Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 1999. New. 8vo, original red cloth, black morocco spine label, gilt. 164 pages; frontispiece; folding color plate; 32 duotone plates. New. One of 450 cloth-bound copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt mouldmade paper by the Bird & Bull Press. More
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 1999. New. 8vo, original black quarter morocco, decorative paper sides, red morocco spine label, gilt, red cloth slipcase. 164 pages; frontispiece; folding color plate; 32 fine duotone plates of medals. New. Deluxe edition. One of 50 numbered copies, of an entire edition limited to 500 copies..... More
New York: ANS, 2005. 8vo, original cream cloth, gilt; jacket. vii, (1), 75, (1) pages; 9 plates. New. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 167. An excellent work, by far the most authoritative on this difficult yet fascinating subject. More
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2001. Reprint. New. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. 270 pages; frontispiece portrait of the author; 22 plates. Accompanied by "Additions and Corrections" booklet. New. More
Mission Viejo: George Frederick Kolbe, 1982. First edition. 4to, original red cloth and boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and black; page edges speckled; printed throughout in red and black. Frontispiece; 270, (2) pages; 22 additional plates; pictorial endpapers. Fine. One of 500 copies of the original printing, bound by..... More
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 1990. New. 4to, red cloth and boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and black; page edges speckled; printed throughout in red and black. Frontispiece; 418, (2) pages; 21 additional plates; pictorial endpapers. New. One of 500 numbered copies, bound by hand and printed on acid free..... More
Crestline: George F. Kolbe, 1990. Tall 4to [29.5 by 23 cm], original red half calf with gray cloth sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; printed in red and black. Frontispiece; 418, (2) pages; 21 additional plates. Untrimmed; pictorial endpapers mounted in place. New. One of..... More
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2007. New. Large 8vo, original linen, leather spine label, gilt. 304 pages, illustrated throughout in color. New. More
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2007. New. Large 8vo, brown full morocco, leather spine label, gilt, cloth clamshell box. 351, (1) pages; 57 color plates and an original engraving for J.F. Loubat's "The Medallic History of the United States." New. Special edition. A Leaf book limited to 60 copies letterpress printed..... 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
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2010. 4to, original cream cloth, gilt; jacket. 240 pages, illustrated in color. New. The comprehensive standard reference work on Admiral Vernon medals. "One of the signal triumphs of modern numismatic scholarship." — Joel J. Orosz. More
New York: ANS, 2010. 4to, original tan cloth lettered in black; jacket. ix, (1), 294 pages; well illustrated, largely in color. New. Studies in Medallic Art, No. 1. An important recent work on the subject. More
Dallas: Heritage, 2017. First printing. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 64 pages; illustrated in color. New. NLG Extraordinary Merit, 2017. A specialized study of this important rarity. More
Cincinnati: Aug. 25, 1942. 8vo, original orange printed card covers. 71, (1) pages; 1190 lots. Near fine. The 1942 ANA sale, as printed in the Official Program. Scarce in either this form or as an offprint. More
New York: ANS, 1983. First edition. 4to, original printed card covers. 38 pages. Fine. Distributed in very limited numbers. More
Boston: Boston Public Library, 1976. 8vo, card covers. (2), 35, (3) pages. Fine. An unusual production, with the introduction noting that Arnold’s “essay is crotchety, at best, to the point of perverseness, and one might well question the wisdom of giving it wider currency by here reprinting it.” The essay..... More
Dallas: Heritage, 2017. Revised. Edited by James L. Halperin. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xiii, (1), 418 pages; well illustrated in color. New. The award-winning biography of one of America's finest numismatists, whose extraordinary collection was formed over the course of nearly ninety years, and whose publications remain the standard..... 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
San Ramon: 2005. 8vo, original pictorial boards. ix, 139, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. A guide to the provenances of a number of important 1794 large cents, with much information on notable collectors. More
Wolfeboro: 1983. Halftone poster printed in color. 81 by 53 cm. Near fine. Illustrates American and Canadian highlights from this magnificent collection, including important private gold pieces from the era of the California Gold Rush. The poster was first advertised for sale in Rare Coin Review No. 49 (October–December 1983)..... More
Wolfeboro: 1987. Halftone poster printed in color. 81 by 53 cm. Near fine. Illustrates a number of highlights from the spectacular series of auctions of the Norweb Family’s American coins, including many early American and colonial coins. The poster was first advertised for sale in Rare Coin Review No. 67..... More
Wolfeboro: c. 1999. Halftone poster printed in color. 60 by 45.5 cm. Near fine. Depicts the Childs collection example of the Class I 1804 dollar. This poster does not seem to have been advertised for sale in the Rare Coin Review, and appears rarely to be available. More
Wolfeboro: c. 1987. Halftone poster printed in color. 81 by 53 cm. Near fine. Illustrates several highlights from the Norweb Family auctions, particularly highlighting the 1861 Paquet reverse $20 double eagle. This poster does not seem to have been advertised for sale in the Rare Coin Review, and appears rarely..... More
Los Angeles: 1982. 4to, original printed card covers. 134 pages; portrait; enlarged text illustrations. Photocopy price list laid in. Near fine or better. A superb collection, mostly comprised of coins with remarkable pedigrees extending into the nineteenth century. More
Civil War Token Society, 2021. 8vo, original pictorial hardcovers. 112 pages; illustrated in color. New. Another specialized study by Bowers, on the popular Wealth of the South tokens as well as the 1860 presidential election tokens and related pieces. More