette, gilt; jacket. 222, (2) pages; well illustrated; 24 color plates. Near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 10175. More
Original register volume used to record transactions for 1850 for the grocery firm of Schroder, Schulte & Co., San Francisco, which has been converted into a scrapbook for newspaper clippings shortly thereafter. 8vo, original brown calf-backed mottled boards. Approximately 200 pages, with all but 10 having neatly cut newspaper clippings..... More
Musée Royal de Mariemont, 2008. 4to, original printed card covers. 155, (3) pages; illustrated. Fine. Chalon is best known today for his role in the Fortsas hoax in 1840, which involved an obscure auction sale consisting exclusively of “unique” works unknown in the standard bibliographies, which had been dreamed up..... More
Padova: 2008. New. Small 4to, original printed card covers. 371, (1) pages; text illustrations, a few in color. Ex George F. Kolbe library with his bookplate on inside cover. Near fine. An excellent work on this prolific and highly regarded early numismatic author, with an introduction by Christian Dekesel. More
Wetteren: 1981. 4to, original russet cloth, gilt. 140, (4) pages; 4 + 16 plates. Fine. Numismatique romaine: essais, recherches et documents, Vol. XII. More
Gadoury, 2020. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. 240 pages; illustrated in color. New. From the Publisher: The Corpus Luiginorum is the work of Maurice Cammarano, a great collector of luigini. This 240-page Italian book, illustrated with numerous color photographs of coins and details, as well as drawings, archives, historical..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2004. Two volumes. Both 8vo, bound in Japan cloth with brown leather spine labels, gilt, text volume in russet, cloth sample book in olive. Housed together in brown Japan cloth slipcase. Title page printed in red and black. 81, (1) untrimmed heavy stock. Sample book..... More
New York: ANS, 2020. Tall 4to, original black boards lettered in silver; jacket. vii, (1), 266, (2) pages; 142 plates depicting 1737 coins. New. A comprehensive study of Roman cistophori struck for circulation in the Asian provinces, cataloguing and illustration over 1700 examples of tetradrachms and fractions from Ephesus, Pergamum..... More
Chelsea, Michigan: C4, 1998. 4to, original orange printed cloth. xiv, 218 pages; illustrated. New. The first book to be published by the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), and a welcome contribution to the study of these enigmatic and charming coins. More
Paris: 2012. 8vo, original printed card covers. xvii, (1), 326, (2) pages. Fine. More
London: 1978. Tall 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece; xiii, 250 pages; maps; tables; 24 plates. Near fine. An important festschrift. More
Washington: 1926. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 23, (1) pages; 20 plates. Some wear to cover; near fine. More
1971–1972. A complete run of this short-lived publication. 8vo, original printed card covers. Fine. An early house organ focusing on numismatic literature, this monthly publication proved to be ahead of its time, and the final (double) issue includes a letter explaining that it was being suspended indefinitely as it had..... More
Annandale: 1963. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. vii, 40 pages; illustrated. Near fine. More
Toronto: 2019. Dixième édition. 8vo, original spiral-bound pictorial card covers. xxxix, 2–250 pages; illustrated. New. The first French-language edition of Canadian Colonial Tokens: A Charlton Standard Catalogue. More
Cleveland: August 26, 1924. 8vo, original gilt-printed card covers. iv, 19, (1) pages; 321 lots. Covers discolored and a little wrinkled. Very good. The 1924 American Numismatic Association Convention auction catalogue. Scarce. Adams 45: ìBaldwin $50. Fugio varieties. XF 1811 1¢. Order of Cincinnati signed by Washington. Breton 916.î. More
Philadelphia: Oct. 4, 1919. 8vo, original gilt-printed paper covers. (2), 38 pages; 500 lots. Covers a trifle discolored. Near fine. The 1919 ANA Sale, though not identified as such. A fairly important sale including a number of early United States rarities.Adams 39: "MS 1792 5¢ (ex Rittenhouse). 1791 Washington 1¢..... More
Philadelphia: November 17-18, 1932. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. iv, 78, (2) pages; 1431 lots. Fine. Henryís final catalogue and, hence, the final Chapman brother catalogue (Samuel Hudson having retired in 1929 and having ceased cataloguing five years previously). Adams 51. More
Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, December 7–17, 1921. Large 4to, later white cloth; front cover and spine lettered in gilt. xii, 653, (1) pages; 7302 lots; 42 superb photographic plates of coins and medals. Original printed prices realized list bound in. Marginal repair to price list. Near fine. Adams 40, with..... More
B&B reprint of the June 20, 1913 original. 8vo, original gilt-printed paper covers. (2), (4), 45, (1) pages; 732 lots; 9 halftone reprint plates. Covers a bit discolored; else fine. The B&B reprint of this notable sale, taken from a hand-priced copy. A truly memorable Chapman sale of United States..... More
Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Sons, Auctioneers, June 19–24, 1916. 4to, later white cloth, gilt. 199, (1) pages; 3792 lots; 15 fine photographic plates. Original prices realized list bound in. Fine. Adams 15. An important sale of U.S. and world coins, with 15 exceptionally fine photographic plates. This wide-ranging, representative collection..... More
Philadelphia: June 9, 1924. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. 23, (1) pages; 498 lots. Folded for mailing; address written on rear cover. Near fine. Adams 27. Important for early coppers and rather scarce. Ex Phil Carrigan Library. More
Reprint of the June 9, 1924 sale catalogue. 8vo, original saddle-stitched gilt-printed wraps. 20 pages; 255 lots; 6 plates; prices realized list. Fine. A useful reprint of the rare original plated edition. Adams 28, rated A: “Arguably the best collection ever of half cents: complete original proofs.”. More
Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, April 27–29, 1904. 4to, later two-tone blue cloth; red spine label, gilt; original gilt-printed white paper front cover bound in. (2), 102 pages; 1848 lots; original printed prices realized list bound in. Original Plates 2 and 3 laid in, mostly depicting Massachusetts and Maryland silver coins..... More
Turin: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 26 octobre 1826. Small 4to, self-covered. 8, (2) pages plus three leaves of tables. Removed from previous binding and somewhat trimmed. Near fine. Rare. A substantial (ten articles, with three tables) reformation of the monetary system introduced by his brother Victor Emanuel, who preceded him as..... More