Moscow: 2012. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 116 pages; illustrated in color. Near fine. A highly detailed guide to the paper currency used in the "White South," among the various anti-communist forces during the Russian Civil War. Rarely available outside Russia. More
Norcross: 2023. Second edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. iii, (1), 109, (7) pages; illustrated in color. Signed by the author. New. The only full reference on the chemicographic backs prepared in England for the Confederate States of America for use on their 1864 Treasury Notes. Examines all known reprints..... More
New York: ANS, 2016. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. 137 pages; illustrated in color. New. Numismatic Studies 30. More
Providence: Society of Colonial Wars, 1942. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. x, 112 pages; 10 plates, 4 of them impressions of colonial currency taken from the original copperplates, printed on parchment and tipped into place. Fine. A well-preserved copy of this less-frequently seen work on colonial counterfeiting. Clain-Stefanelli 13653. Davis..... More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 448 pages; profusely illustrated in color. New. Foreword by Anne E. Bentley. The Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is a multiple-volume study of currency issued by American banks from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks and the..... More
Washington: Wm. Windom, Sec. Treas., O.H. Irish, Chief of Bureau, 1881. Small 8vo, later black half leather with silver/gray cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. Superbly engraved title incorporating a fine view of the..... More
Washington, D.C. Oct. 28-29, 1969. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 50 pages; 1409 lots. Original prices realized list laid in. Fine. A significant sale of this material, from an era when few were collecting early American paper money. Highlights included New Hampshire 7 shillings notes of Dec. 25, 1734..... More
(Wakefield): 1984. First edition. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. iv, 51 duplicated typescript leaves; illustrated, including paper money. Fine. Special Hardbound Edition. Scarce. Sullivan 649. More
Dated 3 September 1845. On double-sheet stationary [20 by 25 cm] of Danforth, Bald, Spencer & Huffy, but with “Bald” struck out in most instances. Folded into a stampless cover with a New York postmark dated 3 September 1845 for 5 cents. Generally fine and preserved within a custom-made acid-free..... More
(No place): New Jersey Bankers Association, 1942. 8vo, original printed card covers. viii, 98, (2) pages. Copies of Supplement Nos. 3 and 5 laid in. Near fine. One of the best works on the subject, by the main bibliographer of bank note reporters and counterfeit detectors. More
Written on two sides of a 25 by 20 cm sheet of an unruled double-sheet self-mailer. Folded for mailing; remnant of wax seal, with minor loss from opening. Hand-rated, with strong black and weak red postmarks. Very good. An interesting letter discussing changes to be made to plates engraved by..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 191–192, describing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 159–160, describing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 59–60, providing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 15–16, describing..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers. 40 pages; illustrated in color. New. One of 100 copies printed. This publication traces the development of the study of the Treasury Notes issued by the Confederate States of America and outlines the literary history of the subject. Beginning..... More
Small tabloid, (57)–64; (73)–80 pages. Unopened. Fine. Nice copies of two issues, though there appears to be little of numismatic interest in them. More
New York: B. & S. Collins, 1835. Second edition. 8vo, removed from previous binding. 42, (2), (5)–64 pages. Title page spotted; general wear. Very good or so. A scarce edition of Gouge’s classic work on American paper currency, originally published in 1833. More
Anderson, 1977. 1977 reprint of the 1862 edition. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 168 pages; a few illustrations and diagrams. Fine. An infrequently seen reprint of this rare publication. More
Costa Mesa: Stack's Bowers, 2024. Oblong 8vo, original pictorial boards. 216 pages; illustrated in color. New. Illustrated by the Eric Agnew collection, Paper Dreams in the Golden State uses California National Bank Notes to tell the story of California's history. An engaging and entertaining work. More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, October 21-24, 2015. 4to, original red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 324, (6) pages; 2228 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover edition. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will receive $25 from the sale of every..... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, October 21-24, 2015. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 324, (6) pages; 2228 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will receive $25..... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, November 1-2, 2017. Parts 1 & 2 in one volume. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 440, (6) pages; 1624 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P...... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, November 1–2, 2017. Parts 1 & 2 in one volume. 4to, original red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 440, (6) pages; 1624 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover edition. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will..... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, November 7 & 10, 2018. 4to, original red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 224, (6) pages; 526 lots; illustrated in color throughout; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will receive $25 from the..... More