London: John Russell Smith, 1848. 16mo, original textured green cloth, gilt, decorated in blind. vii, (3), 220, (2) pages; numerous text figures depicting ancient and medieval coins. Binding a bit worn; very good. A popular introduction to coin collecting. Manville 358. More
New York: The De Vinne Press, 1906. (8) pages, 8 fine plates of plans and views. Original printed tan wrappers and outer pages a trifle discolored; near fine. Included is a history of the American Numismatic Society, and a brief account of the collection ("about 30,000 specimens of coins, medals..... More
Castle Cary: 1981 reprint. 4to, blue cloth, gilt. 357, (1) pages; text figures; 64 plates. Fine. Clain-Stefanelli 13732*. Grierson 251: "Étude la plus complète, admirablement illustrée." An excellent quality reprint of this still indispensable work on counters and jetons. More
Münster: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, 1983. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 364 pages; illustrated. Near fine. An excellent exhibition catalogue based on the portrait archives representing the life work of the antiquarian bookseller Baron Hans-Dietrich von Diepenbroick-Grueter (1902–1980), which were bequeathed to the Landesmuseum. The exhibition..... More
Kalamazoo: Chambers, 1945. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo, original matching maroon cloth, gilt; dust jackets. xxxvi, 761, (3) + (352) pages [second volume irregularly paginated]. Dust jackets sunned and a bit worn; first volume fine; second volume with cracked hinges; else near fine. The scarce first editions, including material in..... More
Boston: Quarterman, 1972. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. Frontispiece portrait, 191, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. More
Paris: 2012. 8vo, original printed card covers. xvii, (1), 326, (2) pages. Fine. 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
Atlanta: Whitman, 2009. 8vo, original processed leather; gilt. x, 289, (5); color illustrations. Signed by author on title page. Fine. Kolbe 247. The special leather-bound edition. More
Paris: 1940. 4to, original printed card covers. viii, 164 pages; 62 plates. Unopened. Spine a bit worn; else near fine. A biography and study of this prominent French architect and artist. More
Paris: Imprimerie de la Veuve d’Houry, (1790). 8vo, original mottled brown calf; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red spine label, gilt; red page edges; hand-marbled endpapers. 720 + 8 pages. Binding worn at spine and rubbed at extremities; very good. One of the most important editions of..... More
London: 1972. Small 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. viii, 446, (2) pages; text figures, charts and tables; 20 plates. Jacket worn, else fine. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 8. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; jacket. xvii, (1), 316 pages; illustrated, occasionally in color. Fine. Ex George F. Kolbe library with his bookplate on pastedown. More
Boston: Manufactured by Laban Heath & Co., Patented, December 25, 1877. Two tilting glass lenses housed in a folding nickel-plated brass frame with decorative scrollwork. The microscope when open to its maximum extent is 14.5 by 5 cm wide at the base and 3 cm in height. The lens has..... More
1977. Reprint of 1718 Leipzig edition. 12mo, original tan cloth lettered in gilt and black; clear jacket printed in red and black. A modern reprint of the rare first edition of the German translation of Jobert's popular guide to numismatics, La science des médailles. Published 20 years before the same..... More
London: 1973. 8vo, original blue boards. gilt. 272 pages. Near fine. More
Brugge: 1983. 8vo, original printed card covers. 209, (3) pages; illustrated. Near fine. Ex Herbert Kreindler library with his bookplate. 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
The Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2007. 4to, original black leatherette, gilt; jacket. xx, 492 pages; numerous coin enlargements and other illustrations. Fine. An outstanding recent work, now the standard reference. More
London: 1980. Small 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece; viii, 217, (3) pages; text figures; 28 plates. Jacket rubbed; near fine. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 13. More
Louvain-la-Neuve: 1983. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt; jacket. xvii, (1), 365, (1) pages; text figures; 25 plates of coins, mostly with descriptive text. Fine. Numismatica Lovaniensia 6. More
London: Batsford, 1936. First edition. 4to, original orange cloth, lettered in green and red; decorative endpapers. xviii, 198 pages; text illustrations; 148 plates, 39 of which are in color. Bruise to upper right corner; clear jacket taped to endpapers. Previous owner’s bookplate. Very good. The first edition of this scarce..... More
Athens: 2005. Square 4to, original russet embossed cloth; jacket; slipcase. 132 pages; illustrated in color. New. More
St. Petersburg: Iskusstvo-SPB, 1993. 8vo, original white cloth, gilt; jacket. 304 pages; 64 halftone plates. Inscribed in German to Peter Berghaus and signed by the author on the front flyleaf verso. Near fine. A general work on numismatics by the head of the numismatic research department at the Hermitage. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1950. 4to, later brown hardcover, gilt. Color frontispiece; xix, (1), 463, (1) pages; 267 plates, 1 in color. Edge bump, else fine. More