New York: American Numismatic Society, 2019. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. xii, (2), 354 pages; illustrated in color. Small corner bumps caused in shipping. Near fine. A highly anticipated study of this popular series of medals depicting some of the most famous architectural landmarks of Europe. Studies in Medallic..... More
New York: ANS, 2020. Tall 4to, original black boards lettered in silver; jacket. xiii, (1), 268, (6) pages; illustrated, partly in color. New. A thorough and up-to-date study of these fascinating issues, originally used as counters in the medieval period, but serving a variety of social functions in the eighteenth..... More
International Fine Objects Publishing, 2023. 4to, original pictorial boards. 399, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A biography and catalogue of the works of this notable engraver and medalist. Swiss by birth, Frener (1821-1892) moved to Guatemala as an adult, where his career flourished. He produced coinage designs for several..... More
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
New York, etc. 2003–2013. Twenty-four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching maroon cloth, gilt; upper covers embossed; decorative endpapers. 6452 pages; 15,284 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. Price realized lists laid in. Fine. A complete set of the 24 volumes of the scarce hardcover edition of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. Crown 4to, original linen-backed boards; printed cover label; spine lettered in black. (6), 45, (3) pages; text figures; 6 fine plates. Light wear to binding; near fine. A handsomely produced work on these rare medals, which have been described by one reviewer as “coarsely abusive and..... More
London: Spink, 2016. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original matching blue half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. 830 pages; illustrated throughout in color; three color photographic plates bound in, depicting the Wright Declaration of Independence medal, the..... More
Brunswick: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1969. Second edition. 4to, contemporary red quarter calf with red cloth sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. Unpaginated; 186 listings; well illustrated. Near fine. The deluxe binding of the revised edition..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Small 4to, contemporary green quarter calf, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. x, (2), 13–203, (1) pages; letter facsimile plate; facsimile autograph plate; 21 superb plates of medals engraved by Joseph Saxton’s medal ruling machine. Binding rubbed; frontispiece foxed; very good..... More
Ghent: 19 juin 1843 et jours suivants. 8vo, contemporary blue paper covers; handwritten spine label. (2), ii, 119, (1) pages, interleaved with blank pages which have been ruled by hand and carefully annotated giving the price realized and buyer of each lot; 3325 + 168 lots. Paper spine worn, with..... More
New York: American Numismatic Society, 2022. 4to, original brown cloth lettered in gilt; jacket. xix, (3), 324, (6) pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly important new publication on Betts medals, being an augmentation and revision of the first two chapters of the original publication, bringing them up to date..... More
New York: June 21, 1881. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. 51, (1) pages; 765 lots; handsome chromolithographic frontispiece plate of Arms of the Freemasons; 2 fine heliotype plates; 3 lithographic plates. Front wrap stained; used as backing for frontispiece; otherwise near fine. Adams 38..... 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
Berlin: 3. Juni 1924 und folgende Tage. 4to, later black leather-backed orange boards; black spine label, gilt. (2), 86, (2) pages; 2294 lots; 12 fine plates. Small tear at gutter of title page; near fine. A very scarce catalogue, most important for coins of Brandenberg-Prussia but also including a section..... More
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
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
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: 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
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
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