A CATALOG OF GEORGIAN COINS.
No publisherís information: (2013). First edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. 341, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. A new reference work on the subject, the most extensive in the English language. More
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MÉDAILLES DE L’OUTRE-MER FRANÇAIS.
Monaco: Gadoury, 2020. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 726, (8) pages; illustrated throughout. New. Covers over 300 years of medals pertaining to the former French colonies, possessions and territories. More
COLONIAL HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS
2020. 4to, original pictorial boards. 597, (1) pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. A well-illustrated overview discussing not only the more widely collected colonial coins, but also the French, Spanish, and other foreign coins that circulated widely during the pre-Federal era. Tokens and imitative pieces are also discussed. More
COLLECTION H. HOFFMANN. MÉDAILLES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, FRANÇAISES ET ÉTRANGÈRES.
Paris: 2–11 mai 1898. Tall 4to, recent cream linen, ruled and lettered in red; original printed card covers bound in. Superb frontispiece portrait of Hoffmann; viii, 210, (2) pages; 2892 lots; 12 fine phototype plates, mainly depicting ancient Greek and Roman coins. Minor spotting; original card covers somewhat discolored; near..... More
MÉDAILLES DE LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE, DEPUIS L’OUVERTURE DES ÉTATS-GÉNÉRAUX (5 MAI 1789) JUSQU’A LA PROCLAMATION DE L’EMPIRE (18 MAI 1804).
Volume XVII of the Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique ... gravé par les procédés de M. Achille Collas. Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1836. Folio [43.5 by 30.5 cm], somewhat later maroon half morocco, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. (4), 132 pages; 96 plates of..... More
60TH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE.
New York: December 3–4, 1968. 8vo, recent white linen, ruled and lettered in red; original printed card covers. (2), 116 pages; 758 lots; 16 plates. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. One of three copies we recently had bound of what John W. Adams has called “a strong candidate for..... 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
THE CANADIAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION: A HALF CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT IN NUMISMATICS.
Barrie: CNA, 2000. 8vo, original blue leatherette, gilt. ix, (1), 148 pages; illustrated. Inscribed to Douglas Robins by author on front flyleaf. Fine. More
CATALOGUE OF THE LARGE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT, FOREIGN, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE THOMAS CLENEAY, ESQ., OF CINCINNATI.
Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, December 9–13, 1890. 4to, modern white linen and boards; upper cover lettered in gilt in original style. 114 pages; 2777 lots; 12 fine tinted photographic plates with tissue guards; prices realized list bound in. Light marginal chipping to price list. Fine. Adams 32, rated A+ overall..... More
THE IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC COLLECTION FORMED BY THE LATE W.W.C. WILSON, MONTREAL, CANADA. UNITED STATES & CANADIAN COINS, EARLY AMERICAN & CANADIAN HISTORICAL MEDALS, MEDALS PRESENTED TO NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEFS, FOREIGN COINS & MEDALS.
New York: Anderson Galleries, November 16–18, 1925. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. Frontispiece; 92, (2) pages; 1260 lots; text illustrations; 2 halftone plates, one of them double. Hand-priced throughout. Very good. Adams 9 (rated A+ overall, and for early medals, U.S. medals and Canada in particular). Raymond attempted to..... More
HISTORISCHE NUMISMATISCHE LITERATUR-BELUSTINGUNGEN: DARINNEN SORGFÄLLTIGE BESCHREIBUNGEN ALLERHAND MERKWÜRDIGER UND RARER NUMISMATISCHER WERKE, AUFSÄTZE, VERSTEIGERUNGS-VERZEICHNIßE UND VERSCHIEDENER BEMERKUNGEN, DIE IM XVII JAHRHUNDERT IM DRUCK AUßERHALB DES RUßISCHEN KAYSERREICHS ERSCHIENEN, DIE SICH AUF FUßISCHE MÜNZEN, MEDALLIEN UND GELDUMLAUF BETREFFEN, UND JETZO INM EINER PRIVAT-SAMMLUNG IN PHILADELPHIA BEFINDEN.
Philadelphia: 2004. 4to, original pictorial card covers. Color frontispiece plate; title printed in red and black; (28), 33, (1), (44) pages printed on tinted stock; 13 additional plates in printed in color. In German and Russian. Fine. [with] SUPPLEMENTUM. Philadelphia, 2008. 4to, original pictorial card covers. Color folding frontispiece plate;..... More
TOKENS & MEDALS OF LONDON, ONTARIO.
London: 2003. Second printing. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. (10), 213, (1); illustrated, partly in color. Fine. A remarkable specialized study of tokens and medals issued in London, Ontario, many of them produced for hotels, merchants, bakeries, dairies and social organizations. Published as a “limited personal publication” and largely distributed..... More
LUSTROUS IMAGES FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT: THE MEDALS OF THE DASSIERS OF GENEVA.
Milano: 2010. 4to, original black boards; jacket. 222 pages; beautifully illustrated in color. In English and French. Fine. More
MEDALS AND PLAQUETTES IN THE ULRICH MIDDELDORF COLLECTION AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM. 15TH TO 20TH CENTURIES.
Bloomington: 2012. 4to original brown cloth and boards; jacket. xvi, 229, (1) pages; beautifully illustrated in color. New. More
CATALOG OF THE LARGE COLLECTION OF THE GOLD AND SILVER COINS AND MEDALS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE AND AMERICA, PARTICULARLY THE DOLLARS OF THE WORLD, FORMED BY THE LATE CHARLES GREGORY...
Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Sons, June 19–24, 1916. 4to, original gilt-printed white paper covers. 199, (1) pages; 3792 lots. Hand-priced in red ink. Covers taped and spine and coming loose; text block very good or better. Adams 15, rated A overall. Primarily focused on world coinage of the early modern..... More
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, 1914–1938: THE FIRST 25 YEARS.
London: Spink, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. xvi, 818, (6) pages; illustrated, partly in color. New. An exceptional work, documenting all surviving recommendations for the Distinguished Service Medal for over 4000 recipients during the First World War and the Interwar period. More
THE COINAGE OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: A STUDY OF THE RECORDS OF THE EIC.
London: Spink, 2019. Crown 4to, original pictorial boards. vii, (1), 368, (6) pages; illustrated in color. New. The latest work by Stevens, being a companion volume to his catalogue of the Presidency Coinage of the East India Company. An exceptional account of the historical background to these coins. More
NICHOLAS TYERY’S PROPOSALS TO HENRY THE EIGHTH FOR AN IRISH COINAGE: INSERTED IN A MS. FRENCH HANDBOOK OF THE YEAR 1526.
Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1886. 8vo, original printed green paper covers. xii, 51, (1), (4) pages; illustrated, with pages 43–51 featuring 16 lithographic depictions of coin designs finely printed on thin paper and mounted on the pages. Near fine. An unusual and rather scarce work, with well-printed illustrations in the..... More
CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF WILTSHIRE TRADE TOKENS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE WILTSHIRE ARCHÆOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY AT DEVIZES.
Devizes: Hurry & Pearson, 1893. 12mo, contemporary brown three-quarter polished morocco with brown cloth sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt; decorative endpapers; original printed paper covers bound in. (2), 22 pages. Small bump to lower edge; near fine. Rare: likely the first copy we have..... More
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY TOKENS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
London: Reprinted from the British Numismatic Journal, 1914–1915. Crown 4to, original green cloth, gilt. 179, (1) + 8 pages; text illustrations; 4 fine plates of tokens. Spine faded and a bit worn. Very good or better. The collected offprint of Wells’s articles on the subject originally published in the 1909–1911..... More
A LIST OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE SERIES OF TRADEMEN'S TOKENS & TOWN PIECES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES.
London: Bemrose and Sons, 1872. 8vo, original green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind. xvii, (1), 136 pages; 3 lithographic plates of tokens. Joints somewhat weak; binding rubbed. Very good. Quite scarce. Simpson (1833–1896) was a token specialist and assisted Williamson with his vast expansion of Boyne’s work..... More
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TRADE TOKENS ISSUED IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Aylesbury: Overprints of the British Numismatic Society’s Journal, Published by the Bucks Archaeological Society, 1933. Crown 4to, original green cloth, gilt. (4), 118, (2) pages, with interleaves between parts; 13 lithographic plates depicting 230 tokens. Spine sunned, else fine. Only 75 copies of this volume, collecting Manton’s articles on Buckinghamshire..... More
COMMUNION TOKENS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Colinsburgh: Andrew Symington, Bookseller, 1892. Crown 4to, contemporary black half morocco, gilt, with green cloth sides; professionally rebacked, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, retaining contemporary marbled endpapers; top page edges green. 42 pages; 3 lithographic plates. Near fine. Very scarce: we last offered a copy for sale in 1996..... More
THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN-COINAGE OF THE 18TH CENTURY. ILLUSTRATED. PART XII: SCOTLAND.
no place of publication: Entered at Stationers’ Hall, 1916. Small 4to, original printed card covers. vi, 403–455, (1) pages; finely illustrated. Front cover with fold; else a fine copy. A nearly fine copy of the stand-alone Scottish installment of this classic work. The illustrations are photographically printed and are superior..... More
THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN-COINAGE OF THE 18TH CENTURY. ILLUSTRATED. PART I: BEDFORDSHIRE TO CUMBERLAND. [with] PART VIII: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE TO SUFFOLK. [with] PART X: WARWICKSHIRE TO YORKSHIRE.
no place of publication: Entered at Stationers’ Hall, 1910, 1914 & 1915. Three parts total. Small 4to, original matching printed card covers. (8), 24 + (4), 217–248 + (6), 281–328 pages; finely illustrated. Occasional neatly written annotations. Minor exterior wear; generally near fine. Three original installments of this classic work..... More