Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2001. New. 8vo, self-covered. 16 pages. New. More

Mission Viejo: George Frederick Kolbe, 1982. First edition. 4to, original red cloth and boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and black; page edges speckled; printed throughout in red and black. Frontispiece; 270, (2) pages; 22 additional plates; pictorial endpapers. Fine. One of 500 copies of the original printing, bound by..... More

Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 1990. New. 4to, red cloth and boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and black; page edges speckled; printed throughout in red and black. Frontispiece; 418, (2) pages; 21 additional plates; pictorial endpapers. New. One of 500 numbered copies, bound by hand and printed on acid free..... More

Manuscript in ink. No place or date, c. 1908–1910. Two ruled sheets, 28 by 19 cm, folded to form 8 pages. Old folds; very good or better. An interesting compilation, arranged alphabetically from Ambrosoli to Vitalini. Kolbe 142. More

Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2025. Associate in Research Kellen Hoard; foreword by Kenneth E. Bresset. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. 142 pages; illustrated in color. New. Covering the whole of the prolific numismatist's career, the book not only describes the books and articles he authored, but provides important context..... More

Crestline & London: 2001. New. Studies in the History of Numismatic Literature No. 1. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt, jacket. 88 pages; 16 plates. New. Originally published in book form in 1985 by Leo S. Olschki of Florence in Italian, this edition, translated by Elizabeth Saville, has been carefully revised..... More

(Beverly Hills): 1985. 4to, original orange cloth, gilt. Approximately 300 duplicated typescript leaves, printed on rectos only; 266 entries; illustrated. Inscribed by the author. Fine. No. 22 of 50 copies, inscribed and signed by the compiler. Perhaps the most complete library of American and British philatelic literature ever formed. Kolbe..... 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

Munich: Battenberg, 1985. Thick 12mo, original brown leatherette-backed linen, lettered in brown and gilt; housed as issued in cardboard slipcase. xxii, 1,848 pages; 18,311 listings; 6 indexes. Fine. By far the most comprehensive modern numismatic bibliography. More

Lancaster: CNG, 2012 [2013]. 4to, original pictorial boards. (2), viii, 652, (2) pages. New. The expanded second edition. While the first edition focused exclusively on works in English, Daehn has dramatically expanded the scope and utility of his bibliography by including works in other languages in this new second edition..... More

Crestline: 2003. New. Three volumes. 4to, original matching crimson cloth, gilt, jackets. xliv, 3190 pages; title facsimiles throughout. New. A monumental work, absolutely indispensable for the period covered. Winner of the 14th ILAB-LILA International Prize for Bibliography and the 2004 IAPN Book Prize. This book weighs more than the estimated..... More

Paris: 1887–1889. Two volumes. Tall 8vo, later matching red quarter morocco with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in; marbled endpapers. xix, (1), 399, (1) + (4), 494, (2) pages; 91 + 7344 entries. Fine. A beautiful set of one of..... More

Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2020. Crown 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. 288 pages; illustrated in color throughout. Signed copies available upon request. New. A bibliography and analysis of American auction catalogues issued before the Second World War that feature photographically printed illustrations of ancient coins. Includes biographical material concerning..... More