ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. VOLUME I: NINETEENTH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGUES.
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2001. New. 8vo, self-covered. 16 pages. New. More
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THE INDIAN PEACE MEDALS OF GEORGE III, OR HIS MAJESTY'S SOMETIME ALLIES.
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
THE INDIAN PEACE MEDALS OF GEORGE III, OR HIS MAJESTY'S SOMETIME ALLIES.
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
THE MEDALS CONCERNING JOHN LAW AND THE MISSISSIPPI SYSTEM.
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
UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. VOLUME I: NINETEENTH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGUES.
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
UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. VOLUME I: NINETEENTH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGS.
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
UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. VOLUME II: TWENTIETH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGS.
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
COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS: UNDERAPPRECIATED MONUMENTS TO OUR HERITAGE.
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2007. New. Large 8vo, original linen, leather spine label, gilt. 304 pages, illustrated throughout in color. New. More
COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS: UNDERAPPRECIATED MONUMENTS TO OUR HERITAGE... A LEAF BOOK.
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
THE MAGNUM OPUS OF JOSEPH FLORIMOND LOUBAT: A LEAF BOOK.
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
MEDALLIC PORTRAITS OF ADMIRAL VERNON: MEDALS SOMETIMES LIE.
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
SALE CATALOGUE NO. 17. 1942 AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSíN. CONVENTION.
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
THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY GRADUATE SEMINAR IN NUMISMATICS DIRECTORY OF ALUMNI.
New York: ANS, 1983. First edition. 4to, original printed card covers. 38 pages. Fine. Distributed in very limited numbers. More
THE WASHINGTON MEDAL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EVACUATION OF BOSTON, 17 MARCH 1776.
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
THE PUBLICATIONS OF ERIC P. NEWMAN: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2025. Associate in Research Kellen Hoard; foreword by Kenneth E. Bresset. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. 142 pages; illustrated in color. *We have a limited number of signed copies in stock. Please let us know if you would prefer a signed copy when ordering. New..... More
TRUTH SEEKER: THE LIFE OF ERIC P. NEWMAN
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
TREASURE IN THE CELLAR: A TALE OF GOLD IN DEPRESSION-ERA BALTIMORE.
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2008. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xiv, 207, (1) pages; illustrated. New. A well-researched account of this famous coin hoard, discovered by two boys in 1934 and sold in a May 2, 1935 auction catalogued by Perry W. Fuller. Kolbe 1046. More
THE CONFEDERATE CHEMICOGRAPH BACKS REVISITED.
Norcross: 2023. Second edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. iii, (1), 109, (7) pages; illustrated in color. Signed by the author. New. The only full reference on the chemicographic backs prepared in England for the Confederate States of America for use on their 1864 Treasury Notes. Examines all known reprints..... More
COMPREHENSIVE CATALOGUE OF THREE CENT PATTERNS.
N.p. 2024. 4to, original pictorial boards. (2), 457, (5) pages; illustrated in color. New. A thorough study of this specialized subject, and one of the most intensive examinations of U.S. pattern coins ever attempted. More
RHODE ISLAND COLONIAL MONEY AND ITS COUNTERFEITING, 1647–1726.
Providence: Society of Colonial Wars, 1942. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. x, 112 pages; 10 plates, 4 of them impressions of colonial currency taken from the original copperplates, printed on parchment and tipped into place. Fine. A well-preserved copy of this less-frequently seen work on colonial counterfeiting. Clain-Stefanelli 13653. Davis..... More
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTION.
(Los Angeles): (1982). Two photographs, 8 by 10 inches, depicting both sides of 15 coins and medals. Fine. A complete set of the scarce photo enlargements offered separately by Bowers and Ruddy of some of the most important coins in this notable collection. More
THE CELEBRATED JOHN W. ADAMS COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794.
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
1860 PRESIDENTIAL AND WEALTH OF THE SOUTH TOKENS AND RELATED CIVIL WAR TOKEN ISSUES CIRCA 1860–1862.
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
THE CIVIL WAR TOKENS OF RHODE ISLAND.
Civil War Token Society, 2018. 8vo, original pictorial hardcovers. 104 pages; illustrated in color. New. A fascinating study of this specialized topic, including the famous Hope tokens. More
A GUIDE BOOK OF CIVIL WAR TOKENS. PATRIOTICS, STORE CARDS, SUTLER TOKENS, ENCASED POSTAGE.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2018. Third edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xii, 500 pages; illustrated throughout in color. New. Volume 16 in the Official Red Book Series. The updated and revised third edition. Includes a reminiscence by Dr. George Fuld. More