BIBLIOTHÈQUE NUMISMATIQUE.
Geneva: 10 novembre 1999. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 30 pages; 680 lots. Fine. More
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BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON COINS, MEDALS, AND TOKENS IN THE GENERAL REFERENCE LIBRARY AND MITCHELL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS.
Sydney: 1923. 8vo, original printed card covers. 102 pages. Near fine. More
CENTENARIO DE JOSE TORIBIO MEDINA 1852–1952. EXPOSICION BIBLIOGRAFICA Y NUMISMATICA.
Buenos Aires: 1952. 8vo, original printed card covers. 25, (5) pages. Near fine. One of “450 Ejemplares en Papel Obra” of an entire edition of 510 copies. Introductory text on “La Obra de Medina” by Narcisco Binayán and “Medina Numismático” by Humberto F. Burzio is followed by 110 listings of..... More
CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE DE NUMISMATIQUE.
Geneva: 1897. Deuxième édition. 8vo, original printed wraps. 168, (2) pages. Near fine. More
THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE. VOLUME 153.
London: 1993. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. Near fine. Includes Hodge Mehdi Malek’s “A Bibliography of Sasanian Numismatics.”. More
THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE. SEVENTH SERIES. VOLUME VIII.
London: 1968. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. Near fine. Includes Roberto Weiss’s article, “The Study of Ancient Numismatics during the Renaissance (1313–1517).”. More
REPERTORIUM ZUR ANTIKEN NUMISMATIK IM ANSCHLUSS AN MIONNETS DESCRIPTION DES MÉDAILLES ANTIQUES ZUSAMMENGESTELLT.
Berlin: 1885. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt. xi, (1), 440 pages. Few markings; hinges reinforced; near fine. More
ANTIKE NUMISMATIK EINFÜHRUNG UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE.
Darmstadt: 1967. 8vo, original printed card covers. 107 (1) pages. Near fine. Ex George F. Kolbe library, with his bookplate. More
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CLASSICAL NUMISMATICS IN CANADA.
Toronto: 1994. 4to, original printed card covers. xiv, 150 pages; frontispiece; 37 full-page figures. Near fine. One of only 200 copies issued. More
NORSK NUMISMATISK BIBLIOGRAFI.
Oslo: Universitetes Myntkabinett, 1998. 4to, original printed boards; jacket. 328 pages. Signed by author on flyleaf. Fine. More
BIBLIOGRAFÍA NUMISMÁTICA ESPAÑOLA …
Madrid: Imprenta y Fundación de Manuel Tello, 1886. Small 4to, contemporary red calf. xiii, (3), 632 pages. Some wear to corners and spine; text a bit browned as usual. Very good. One of the great specialized numismatic bibliographies published in the second half of the nineteenth century and perhaps the..... More
A LIST OF HANDBOOKS, PERIODICALS AND AUCTION CATALOGS IN THE BIERMAN PHILATELIC LIBRARY.
(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
COINS AND MEDALS OF THE REFORMATION: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.
St. Louis: 1995. 8vo, original printed card covers. 122 pages. Fine. Sixteenth Century Bibliography, Volume 32. More
AFKRYDSNINGS-LISTE OVER DANSK-NORSKE OFF. MØNTAUKTIONS-KATALOGER 1684–1998.
Oslo: 1999. 8vo, original orange boards with red interior pages. unpaginated. Fine. More
BIBLIOGRAFIA NUMIZMATYCZNA POLSKA, SPIS DZIEŁ PISM I ARTYKUŁÓW O MONETACH, MEDALACH I RZECZACH MENNICZYCH POLSKICH TRAKTUJĄCYCH PRZEZ ANTONIEGO RYSZARDA.
Kraków: Nakładem Autora w Drukarni A. Koziańskiego, 1882. Small 8vo [18 by 12 cm], later black cloth and marbled boards, spine label. 114 pages. Very good or better. The classic Polish numismatic bibliography, among the rarest major numismatic bibliographies. Clain-Stefanelli 10973. Gumowski 28. Herstal: “Elementarwerk.” Kolbe 176. More
ILLUSTRIUM IMAGINES.
Portland: Collegium Graphicum, 1972. 16mo [16 by 11 cm], original decorative card covers. (2), cxx leaves; illustrated. Housed in slipcase, as issued. Fine. A facsimile of Fulvio’s 1517 Illustrium imagines, the first substantially illustrated numismatic book. The Printed Sources of Western Art, Volume 9. More
BIBLIOTHECA NUMISMATICA SILICIANA. GANDAVUM FLANDRORUM.
(Ghent): 1986. 8vo, original tan linen lettered in black. (2), 592 pages; illustrated. Fine. The second revised edition of this catalogue of Christian Dekesel’s personal library, which covers the numismatic spectrum. Printed in a very small edition. Kolbe 364. More
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHINESE COINS. VOLUME 1: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FAR EASTERN NUMISMATOLOGY AND A COIN INDEX.
Denver: 1967. 8vo, original pictorial boards. viii, 581 pages. Fine. The best Western bibliography on the topic with separate listings of titles in Chinese, Japanese and Western languages. Indispensable. More
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORDERS AND DECORATIONS.
Copenhagen: Ordenshistorisk Selskab, 1999. 8vo, original printed pictorial blue card covers. 321, (1) pages. Near fine. An excellent work on this prolific and highly regarded early numismatic author, with an introduction by Christian Dekesel. More
THE NUMISMATIC MESSENGER. VOLS. 1–2.
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
BIBLIOGRAFIA NUMIZMATYKI POLSKIEJ ZA LATA 1945–1957.
Warszawa: 1959. 8vo, original printed card covers. 34 pages; 464 lots. Ex Katen and Kolbe libraries with bookplates. Near fine. Published under the auspices of the Numismatic Section of the Polish Archaeological Society and including an interesting introduction in English. Kolbe 174. More
JOSÉ TORIBIO MEDINA: HUMANIST OF THE AMERICAS. AN APPRAISAL.
Washington, D.C. Pan American Union, 1960. 8vo, original printed card covers. liv, 295, (3) pages; frontispiece portrait; 8 plates. Cover sunned; near fine. An important collection of essays on this brilliant Chilean scholar’s vast contributions to bibliography, numismatics and history. The numismatic portion of the book was written by Robert..... More
RARITIES OF NUMISMATA TYPOGRAPHICA: FOUR EXAMPLES OF EARLY DUTCH PRINTERS’, BOOKBINDERS’ AND BOOKSELLERS’ GUILD MEDALS. CAST IN STERLING SILVER FROM ORIGINAL SPECIMENS.
Descriptions by William Blades; introduction by Henry Morris. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt; accompanying tan card covered folder with medal reproductions; housed together in brown cloth slipcase. 32, (4) pages; title printed in russet and black; 4 gold-tinted medal illustrations; 17th-century trade card reproduced..... More
JOSÉ TORIBIO MEDINA: HUMANIST OF THE AMERICAS. AN APPRAISAL.
Washington, D.C. Pan American Union, 1960. 8vo, original tan cloth, gilt. liv, 295, (3) pages; frontispiece portrait; 8 plates. Inscribed by the editor on flyleaf. Near fine. The hardcover edition of this important collection of essays on this brilliant Chilean scholar’s vast contributions to bibliography, numismatics and history. The numismatic..... More
FIRST FINE SILVER COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE: THE BIRD & BULL PRESS COMMEMORATIVE 100 CORONAS. INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THIS LEGENDARY REPUBLIC AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE BIRD & BULL PRESS. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF SIMILAR NUMISMATIC RARITIES AND A 30-YEAR CHECKLIST OF WORK PRODUCED BY THE PRESS, 1958–1988.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. 8vo, original black quarter morocco with printed paper-covered sides. 57, (3) pages [certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull Press (San Serriffe branch) bound in as pages 29–32]. Two San Serriffe 25 Corona notes and the original prospectus laid in. With custom-made folder..... More