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
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
Lyon: 28–29 octobre 1989. 4to, later black half morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges speckled blue; original pictorial card covers bound in. 121, (3) pages; 128 + 575 lots; illustrated throughout, partly in color. Addenda, errata..... More
Buenos Aires: 1960. 8vo, contemporary blue cloth, gilt. 878, (2) pages; illustrated throughout. Fine. A well-bound copy of this very scarce and important work. The authors list nearly 1200 individual medals, with many cross-references and correlations. Clain-Stefanelli 14385. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Willowdale: J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation, 1988. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; jacket. 156, (4) pages; illustrated. Near fine. More
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
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
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
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
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
London: Spink, 2021. Square 8vo, original green boards lettered in silver; jacket. x, 81, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. The discovery in 2000 of a previously unknown portrait medal of the sultan Mehmet II, whose conquest of Constantinople in 1453 brought to an end the Byzantine Empire, is explored..... 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
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
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: iconographie des empereurs..... More
London: 1880. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt, decorated in blind. 140, (2) pages. Cover spotted; interior near fine. More
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
London: 1923. 8vo, original printed boards. 84, 7, (1) pages; illustrated. Spine sunned; near fine. More
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
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