INDIAN PEACE MEDALS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1971. Small 4to, original brown cloth; jacket. xiv, 186 pages; illustrated. Jacket somewhat worn; else near fine. An indispensable reference work. More
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RENAISSANCE OF AMERICAN COINAGE 1905-1908.
Great Falls: 2006. 4to, original printed boards. vii, (1), 344 pages. Illustrated throughout. Fine. A modern classic. More
RENAISSANCE OF AMERICAN COINAGE 1909-1915.
Great Falls: 2007. 4to, original printed boards. 350, (2) pages. Illustrated throughout. Fine. A modern classic. More
THE SILVER COINAGE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Lawrence: Quarterman, 1973. Reprint. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver; jacket. xiv, (4), 246 pages; illustrated. Jacket somewhat worn and clipped; else near fine. From the library of Frank & Laurese Katen, with their bookplate. The collected edition of Noeís three major monographs, including extracts from Eric Newmanís work..... More
THE DESCRIPTIVE REGISTER OF GENUINE BANK NOTES, FOR THE DETECTION OF SPURIOUS AND ALTERED BILLS, CONTAINING ACCURATE, ELABORATE AND PLAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NOTES ISSUED BY EVERY BANK IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED FOR REFERENCE...
New York: 1862. 4to, original intricately blindstamped brown cloth, gilt. 162 pages, with the main text ending at 144 and followed by a Supplement comprising pages 145–162. Spine a bit frayed; still very good or better. A very rare edition, though not the last: Dillistin records editions up through 1866..... More
MASON’S COIN COLLECTORS’ MAGAZINE AND PRICE CURRENT. NEW SERIES. Volume XIII, Nos. 1–3 and Volume XIV, No. 1.
Boston & Philadelphia: June 1890 to March 1891. Four issues, complete. Tall 8vo, original printed paper covers. 20 + 12 + 12 + 12 pages; a few lithographic illustrations in the first issue. Some staple rust; final issue with chipped corner to cover. Generally near fine. All issued. The first..... More
WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COLONIAL AND EARLY AMERICAN COINS.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2020. 2nd edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. x, 340 pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly important work, providing a single-volume examination of these complex coins. More
CATALOGUE OF CATALOGUES: THE P. SCOTT RUBIN LIBRARY. SALE 157
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, October 24, 2020. 104 pages; 500 lots. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; original pictorial covers bound in. Illustrated. PRL bound in. New. More
THE FORGOTTEN CHARACTERS OF OLD SAN FRANCISCO, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS BUMMER & LAZARUS AND EMPEROR NORTON.
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1964. Small 8vo, original tan linen decorated in orange and lettered in black; jacket. xi, (1), 103, (3) pages; 11 portrait plates. Original owner’s signature; near fine. A 1964 reprinting of an essay by the California bibliographer Robert Ernest Cowan, combined in this edition with..... More
BRANCH MINT IN NEVADA TERRITORY.; 37th Congress, 3d Session. Report No. 17.
Washington, DC, January 26, 1863. 8vo, self-covered, as issued. 5, (3) pages. Removed from previous binding. Near fine. Acting in response to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase’s exhortation to Congress to establish an assay office or brank mint in the Nevada Territory, the Committee of Ways and Means..... More
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT, SHOWING THE OPERATIONS OF THE MINT AND BRANCH MINTS DURING THE YEAR 1850.; 31st Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 21.
Washington, DC: February 4, 1851. 8vo, self-covered. 19, (1) pages. Removed from previous binding and somewhat stained. Good or better. The 1850 Mint Report, as transmitted by President Millard Fillmore and written by Mint Director Robert Patterson. The influx of gold from California is starting to be felt in earnest..... More
ACCOUNT BOOK. THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Virginia City, Nevada. March 2–May 9, 1877. 17 by 10.5 cm. Original tan calf on stiff card covers; upper cover lettered in black: AGENCY OF THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV. IN ACCOUNT WITH (completed in ink) Savage Mining Co. Very good or better. Transactions are recorded..... More
COMPLETE ISSUE OF A SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER, WITH NUMISMATIC CONTENT, PUBLISHED ON THE DAY THE SAN FRANCISCO MINT OPENED.; Volume IV, Number 305
San Francisco: Monday Morning, April 3, 1854. Large tabloid. 4 pages. Folded; some spotting. Spine a bit ragged, but holding. Very good. A San Francisco newspaper published the very morning the San Francisco Mint opened its doors for business. While the opening is not discussed, the paper includes a report..... More
EMPORER NORTON: THE MAD MONARCH OF AMERICA.
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, 1939. 8vo, original decorative orange cloth, decorated in gilt and black; pictorial jacket. 286 pages; frontispiece and 28 other plates, 2 depicting Emperor Norton scrip. Dust jacket with neat tape repair at head of spine; jacket clipped. Near fine. The classic biography of Norton, well known..... More
EMPORER NORTON. LIFE AND EXPERIENCES OF A NOTABLE CHARACTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1849–1880.
San Francisco: Albert Dressler, 1927. Second edition. 8vo, original dark red textured card covers lettered in orange. Color frontispiece portrait; (8), 30, (6) pages, including four-page signature tipped in after page 30, as issued; other full page and text illustrations, including a facsimile of a Norton 50¢ note. Fine. A..... More
EMPORER NORTON. LIFE AND EXPERIENCES OF A NOTABLE CHARACTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1849–1880.
San Francisco: Albert Dressler, 1927. First edition. 8vo, original red cloth lettered in black. Color frontispiece portrait; (8), 30, (6) pages, including four-page signature tipped in after page 30, as issued; other full page and text illustrations, including a facsimile of a Norton 50¢ note. Very good or better. No..... More
SUTTER OF CALIFORNIA.
New York: Halcyon House, December 1938. Fourth printing. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; endpaper maps; vibrantly colored jacket. Frontispiece portrait; xi, (3), 423, (1) pages; 13 additional plates. Gift inscription. Fine in near fine jacket. While this edition of Dana’s biography of Sutter is not particularly scarce, copies with well-preserved..... More
SUTTER OF CALIFORNIA.
New York: Press of the Pioneers, 1934. First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece portrait; (iii)–xi, (1), 423, (5) pages; 13 additional plates. Inscribed and signed by the author (see comments). Very good or better in a very good, price-clipped jacket. A popular biography of the famous settler..... More
PIONEER GOLD COINAGE IN THE WEST, 1848–1861: A STUDY IN FRONTIER ECONOMICS.; The Westerners Brand Book: Book Nine. A Group of Nine Original Articles Pertaining to the History of the West, Including Pioneer Journals and Memoirs Never before Published.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral, 1961. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; jacket. 267, (1) pages [Clifford’s article comprises pages 217–265]; well illustrated. Minor wear and signs of previous ownership. Very good or better. The first appearance in print of Clifford’s substantial article on pioneer gold. The various Brand Books (see..... More
THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: Riverside Press, (October 1903). First edition, fourth impression. 8vo, original olive green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated pictorially in black, silver and green; top page edges gilt. Halftone frontispiece; xi, (5), 281, (1) pages; illustrated throughout by E. Boyd Smith;..... More
THE HISTORY AND COINAGE OF MACHIN'S MILLS.
Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 288 pages; illustrated in color. New. The first book-length study of the intriguing series of coppers issued by various parties associated with Thomas Machin. Includes coverage not only of the series collected as Machin’s Mills coppers, but also of those Vermont..... More
NUMMI ANGLICI ET SCOTICI CUM, ALIQUOT NUMISMATIBUS RECENTIORIBUS.
(Londini): Prelo demum mandabantur, A.D. MDCCXLVI (1746). Part Four of Numismata Antiqua in Tres Partes Divisa: Collegit olim et Aeri Incidi Vivens Curavit Thomas Pembrochiae et Montis Gomerici Comes. Tall 4to, contemporary full tree calf, both boards decoratively bordered in gilt; professionally rebacked in tan calf with a new spine..... More
A GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS. CATALOG AND PRICE LIST—1616 TO DATE...
Racine: 1946 (February 1947)–1951. First through fifth (1947–1953) editions. 12mo, original red cloth, gilt. The first edition is a second printing and is very good or so, with a cracked rear hinge and general wear, but a very presentable front cover. The second edition is very good, and the third..... More
CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH, FOREIGN AND IMPORTANT AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR THE LORD ST. OSWALD, M.C. REMOVED FROM NOSTELL PRIORY, WAKEFIELD, YORKSHIRE.
London: October 13, 1964. 8vo, original printed card covers. 28, (2), (2) pages; 177 lots; 4 fine plates. Original printed prices realized list, with buyers’ names, laid in. Fine. A very scarce catalogue, offering a group of exceptional 1794 United States large cents and 1794–1795 silver coins (including two mint..... More
BICKNELL’S REPORTER. COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR AND PRICES CURRENT.
Philadelphia: Published Every Tuesday by Robert T. Bicknell, Stock and Exchange Broker, (April 15, 1834). Volume IV, No. 38. Large tabloid [around 60 by 44.5 cm], 4 pages. Old tape repair; spine fold weak. Good to very good. One of the earliest issues of this interesting publication that we have..... More