CANADA POST OFFICES 1755–1895.
Boston: Quarterman, 1972. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. Frontispiece portrait, 191, (1) pages; illustrated. 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
WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEXICAN MONEY. VOLUME 2. MODERN COINS OF MEXICO, 1905 TO DATE.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 8vo, original pictorial boards. vi, 474 pages; illustrated in color. New. Foreword by Beth Deisher. More
WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEXICAN MONEY. VOLUME 1. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MEXICAN COINS AND CURRENCY.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2014. 8vo, original pictorial boards. vi, 490 pages; illustrated in color. New. Foreword by Dr. Manuel Gal·n Medina. More
THE COINAGE OF ETHIOPIA, ERITREA AND ITALIAN SOMALIA.
Garden City: 1991. Small 4to, original green cloth printed in silver; jacket. (6), xiv, (2), 342 pages; illustrated throughout. Near fine. Combines general and monetary history with a catalogue of the pieces under discussion. A well-produced work. More
TOP CHINESE COINS: SILVER COINAGE.
Hong Kong: Champion, 2011. Tall 4to, original pictorial boards. (4), viii, 170, (2) pages; heavily illustrated in color. Signed by Guth. Fine. More
TOP CHINESE COINS.
Hong Kong: Champion, 2010. Tall 4to, original pictorial boards. (4), 152 pages; heavily illustrated in color. Near fine. More
JITALS: A CATALOGUE AND ACCOUNT OF THE COIN DENOMINATION OF DAILY USE IN MEDIEVAL AFGHANISTAN AND NORTH WEST INDIA.
Isle of South Uist: 1995. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. (2), 183, (3) pages; illustrated. Near fine. One of the few works on the subject. More
THE BRAND COLLECTION. PART 4: RUSSIAN AND POLISH COINS.
London: 3 November 1983. 8vo, original brown card covers printed in gilt. Prices realized list. Fine. An important sale featuring outstanding Russian coins. More
CATALOGUE OF AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RUSSIAN COLLECTION.
London: Oct. 7–8, 1969. 8vo, original printed card covers. (4), 78, (2) pages; 890 lots; 15 fine plates. Original prices realized list with buyers’ names loosely laid in. Fine. An extraordinary sale—among the most important Russian coin sales of the second half of the 20th century. Journal of the Russian... More
CORPUS NUMMORUM ITALICORUM. PRIMO TENTATIVO DI UN CATALOGO GENERALE DELLA MONETE MEDIEVALE E MODERNE CONIATE IN ITALIA O DA ITALIANI IN ALTRI PAESI. VOLUME IX: EMILIA (PARTE 1A) PARMA E PIACENZA–MODENA E REGGIO.
Roma: Tipografia ditta Ludovico Cecchini, 1925. Folio, original printed card covers. (6), 792 pages; 44 fine plates of coins. Card covers worn and binding separated into several pieces; interiors very good or better. The ninth volume of this massive work. Issued in card covers on the assumption that the few... More
COLLECTION DE MONNAIES DES INDES NÉERLANDAISES ET PORTUGAISES. MONNAIES CHINOISES. MONNAIES DE L'AMÉRIQUE.
Amsterdam: 4 février 1925. 8vo, original printed paper covers. (4), 43, (1) pages; 640 lots; 5 plates. Near fine. Most notable for an extensive offering of Dutch colonial coins, including many from the Americas. The plates include copper bars of the VOC from Colombia. More
MÜNZEN- UND MEDAILLEN-CABINET DES JUSTIZRATHS REIMMANN IN HANNOVER.
Frankfurt: Dec. 7–12, 1891; Mar. 21–31, 1892; Oct. 17–25, 1892. Three volumes, complete. 8vo, contemporary brown cloth and marbled boards, gilt; all page edges marbled. Vol. I: Frontispiece portrait; viii, 583, (1), pages; lots 1–3026; 6 fine plates; original printed prices realized list laid in. Vol. II: iv, 735, (1)... More
SIAMESE COINS FROM FUNAN TO THE FIFTH REIGN.
Bangkok: 2012. 4to, original black cloth, gilt, with medallion inset into cover; pictorial slipcase. 284 pages; illustrated in color throughout. DVD with images. Minor wear to slipcase, else fine. An exceptional work, winner of the 2013 IAPN Book Prize. More
ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF CHINESE COINS (GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL AND ALUMINUM).
Los Angeles: 1954. First edition. 8vo, original printed gray cloth; jacket. 476, (2) pages; 224 plates. Small illustrated label affixed to opening blank, with presentation inscription by the author: “In recognition and appreciation of your lively interest in the compilation of this book. (signed) E. Kann, February 1954.” Front hinge... More
銭範.
Tokyo: Kansei 5, (1793). 22.5 by 15 cm; original red-brown thick paper covers with printed title label; sewn in traditional style. 26 pages; illustrated. Title label worn. Dusty, with some yellowing. Very good. Title usually transliterated Senpan. Coole *J-395. Hayashi and Kornicki, Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library, No. 1916. More
catholicon rei monetariae, sive leges monarchicae generales de rebus nummariis et pecuniariis : quotquot inde ab orbe condito ad praesentem christinati annum mdcxx. in quatuor mundi monarchiis, & praesertim in vltima romano-germanica. cum gentium consensu latae & promulgatae fuerunt: in certum ordinem radactae, & sub suis titulis distinctae À MELCHIORE GOLDASTO HAIMENSFELD.
Francofurti ad Moenum, Typis Ioan. Friderici Weiss, Impensis Rulandiorum. 1620. 4to [20.5 by 16.5 cm], plain wraps. (16), 318, (2) pages. Binding a bit worn; old institutional ink stamp on title verso. Very good. Possibly the first copy we have ever offered of this extensive overview of mostly 16th-century monetary... More
AN OLLA PODRIDA; OR, SCRAPS, NUMISMATIC, ANTIQUARIAN, AND LITERARY.
London: Printed (For Private Distribution Only), by Nichols & Son, 1844. 8vo, original brown embossed cloth. Charming lithographic frontispiece portrait of dedicatee Sir Thomas Dyke Acland; xv, (1), 388 pages; 20 engraved or lithographic plates, many of which depict coins and medals, the first six produced on a medal-ruling machine;... More
THE COINAGE OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY: PART I. THE COINS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
London: 2012. 8vo, original dark blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xii, 564 pages; illustrated. Fine. More
A NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF ECUADOR.
Witham: 2001. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (4), xi, (1), 96, (1), 97–394, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. Perhaps the finest single work on the subject. More
RESPLANDORES: CAP AND RAYS 8 REALES OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO 1823-1897.
Beverly Hills: 1997. 4to, original blue leatherette, gilt; jacket. 437, (1) pages; well illustrated. New. An important work. More
ROBERT C. WILLEYíS DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN MEDALLISTS.
Victoria: 1998. 4to, original green leatherette, gilt; jacket. (8), 180 pages; 10 plates. Fine. A significant reference. More
CANADIAN COINS AND TOKENS: QUICK FINDING LIST.
Chicago: 1908. 4to, self-covered. (4) pages. Near fine. A bit of a mystery. Famed collector William Forrester Dunham published checklists and “Quick Finding Lists” for Hard Times Tokens, colonial and territorial coins, and Encased Postage Stamps, and published in 1908 a 48-page compendium of such lists in Los Angeles. This... More
LISTS OF COINS.
London and Kendal: Summer 1994 through 2001. A nearly complete set of Finn’s printed fixed price lists, being Nos. 2–19 (the final number being the 2001 Memorial List published after his death). Thin 8vo, original printed card covers. Fine. An important series of well-produced fixed price lists primarily devoted to... More
NUMISMATISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT. 22. BAND.
Wien: 1890. 8vo, later brown cloth-backed boards, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. xi, (1), 315, (1) pages; text figures; folding genealogical table; 5 plates (3 lithographic + 2 Lichtdruck). Small spot on front cover; near fine. A scarce 19th-century volume of this important periodical, including articles by K.B.... More