TOP CHINESE COINS.
Hong Kong: Champion, 2010. Tall 4to, original pictorial boards. (4), 152 pages; heavily illustrated in color. Near fine. More
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THOMAS WILLIAM KINDER & THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL MINT, 1868–1875.
Leiden: Brill, 1999. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. x, 234 pages; 5 plates. Jacket a bit worn; near fine. An interesting cultural study of the employment of Westerners in the Japanese Mint in Meiji Japan and their eventual removal from these positions. More
CAST CHINESE COINS: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE.
2017. Second edition. 4to, original pictorial card covers. (4), xix, (1), 453, (3) pages; illustrated. Fine. The revised second edition of this standard work. Awarded the Lhotka Prize by the Royal Numismatic Society. More
EARLY JAPANESE COINS.
Gamlingay: 2011. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. 164 pages; illustrated. New. Covers the numismatic history of Japan before the Meiji period (i.e., before 1868). Useful guides to the calligraphy, language, production techniques and historical background are also provided. Intended to be of use to both novice and more advanced..... More
MONNAIES ET JETONS DE L'INDOCHINE FRANÇAISE. 2014 Edition.; Coins and Tokens of French Indochina
Monaco: Éditions Gadoury, 2013. 8vo, original blue leatherette, gilt. 168 pages; well illustrated in color throughout. New. The new standard catalogue on French Indochina. Lists over 800 coins, illustrating 700. More
CHINESE JADE THROUGHOTU THE AGES: A REVIEW OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS, DECORATION, FOLKLORE AND SYMBOLISM.
London: Batsford, 1936. First edition. 4to, original orange cloth, lettered in green and red; decorative endpapers. xviii, 198 pages; text illustrations; 148 plates, 39 of which are in color. Bruise to upper right corner; clear jacket taped to endpapers. Previous owner’s bookplate. Very good. The first edition of this scarce..... More
ANCIENT INDIAN COINS REVISITED.
Lancaster: CNG, 2013. 4to, original hardcover. 424 pages; illustrated. New. More
INDO-SCYTHIAN COINS AND HISTORY. VOLUME IV: SUPPLEMENT.
Lancaster: CNG, 2006. 4to, original blue boards lettered in silver; jackets. lv, (1), 152 pages; illustrated. New. An important recent work. Daehn 6470. More
MUGHAL NUMISMATICS:REVISITING RARITIES—NEW PERSPECTIVES AND FRESH APPROACH.
Bangalore: Indian Coin Society, 2021. 4to, original pictorial card covers. xi, (1), 211, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New, but were bruised in international transit. A well-illustrated series of 13 essays on various aspects of Mughal numismatics. More
LES MONNAIES DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE DES ORIGINES À LA FIN DE L'EMPIRE.
Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2017. First edition. 8vo, original gold cloth lettered in brown and white; jacket. 685, (3) pages; illustrated in color. New. The new publication on ancient coins of China by François Thierry. Perhaps the most significant work on the subject published in a European language in many..... More
CATALOGUE OF THE COINS IN THE INDIAN MUSEUM CALCUTTA, INCLUDING THE CABINET OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. VOLUME II. PART I: THE SULT¡NS OF DEHLÕ. PART II: CONTEMPORARY DYNASTIES IN INDIA.
New Delhi: Indological Book House, 1972. 8vo, original black cloth; gilt. xii, 280 pages; folding map; 14 + 11 plates; text illustrations. Lakshmi Book Store stamps on flyleaf and title page; near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 10025*, citing the 1907 first edition. More
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INDO-GREEK, INDO-SCYTHIAN AND INDO-PARTHIAN COINS IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Washington, D.C. 1993. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. viii, 143, (1) pages; map; 41 plates of coins. Jacket wrinkled; else near fine. A significant catalogue. More
THE STANDARD GUIDE TO SOUTH ASIAN COINS AND PAPER MONEY SINCE 1556 AD.
Iola: Krause, 1981. 4to, original pictorial boards. 608 pages; illustrated. Near fine. Still an important standard reference. More
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHINESE COINS. VOLUME 1: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FAR EASTERN NUMISMATOLOGY AND A COIN INDEX.
Denver: 1967. 8vo, original pictorial boards. viii, 581 pages. Fine. The best Western bibliography on the topic with separate listings of titles in Chinese, Japanese and Western languages. Indispensable. More
THE CATALOG AND GUIDEBOOK OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COINS AND CURRENCY. VOLUME IV. LAO COINS AND CURRENCY.
Ho Chi Minh City: 2014. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 233, (3) pages; illustrated in color. New. The only edition of this very useful guide to Lao coins and paper money issued from the 16th century to the present. Illustrated in color and with price guidelines, along with..... More
新疆錢幣 / XINJIANG NUMISMATICS
Hong Kong: Xinjiang Art and Photo Press, 1991. 4to, later black half morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; blue textured endpapers; all page edges speckled blue. 234, (12) pages; illustrated in color. Bilingual (Chinese and English). Near fine. A finely bound copy of..... More
CHINESE CASH: IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE GUIDE.
Iola: 2000. 4to, original pictorial card covers. xi, 341 pages; illustrated. Fine. More
KUSHAN MYSTIQUE.
London: Spink, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. xii, 248 pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly personal examination of the fascinating Kushan empire and its coinage, with much discussion of the chronology of the Kushan kings, their religious system, and the evolution of their coinage. More
TREASURES OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE. A CATALOGUE OF THE COINS OF THE GUPTA DYNASTY.
Lancaster: CNG, 2017. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. (6), 429 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. More
COINS OF THE SIKHS (SRI AMRITSAR JIYO): A CATALOGUE OF SILVER RUPEES OF AMRITSAR MINT.
Chandigarh: 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. (6), ix, (1), 228 pages; illustrated in color. Binding a little worn; near fine. A thorough examination of this specialized area. Distributed in limited numbers. More
EAST ASIA JOURNAL (TUNG YA T'UNG PAO).
Complete set of seven issues (1982–1984), housed in a custom-made red and black linen clamshell box lettered in gilt in Chinese and English. 4to, original printed card covers. Approximately 750 pages total. Issue 5 a bit worn; rest generally near fine. A complete set of this scarce publication, essential to..... More
SYLLOGE NUMMORUM GRAECORUM. VOLUME XII: THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM. UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. PART I: ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS. SPAIN–KINGDOMS OF ASIA MINOR. [WITH] PART II: ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS: CYPRUS–EGYPT.
Oxford: Published for the British Academy, 2004 and 2007. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original matching russet cloth, gilt. (27), (67) + 377, (1) pages; 173 + 158 plates of coins, each with a page of facing descriptive text [second volume plates included in pagination]. Fine. Both parts of this SNG..... More
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