Crestline and Long Beach. Auctions 75, 77, 78 and 80, December 12, 1998; June 5, 1999; September 25, 1999; and June 10, 2000. Four volumes. 4to, original matching green Japanese cloth, lettered in black and a second color; decorative headbands; two silk ties in each volume; speckled page edges; original..... More
London: Baldwin & Spink, 1993. 4to, original russet cloth, gilt. xviii, (2), 449, (3) pages. New. A thorough and useful bibliography, focusing on non-numismatic periodicals. Worth the price for the index to the Gentleman's Magazine alone. Encyclopaedia of British Numismatics, Volume II, Part I. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press [Henry Morris], 2007. Crown 4to, original red quarter morocco and Japanese silk boards with mounted roundel printed by Morris; spine with black morocco spine label, gilt. 59, (15) pages; 4-page insert of stochastically printed illustrations of Comitia Americana medals; 2-page insert from Morrisís letterpress edition..... More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1961. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. 389, (1) pages. Slight wear at cover edges; small tear at top of spine; near fine. One of the core references for printed Americana, being a comprehensive listing of over 1600 American directories published through 1860. In addition to providing..... More
Newton: 1974 reprint. Three volumes, complete. 8vo, original matching blue cloth, gilt. Bump to bottom board of first volume; else near fine. The reprint of the classic 1940 bibliography of this prolific early American writer. 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
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, MARCH 6, 2021. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; original pictorial covers bound in. 156 pages; 539 lots; profusely illustrated in color. PRL bound in. New. More
New York: American Numismatic Society, 2016. Two volumes. 4to, original brown imitation leather, decorated and lettered in gilt; original cream boards lettered in bronze. (12), 400, (4) pages; 330 color plates. Housed in original matching slipcase, as issued. New. NLG Best Specialized Book (World Coins) of the year 2017. A...... More
Munich: Battenberg, 1985. Thick 12mo, original brown leatherette-backed linen, lettered in brown and gilt. xxii, 1,848 pages; 18,311 listings; 6 indexes. Fine. By far the most comprehensive modern numismatic bibliography. More
N.p. Regina Caeli Press, 2013. 4to, original printed boards. (2), v, 133 pages. Near fine. A highly useful supplement to Attinelli, with much information not available elsewhere. More
Dublin: Printed for Private Distribution Only at the University Press by M.H. Gill, 1861. First edition. 8vo, original brown blindstamped cloth; spine lettered in gilt. 76 pages; large folding genealogical chart of the Earls of Desmond. Binding with minor scuffs and discolorations, but sound. Small tear to large folding chart..... More
Seventy-seven volumes total, as follows: Collection de Bibliographie Classique. I: Bibliographie de l’antiquité classique 1896–1914. Première partie: auteurs et textes [the second part, Matières et disciplines, was never published]. 1951. 8vo, later tan linen and marbled boards. [with] II: Dix années de bibliographie classique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l’antiquité..... More
New York: 1968. Tall 8vo, original tan cloth, gilt. xiii, 62, (12) pages; illustrated. Fine. More
Anstösse, Erarbeitungsformen und Wirkungen städtischer Satzungen zum Münzwesen im Längsschnitt. Zürich: Chronos Verlag, 2009. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 375, (1) pages. Ex George F. Kolbe library with his bookplate on pastedown. Fine. Provides detailed information on various monetary edicts. Kolbe 223. More
London: November 23–24, 1981. 8vo, original printed card covers. 69, (3) pages; 518 lots; 7 plates. Prices realized list with buyers’ names. Near fine. A very important sale of rare Russian numismatic (and other) books. Lots 1–151 comprised the highly desirable and important numismatic content of the sale. Unimpressive in..... 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
New York: Vanguard, 1926. 8vo, original marbled cloth spine and blue cloth; printed spine label. Engraved frontispiece; title page printed in black and red; xi, (1), 108 pages; illustrated. Printed on heavy paper with deckled fore-edge. Spine a bit rubbed; one corner starting. Very good. A memorial volume bringing together..... More
Brugge: 1983. 8vo, original printed card covers. 209, (3) pages; illustrated. Near fine. Ex Herbert Kreindler library with his bookplate. More
New Castle: Oak Knoll, 2004. 4to, original black cloth-backed boards, gilt; jacket. 176 pages; illustrated. New. An important publication presenting considerable evidence in favor of the view that what we call “edition binding” came about earlier than previously thought, and that many books sold in the mid-18th century were sold..... More
New York: June 13–15, 1967. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 136 pages; 1370 lots; 6 plates. Fine. Features important Canadian coins. Lots 15–163 comprised an excellent selection of rare and desirable American numismatic literature, superbly catalogued at the zenith of his career by John J. Ford, Jr., in characteristically..... More
Philadelphia: 2004. 4to, original pictorial card covers. Color frontispiece plate; title printed in red and black; (28), 33, (1), (44) pages; 13 additional plates in black and white. In German and Russian. Fine. [with] SUPPLEMENTUM. Philadelphia, 2008. 4to, original pictorial card covers. Color folding frontispiece plate; title printed in red..... More
Paris: 2012. 8vo, original printed card covers. xvii, (1), 326, (2) pages. Fine. More
London: Spink, 2019. Second edition. Foreword by Lord Ashcroft. Crown 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xx, (2), 373, (5) pages; 16 color plates. New. The new revised edition of this masterful bibliography of works on the Victoria Cross, its recipients, and the deeds for which it has been awarded..... More
Modern reprint of the 1904 original. In Russian. 8vo, photocopied pages with card covers. (6), 110, (6) pages. Covers faded; very good. 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