Portsmouth: 2018. 4to, original red cloth, gilt, inset of scrip on front cover. xvi, 471, (1) pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. Foreword by Q. David Bowers. More
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
New-York: 1859. 4to [29.5 by 22.5 cm], later brown half morocco, gilt, with brown linen sides; original blindstamped dark brown cloth, gilt-stamped with title, trimmed and mounted on front board; spine with two raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. 39, (1) pages. A worn copy, with staining throughout and..... More
Dated January 25 and February 15, 1875. Both cards entirely handwritten in black ink on the blank verso of a pre-paid United States Post Card. Postmarked and canceled. Fine. Jeremiah Colburn was one of the few people willing to assume the responsibility for the publication of the American Journal of..... More
Boston: Manufactured by Laban Heath & Co., Patented, December 25, 1877. Two tilting glass lenses housed in a folding nickel-plated brass frame with decorative scrollwork. The microscope when open to its maximum extent is 14.5 by 5 cm wide at the base and 3 cm in height. The lens has..... More
Boston: Heath, 1864. First edition, no stated printing or imprint. Newman 1-P-20. 16mo, original blindstamped brown cloth; front cover lettered in gilt, without price. 32 pages; 10 engraved plates of bank note design elements, with original tissue guards, interspersed in the text, with plate 6 serving as a frontispiece, plate..... More
New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1894. 4to [29.5 by 23.5 cm], contemporary green three-quarter morocco with marbled sides; rebacked spine with five raised bands, dated and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; other page edges untrimmed. Magnificent engraved frontispiece portrait of A.B. Durand by Alfred Jones, with..... More
New York: Gilliss Press, 1895. 12mo, original printed card covers. 103, (1) pages. Fine or nearly so. A notable early Grolier Club exhibition catalogue, featuring 237 detailed descriptions, of which numbers 178–210 describe bank note vignettes. More
Pass-A-Grille Beach: 1957. (10), 277, (1) pages; illustrated. [with] Criswell, Grover C., Jr., and Clarence L. Criswell. CONFEDERATE AND SOUTHERN STATE BONDS: A DESCRIPTIVE LISTING, INCLUDING RARITY. St. Petersburg Beach, 1961. (14), 310 pages; illustrated. Two volumes. 8vo, original matching mottled white cloth, gilt. Both volumes inscribed by Grover Criswell..... More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2009. 4to, original pictorial boards. vi, 882, (12) pages; illustrated. Fine or nearly so. A highly useful single-volume reference on the topic. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. x, 598 pages; profusely illustrated in color. New. An outstanding single-volume overview of the subject. Foreword by Eric P. Newman. More
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 448 pages; profusely illustrated in color. Binding damaged, as usual. Very good. Foreword by Anne E. Bentley. A multiple-volume study of currency issued by American banks from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks and the Federal Reserve. Volume..... More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983. 8vo, original crimson cloth, gilt; jacket. xii, 180 pages; numerous two-color illustrations. Fine. Important. Part One comprises a scholarly account of the origins and political controversies surrounding the fiscal paper documents of the period and the public debt. Part Two is the illustrated “R.M...... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, November 7 & 10, 2018. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 224, (6) pages; 526 lots; illustrated in color throughout; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society..... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, November 1-2, 2017. Parts 1 & 2 in one volume. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 440, (6) pages; 1624 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P...... More
Dallas: Heritage Auctions, October 21-24, 2015. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 324, (6) pages; 2228 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will receive $25..... More
Chicago: Heritage Auctions, April 23 and 27, 2015. 4to, original dark red embossed cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 492, (12) pages; 1389 lots; illustrated in color; prices realized list bound in. New. Special Hardcover Edition; dark red cover variant. The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society will..... More
Buenos Aires: 2009. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 170, (4) pages; illustrated. Fine. More
Montevideo: 2010. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 181, (1) pages; illustrated in color. Near fine. More
Argentino: 2016. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 229, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New. Complete catalogue of Argentine National Notes 1884-2016. More
New York: ANS, 1985. 8vo, original green printed cloth. xii, 142, (6) pages. Fine. The proceedings of the second Coinage of the Americas Conference, featuring articles by Ball, Carlson, Criswell, Newman, Vlack and others. More
London: Spink & the Royal Collection Trust, 2018. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. vii, (1), 184 pages; illustrated in color. New. A well-catalogued and illustrated work describing the contents of the collection, and discussing various highlights, many of which have never before been thoroughly described in the numismatic literature..... More
Eight State of New-York Senate bank reports, bound in one volume. January and February 1842. Small 8vo, later blue cloth, gilt. (40) pages; binder’s leaves added for bulk. Fine. Ex Armand Champa Library, with his bookplate. More
Augusta: Stevens & Blaine, 1855. 8vo, original printed green paper covers. 54, (2) pages. Folded; minor spotting. Very good. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. Library. More
Worchester: American Antiquarian Society, 1937. 8vo, original printed card covers. 26 pages. Fine. Notable for early Connecticut currency. More