CATALOGUE DES MÉDAILLES DE LOUIS XIV
Zurich: 1982. Small 4to, original pictorial boards. 125, (1) pages; illustrated. New. Essential. More
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REUSSISCHE MÜNZGESCHICHTE.
Dresden: Numismatischen Gesellschaft zu Dresden, 1907. 8vo, contemporary blue cloth with marbled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. iv, (4), 283, (1) pages; 17 fine plates of coins and medals. Near fine. An important work on the coins and medals of Reuss, from medieval to modern times, with excellent..... More
GUNMONEY: THE EMERGENCY COINAGE OF 1689–1691 FOR THE IRISH CAMPAIGN OF JAMES II.
Peterborough: 2022. Third edition. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 294 pages; illustrated in color. New. The expanded third edition of this important reference on these intriguing and complicated issues. Includes updated pricing and new information on mint practices and metallurgy. More
SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. THE NORWEB COLLECTION, CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A. TOKENS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1575-1750. COMPLETE SET. PART I: ENGLAND: BEDFORDSHIRE TO DEVON. PART II: DORSET, DURHAM, ESSEX, AND GLOUCESTSHIRE. PART III: HAMPSHIRE TO LINCOLNSHIRE. PART IV: NORFOLK TO SOMERSET. PART V: STAFFORDSHIRE TO WESTMORLAND. PART VI: WILTSHIRE TO YORKSHIRE, IRELAND TO WALES. PART VII: CITY OF LONDON. PART VIII: MIDDLESEX AND UNCERTAIN PIECES.
London: 1984-2011. Edited by R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. Eight volumes, complete. Small 4to, original matching blue cloth, gilt; Parts VII and VIII with jackets, as issued. 400 plates of tokens with text; folding charts. New. The complete set in eight volumes. SCBI Vols. 31, 38, 43, 44, 46, 49..... More
SOUTH KOREAN COINS IN THE ERA OF DEVELOPMENT.
N.p. iAsure, 2022. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 400 pages; illustrated in color. New. An important publication, being the first comprehensive study of modern South Korean coins written in English. Well-illustrated. More
BIBLIOTHECA NUMMARIA III: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 18TH CENTURY NUMISMATIC BOOKS. ILLUSTRATED AND ANNOTATED CATALOGUE. PARTS I?VI: A?Z.
London: Spink, 2009?2020. Six volumes, complete. Large 4to, original matching blue boards; jacket. 6880 pages total; heavily illustrated. New. All six volumes of this massive and magnificent bibliography of numismatic books published in the 18th century, finally surpassing Lipsius. Covers all numismatic works, regardless of methodology or subject matter. Absolutely..... More
MEDICINA IN NUMMIS: A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE COINS – MEDALS – JETONS RELATING TO MEDICINE, SURGERY AND THE ALLIED SCIENCES.
Boston: 1931. Edited by Malcolm Storer, M.D. Very thick 8vo, original green cloth, gilt; plain jacket. 1146 pages; frontispiece portrait plaque; 16 plates. Essentially as new. A very well-preserved copy of the most comprehensive work on the topic ever written, recording perhaps as many as ten thousand items. Privately printed..... More
ROGER SIBONI’S BEACH SYMPOSIUM VII: SATURDAY—10 SEPTEMBER 2011.
Mantoloking, NJ: 2011. Edited by Sydney F. Martin and John L. Howes. 4to, original brown half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; original pictorial card covers bound in. (4), 136 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. The..... More
COLLECTION DE M. E. DE P... MONNAIES EN OR, JETONS, MÉDAILLES ARTISTIQUES DU XVE AU XVIIE SIÈCLE.
Paris: 12 décembre 1935. 4to, original printed card covers. 27, (1) pages; 269 lots; 11 fine plates, the first mostly devoted to ancient gold coins. Spine rolled; very good. A later sale conducted by Louis Ciani’s brother Pio, who continued the firm under his brother’s name after Louis’s death in..... More
SCRIPTA MIRABILIA: DOCÈNCIA, RECERCA, TRANSFERÈNCIA DE CONEIXEMENT A IMMACULADA SOCIAS I BATET, HISTORIADORA DE L’ART.
Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2022. 8vo., original pictorial boards. 701, (3) pages; illustrated. Multilingual, with several pieces in English. New. A festschrift volume in honor of Dr. Immaculada Socias i Batet, with articles on a number of subjects pertaining to art history, numismatics, printing history, etc. More
THE EARLY DATED COINS OF EUROPE 1234–1500
Williston: Coin & Currency Institute, 2019. Second Edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. 330, (6) pages; illustrated in color. New. The revised edition of this notable publication on early dated European coins. More
FELICITAS. ESSAYS IN NUMISMATICS, EPIGRAPHY & HISTORY IN HONOUR OF JOE CRIBB.
Mumbai: 2011. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. 500 pages; 8 color plates; text illustrations. Covers a bit bumped from shipping, else fine. More
MEXICAN BEAUTY: MEXICO'S UN PESO CABALLITO. / BELLEZA MEXICANA: UN PESO CABALLITO DE MEXICO.
Salt Lake City: 2014. First Edition. 8vo, original pictorial softcover. 239, (1) pages; illustrated in color. Bilingual. New. A comprehensive guide book to this popular Mexican issue, among the most attractive coins of the early 20th century. More
DIE PAUL HENCKEL’SCHE SAMMLUNG BRANDENBURG-PREUSSISCHER MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN. ABTHEILUNG I, II UND III.
Berlin: 1876. 8vo, later tan cloth-backed boards; maroon spine label, gilt. Three parts in one volume. vi, (2), 287, (1) + 140 + 104 pages; 5504 lots; 4 lithographic plates. Fine. A well-preserved volume including all three parts of this enormous and important sale of Germanic coins. Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 9273..... More
DUDLEY TRADESMEN’S TOKENS OF THE SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH & NINETEENTH CENTURIES; WITH DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL NOTES OF ISSUERS, ETC., THE ORIGIN & HISTORY OF THE TOKEN COINAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN. BEING A FULL AND CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE TOKEN COINAGE OF DUDLEY TRADESMEN FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1648 TO ITS DECLINE IN 1818... [as issued with] PART II. HISTORY OF DUDLEY BANKS, BANKERS AND BANK NOTES, FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIMES.
Dudley: Printed by E. Blocksidge, 1905. Small 4to, later red cloth, gilt. 202, (1) leaves, printed mostly on rectos only; title printed in red and black; illustrations of tokens, coins and paper money; numerous folding genealogical tables. Marginal staining to lower edge of first 50 leaves or so, not affecting..... More
A GUIDE TO THE GUINEA 1663 TO 1813.
Exeter: Token Publishing, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. xiv, 148 pages; illustrated in color. Price Guide included. New. Covers the guinea from its origins during the restoration of Charles II to its end under George III. An essential reference to the series. More
THE STORY OF THE COINS AND TOKENS OF THE BRITISH WORLD.
Exeter: Token Publishing, 2020. 8vo, original black cloth printed in silver; jacket. xii, 380 pages; illustrated in color. New. Focuses primarily on British trade coinage, from the 15th century through the Commonwealth era, including British colonial coins, issues of the East India Company, private token coinages and more. More
ROGER SIBONI’S BEACH SYMPOSIUM V: SEPTEMBER 12, 2009.
September 12, 2009. Edited by Syd Martin. 4to, original pictorial card covers. iv, 130 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. The published proceedings of this private gathering of specialists in American colonial coins, featuring short articles by those in attendance. The Siboni Beach Symposia are casual get-together of colonial collectors organized..... More
THE GOLD SOVEREIGN SERIES.
Exeter: Token Publishing, 2021. Second revised edition. 8vo, original pictorial boards. viii, 248 pages; illustrated in color throughout. Includes the price guide. New. From the publisher: "The newly updated edition…now includes a range of sovereign denominations from Quarter-Sovereign to Five-Sovereigns." More
COLLECTION LOUIS THERY. TRÈS IMPORTANTE COLLECTION DE MONNAIES FRANÇAISES.
Two catalogues, bound in one volume: 1) Très importante collection de monnaies flamandes et provinciales en or... monnaies gauloises, mérovingiennes en or et en argent... monnaies carolingiennes... Paris, 22–23 octobre 1963. 2) Importante collection de monnaies royales françaises... Paris, 20–22 avril 1964. 4to, later black half morocco with marbled sides;..... More
THE COINAGE OF EL PERÚ.
New York: ANS, 1989. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. xv, (1), 250 pages; text illustrations. Fine. Vol. 5 in the Coinage of the Americas Conference series, and perhaps the most difficult to locate. More
SEQUEL TO GERARD VAN LOON’S MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES (1716–1806).
Los Angeles: 2022. English translation directed by John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original matching red cloth lettered in white. 740 pages total; text illustrations; 42 color plates, plus occasional unnumbered full-page color enlargements. New. The first translation into English of the very scarce ten-volume supplement to..... More
A DICTIONARY OF MAKERS OF BRITISH METALLIC TICKETS, CHECKS, MEDALETS, TALLIES, AND COUNTERS 1788–1910.
London: Baldwin & Sons, 1989. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. xiii, 1004 pages; 32 plates. Fine. More
SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 57: THE HERBERT SCHNEIDER COLLECTION, PART II; ENGLISH GOLD COINS 1603 TO 20TH CENTURY.
London: Spink, 2002. By Peter Woodhead. Crown 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xiv, 305, (5) pages; 58 plates. Fine. More
CATALOGUS DER MUNTEN EN AMULETTEN VAN CHINA, JAPAN, COREA EN ANNAM, BEHOORENDE TOT DE NUMISMATISCHE VERZAMELING VAN HET BATAVIAASCH GENOOTSCHAP VAN KUNSTEN EN WETENSCHAPPEN.
Batavia & Gravenhage: Landsdrukkerij & M. Nijhoff, 1904. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf with mottled sides; spine with red leather spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers. xxiv, 227, (1) pages. Binding worn, with joints cracked, but sound. Very good. Rare: quite possibly the only copy we have handled. Catalogues nearly 3000..... More