THE BIMETALLIC QUESTION. Coinage.Silver.Gold. 1893 by Various authors - 1893

New York: Association for Stamp Exhibitions, 1926. First Edition. Quarto. 287pp. The letter details everything that went into the preparation of the catalog which the recipient of the letter had assisted although he had been unable to attend. Klemann details the surprising sales of the White Plains stamp, and a Mr. Eidsness, the Superintendent of the Stamp Division noted sales in excess of $40,000. An unnamed stamp of Mr. Hinds was exhibited for $32,500. The catalog issued in an edition of 5000 was sold out by Thursday afternoon. The auction was one of the most celebrated in philatelic history consequently revealing insight into the task of organization with headaches, triumphs, etc. A copy of the catalog accompanies this letter. Bound in original pictorial paper wraps, front wrapper detached but present and now in clear mylar wrapper, small damp stain near the foot, no ownerships or marks of any kind.

Berolini, Andr. Rüdiger [Berlin, Johannes Andreas Rüdigerus], 1705. Hardcover. .. Octavo. (205 x 170mm). Pp. (xxii), 175. Plus 64 numbered copperplates leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins. Engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait. Handsome woodcut head-and tail-pieces and initials. Title printed in red and black; old inscription in neat contemporary hand to first free endpaper. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine. Plates browned as usual in this edition due to stock quality. Overall a fine copy, neatly preserved. ~ The present Berlin edition, printed by Johannes Andreas Rüdigerus, was preceded by the Antwerp editions of 1615 and 1627 (Beller), and followed by the enlarged, 1738 Amsterdam edition (Schagen). B-1

Amsteldam, Martinum Schagen, 1738. Hardcover. .. Three parts in one volume. With a total of 92 plates. Royal quarto (280 x 225mm). I: Pp. (xiv), (iv) half-title, second title-page dated 1737, (viii), 186, (6) index. Plus engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait. II: 64 numbered copperplate leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins, printed on recto only. III: Pp. 28, second engraved frontispiece, a suite of 12 splendid copperplate portraits of Roman emperors mounted on horses, with historiated backgrounds, each portrait accompanied by a verse engraved at bottom. Plus a 13th such plate, this with allegorical illustration, concluding the suit. Plus 12 copperplate leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins, printed on recto only. Main title-page printed in red and black. Footnotes; small chip to blank margin of a single plate, well away from image. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary quarter goat skin, dyed and glazed, and marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands; paper on boards rubbed,… Read More

Parisiis, Thomam Moette, 1683. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown octavo (190 x 125mm). Pp. (iv), 136. Plus 18 numbered plates, some of which are compound, made up from several copperplates, with about 140 engraved impressions of coins, one impression clipped out, leaving a slice also at the adjoining leaf. Copper-engraved main head-piece, being a small plate in itself. Engraved title vignette, depicting 2 faces of a coin. Woodcut illustrated initials and head-piece to main text. Tear to one leaf of text with no loss. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, upper joint split but very firm, gilt decorated compartments, gilt lettering, wear traces but neat, presentable binding. In a very good condition. Clean interior, good strikes of plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Collated in accordance with the Dutch Royal Library's copy. Printed by Thomas Moette (1659-1710), Paris. The second edition appeared in 1695 (Leipzig, Thomam Fritsch). Andreas Morel [Morell] (1646-1703). Lipsius p.… Read More

L. Davis and C. Reymers, London, England, 1764. Second Edition. Hardcover. Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Pages are generally clean, but a couple of the margins were used as a place to record IOU's from the original owner. Pages have some water damage, but most does not affect the text itself, but has caused the pages to be wavy. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 471 pp. Cover is very heavily worn, and has lots of chips and damage everywhere. About 15% of the spine is gone (some at each end). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001222. .

Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Henrici & Theodori Boom, 1677. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto (240 x 195 mm). Pp. (xii), 570 including a second title-page (verso blank), (22), (4) i.e. final blanks. Errors in the pagination i.e. page nos. 257-258 omitted from pagination; nos. 281-282 used twice. Fine allegorical frontispiece by Ger. Laresse, engraved on copper by Chr. Hagen. Plus 118 numbered copperplates, 114 of which depict numerous impressions of coins, the last four are pictorial, allegorical, schematic, or technical. Engraved device to title. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. A list of typographical errors and note to the binder.HARDCOVER, handsomely bound in recent half shagreen and marbled boards, new endpapers, spine with false raised bands, old crimson morocco label in gilt laid down, a chipped lower blank corner to a leaf or two. Overall in fine condition. An excellent copy, superb strikes of the plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Collated in accordance with the British Library copy.… Read More

L. Davis and C. Reymers, London, England, 1764. Second Edition. Hardcover. Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Pages are generally clean, but a couple of the margins were used as a place to record IOU's from the original owner. Pages have some water damage, but most does not affect the text itself, but has caused the pages to be wavy. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 471 pp. Cover is very heavily worn, and has lots of chips and damage everywhere. About 15% of the spine is gone (some at each end). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001222. .

Np:, (1975): Civil War Token Society. First Edition. Octavo. 30p. Inscribed to well known collector: "to Dave Russell, a born followed!" Jon Harris. Tokens, both "patriotic" and merchants' "store card" issues, as they are called, form one of the most significant areas of Civil War-period holdings in the American Numismatic Society cabinet. They were largely classified and attributed in the 1970s through a major effort by Jon Harris, assisted by John Francis and Richard Rossa. Copies of this important item have become rare and are essential for the serious collector of Store Cards. 12mo. A very good copy of the original paper and only edition.

Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 2007. New. Large 8vo, brown full morocco, leather spine label, gilt, cloth clamshell box. 351, (1) pages; 57 color plates and an original engraving for J.F. Loubat's "The Medallic History of the United States." New. Special edition. A Leaf book limited to 60 copies letterpress printed by Bird & Bull Press. A magnificent production. Citing from the preface: "The regular edition of Comitia Americana and Related Medals has been shaped for the scholar and the collector... The special edition at hand is intended to serve a different purpose. Here, the authors' objective is to place the reader in a closer relationship with the historical events that are described. To this end, the text of this edition has been prepared by the same letterpress technology in use in the late eighteenth century. The two centuries that lie between the American Revolution and the present day are neatly bridged by the inclusion of a leaf from a book published in 1878. Joseph Florimond Loubat's… Read More

Philadelphia: Self-Published, 1886 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good with gilt lettering and decor on front board and spine; embossed design on corners of boards. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed; spine ends rubbed and slightly frayed; spine slightly mottled. PO signature on ffep; text block clean and tight.