A CATALOGUE OF BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, 1760-1960. VOL. II: THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
London: 1987. First edition. Tall 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xxiv, 516 pages; illustrated throughout. Near fine. Very important. More
London: 1987. First edition. Tall 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xxiv, 516 pages; illustrated throughout. Near fine. Very important. More
Ottawa: Canadian National Parks Branch, Interior Department, 1924. Entire volume present [Burpee's article comprises pages 73–92]. 8vo, original printed card covers. Near fine. Scarce. Includes some brief discussion of the famous gold medals made for the club members. More
Annandale: 1963. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. vii, 40 pages; illustrated. Near fine. More
Paris: 1869. Congrès archéologique de France (XXXVe session, séances générales tenues à Carcassonne, a Narbonne, a Perpignan et a Béziers en 1868...). Small 8vo, somewhat later white cloth-backed mottled boards; green spine label, gilt. lxv, (1), 411, (1) pages; illustrated throughout; 2 folding plans [Des Méloizes’s article is found on..... More
Original handwritten document by Dupré, being the retained draft of his 1789 request to the National Constituent Assembly of France to be granted the commission to design the medal commemorating the abolition of the seigneurial rights of the nobility. Written in black ink on both sides of a sheet of..... More
N.p. 1965. 12mo, original printed card covers. 144 pages; illustrated. Fine. After over half century, still the standard work on the subject. Covers both medals and tokens. Printed in limited quantities and infrequently available. More
New York: September 30, 1905. 8vo, original printed card covers. 39, (1) pages; 852 lots plus many bis lots. Hand-priced with annotations indicating its use during the auction itself. Very good or better. Adams 1 (rated B+ for colonials). A saleroom copy of Elder’s inaugural sale, at least in the..... More
Philadelphia: William Duane, 1809. 8vo, later olive cloth, hand-written paper spine labels. Engraved half-title with stylized depiction of both sides of the Libertas Americana medal; viii, 434 pages. Ex library copy, with usual treatment; very good. Volume five only of this edition of Franklin’s writings, with a notable numismatic engraving..... More
Guadalajara: 1970. First edition. 4to, original green leatherette, gilt. (2), ii, 203, (1) pages; well illustrated. Price supplement laid in. Covers somewhat scuffed, else near fine. An essential work on the subject, including Proclamation medals. Clain-Stefanelli 14887. Grierson 267. More
Guadalajara: 1972. First edition. 4to, original white leatherette, gilt. (2), ii, 476 pages; well illustrated. Covers scuffed; contents fine. An essential work on the subject, including medals issued in areas of Central and North American that are no longer parts of Mexico. Clain-Stefanelli 14887. Grierson 267. More
Chelsford: 1995. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 236 pages; profusely illustrated, including 16 pages in full color; endpaper maps. Fine. Very important, providing information on the markers and marks of Indian trade silver, with additional information on medals. More
Oxford: At the University Press, 1931. Thick folio [40 by 30 cm], original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. xii, 311, (1) pages; 141 superb plates depicting 667 medals. Binding worn, with hinges cracked and front cover stained; first few leaves lightly stained, not affecting main text or plates. Ex Duveen..... More
London: Spink, 2017. 4to, original pictorial card covers. xiv, 288 pages; well illustrated in color throughout. New. From the publisher: An overview of the historical events during which Giuseppe Garibaldi rose from obscurity to leadership of the Italian inification movement or "Risorgimento." utilising the Anthony P. Campanella Collection of medals..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1861. 8vo, original brown cloth decorated in blind, gilt. 292 pages, including 114 plates. Spine slightly worn, with cloth tears at extremities; a bit dusty. Very good. The first American beginner’s guide to coin collecting. Sometimes overlooked by American numismatic researchers because of its main..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the Frick Collection, 1994. New. 4to, black cloth, jacket. 424 pages; illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Fine. A massive catalogue of the exhibit hosted by the Frick Collection and the National Gallery of Art, this goes beyond the ephemeral..... More
London: Sold by Thomas Snelling, Printseller in Fleet Street, 1776. Folio, contemporary vellum-backed blue boards; handwritten title in black ink. Engraved title with a portrait medal of the author; 33 engraved plates depicting approximately 284 historical and portrait medals. Annotated throughout in black ink. Early plates spotted. Very good. The..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Small 4to, contemporary green quarter calf, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. x, (2), 13–203, (1) pages; letter facsimile plate; facsimile autograph plate; 21 superb plates of medals engraved by Joseph Saxton’s medal ruling machine. Binding rubbed; frontispiece foxed; very good..... More