CATALOGUE DES MÉDAILLES DE LOUIS XIV
Zurich: 1982. Small 4to, original pictorial boards. 125, (1) pages; illustrated. New. Essential. More
Medals
MEDICINA IN NUMMIS: A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE COINS – MEDALS – JETONS RELATING TO MEDICINE, SURGERY AND THE ALLIED SCIENCES.
Boston: 1931. Edited by Malcolm Storer, M.D. Very thick 8vo, original green cloth, gilt; plain jacket. 1146 pages; frontispiece portrait plaque; 16 plates. Essentially as new. A very well-preserved copy of the most comprehensive work on the topic ever written, recording perhaps as many as ten thousand items. Privately printed..... More
THE HAVASUPAI PEOPLE.
Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1971. 8vo, original blue embossed textured card covers printed in silver. 71, (1) pages; illustrated, partly in color; map. Fine. This book was produced to commemorate the issuance of the Havasupai medal on March 15, 1971. It is No. 30 of 15,000 copies and inscribed to..... More
THE CHICKASAW PEOPLE.
Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1974. 8vo, original blue embossed textured card covers printed in silver. 104 pages; illustrated, partly in color; map. Fine. This book was produced to commemorate the issuance of the Chickasaw medal on January 1, 1974. It is No. 30 of 15,000 copies and signed by Overton..... More
SEQUEL TO GERARD VAN LOON’S MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES (1716–1806).
Los Angeles: 2022. English translation directed by John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original matching red cloth lettered in white. 740 pages total; text illustrations; 42 color plates, plus occasional unnumbered full-page color enlargements. New. The first translation into English of the very scarce ten-volume supplement to..... More
NUMISMATIC COMMEMORATIONS OF THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1932.
New York: American Numismatic Society, 2021. 4to, original pictorial boards. (10), 589, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A massive work describing in detail the myriad of numismatic issues commemorating the bicentennial of Washington’s birth in 1932. Many are described and illustrated here for the first time. More
MEDALLIC ART OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY, 1865-2014.
New York: ANS, 2015. Tall 4to, original light brown cloth lettered in dark brown; jacket. x, 181, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. Studies in Medal Art, 2. A new and well-illustrated catalogue of the medals produced by the American Numismatic Society. More
SILVER IN THE FUR TRADE, 1680–1820.
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
100 GREATEST AMERICAN MEDALS AND TOKENS.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2007. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. xxiv, 119, (5) pages; illustrated in color throughout. Fine. From the publisher: Katherine Jaeger and Q. David Bowers tell the fascinating stories of 100 of the greatest medals and tokens of colonial America, the early states, the Confereracy, the U.S. Mint, and..... More
THE SAMEL COLLECTION OF JEWISH COINS AND MEDALS.
Osnabrück: March 17, 2020. 4to, original pictorial boards. 172 pages; 598 lots; illustrated in color. New. The limited edition hardcover catalogue of this important collection, formed over the course of decades by Josef Samel and his sister Angela Arluk. More
COLLECTION PAUL BORDEAUX. IIIe PARTIE. MONNAIES ET MÉDAILLES FRANÇAISES ET COLONIALES DEPUIS LE RÉVOLUTION 1789, JUSQU’À NOS JOURS.
Paris: 4–8 mai 1929. 4to, later brown quarter morocco; spine lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in. (4), 42 pages; lots 1404–1854; 8 fine plates numbered 20–27, with tissue guards. Fine. An attractively bound copy of this scarce and important sale. Clain-Stefanelli 8978. Grierson 290. Ex Richard E...... More
THE CURRENCY AND MEDALS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
Willowdale: J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation, 1988. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; jacket. 156, (4) pages; illustrated. Near fine. More
JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI: D’URBINO AUX RIVES DE LA LOIRE. PAYSAGES ET VISAGES EUROPÉENS.
Milan: Federico Motta, 2001. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 304 pages; heavily illustrated in monochrome and color. Fine. A major catalogue of Nini’s artwork. Along with Richard Margolis’s study, one of the more important modern publications on Nini. More
IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. SALE 160.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, May 22, 2021. 4to, original cream cloth printed in red; original pictorial covers bound in. 73, (3) pages; 459 lots; illustrated. PRL bound in. New. Featuring material from the libraries of Phil Carrigan, Dan Freidus, Doug Robins, Eldert Bontekoe, the TAB Library and others. More
AUCTIONS-CATALOG ENTHALTEND DIE NACHGELASSENE GRÄFLICH B'SCHE SAMMLUNG...
München: 24. April 1900 und folgende Tage. 8vo, recent blue linen, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. (4), 104 pages; 2283 + 5 lots; 4 halftone plates. Neatly hand-priced in ink. Fine. Though this was the fourth catalogue issued by Hirsch, this was his first auction sale, the three..... More
KUNST-MEDAILLEN-KATALOG. HAUPTSÄCHLICH AUS DEN SAMMLUNGEN ZWEIER SUDDEUTSCHER KUNSTFREUNDE.
München: 1.–2. Mai 1900. 4to, contemporary brown cloth-backed mottled boards. xii, 127, (5) pages; 576 lots; 10 fine plates. Several leaves detached from spine, but complete. Browned. Good. Geschenk-Exemplar mit 10 Tafeln in besonderer Mappe. Rare: a copy sold in our recent sale of the Mark & Lottie Salton Library..... More
THE SALTON COLLECTION: RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE MEDALS & PLAQUETTES.
Brunswick: 1965. First edition. 4to, original printed card covers. Unpaginated; 186 listings; well illustrated. Fine. A notable catalogue of the Salton collection of Renaissance and Baroque medals and plaquettes. The introductory text and the descriptions of the medals were written by Lottie Salton. Clain-Stefanelli 14313. More
CATALOGUE OF FIRST PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF COINS, MEDALS AND PAPER MONEY, THE PROPERTIES OF SOME OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST COLLECTORS...
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
LES CHEMINS DE FER AUTREFOIS ET AUJOURD'HUI ET LEURS MÉDAILLES COMMÉMORATIVES. NOTICE HISTORIQUE SUIVIE D'UN CATALOGUE DESCRIPTIF DES MÉDAILLES DE TOUS LES PAYS.
Bruxelles: Charles Dupriez, Éditeur, 1905. xii, (2), 262, (2) pages; title printed in red and black; rubricated initials; text illustrations, some of them full-page; 11 very fine phototypie plates of medals bound following second supplement. [bound with] catalogue des médailles commémoratives de chemins de fer de tous les pays. SUPPLÉMENT..... More
TRÉSOR DE NUMISMATIQUE ET DE GLYPTIQUE, OU RECEUIL GÉNÉRAL DE MÉDAILLES, MONNAIES, PIERRES GRAVÉES, BAS-RELIEFS, ETC., TANT ANCIENS QUE MODERNES, LES PLUS INTÉRESSANS SOUS LE RAPPORT DE L'ART ET DE L'HISTOIRE, GRAVÉ PAR LES PROCÉDÉS DE M. ACHILLE COLLAS.
Paris: Didier et Cie, 1858. Twenty volumes, complete, as follows: Volume I: numismatique des rois grecs. (6), 188, (2) pages; 93 plates. Volume II: nouvelle galerie mythologique. (4), 154 pages; 52 plates. Volume III: bas-reliefs du parthénon et du temple de phigalie. (4), 18, (2) pages; 16 plates. Volume IV..... More
BRITISH MILITARY & NAVAL MEDALS AND DECORATIONS.
London: 1880. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt, decorated in blind. 140, (2) pages. Cover spotted; interior near fine. More
RIBBONS AND MEDALS: NAVAL, MILITARY, AIR FORCE AND CIVIL.
London: Spink & Son, 1957. 8vo, original blue cloth printed in red; jacket. 286 pages; 16 color plates; text illustrations. Near fine. Ex John J. Ford library. More
A GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION OF MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
London: 1923. 8vo, original printed boards. 84, 7, (1) pages; illustrated. Spine sunned; near fine. More
THE SALTON COLLECTION: RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE MEDALS & PLAQUETTES.
Brunswick: 1969. Revised edition. 4to, original printed card covers. Unpaginated; 186 listings; well illustrated. Spine toned, else fine. A notable catalogue of the Salton collection of Renaissance and Baroque medals and plaquettes. The introductory text and the descriptions of the medals were written by Lottie Salton. Clain-Stefanelli 14313. More
THE CURRENCY OF FAME: PORTRAIT MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE.
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