Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-55, Its History and Its Issues.
Stackpole. Many black & white plates. 110pp., slim small 4to, black cloth n.p., (Stackpole, 1970). Reprint of the original 1913 edition. Near Fine. More
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Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata
New York: Attic Books, 1977. Illustrated in black and white. 318 pages. Tall 8vo, cream cloth, d.w. (spine sunned, chipped at front and rear, some repair at interior). New York: Attic Books, 1977. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Byzantine Coins.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 9 plates with black & white illustrations, charts, maps. x + 159pp., large 4to, gilt-stamped purple cloth, d.w.; (slightly rubbed at edges). Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1971. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Archaeological Exploration of Sardis. More
De l'Indus a l'Oxus Archeologie de l'Asie Centrale
Montpellier: Lattes, 2003. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 419 pages. Tall 4to, printed pictorial wrappers. Montpellier: Musee de Lattes, 2003. Wear at spine, some discoloration at upper edge and outer edge of text block. A very good copy. More
Medals, Military and Civilian of the United States.
4 color plates, b/w text illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Tulsa: M.C.N. Press, 1984. vg. More
A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm;; In a Letter to The King
Oxford: University Press, 1805. 266 pages, original full calf with raised bands; armorial device on covers; marbled endpapers. Oxford: University Press, 1805. First Edition. The binding is somewhat scuffed, and the spine label is missing, but a solid copy with very clean pages. The author founded the English gold standard system. More
Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint-Masters, &c. Ancient and Modern with References to their Works B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900.
London: 1904. First 5 (of 6) volumes, plus the index volume, printed in 1987 and bound in blue cloth. The 5 volumes are all illustrated. Tall 8vo, original 3/4 black calf; (all are rubbed but in good sound condition with the exception of volume 5 -- spine is broken and heavily taped. London, 1904-1912, 1987. Internally fine. Volume I: A-D (1904); Volume II: E-H (1904); Volume III: I-MAZ (1907); Volume IV: M-Q (1909); Volume V: R-S (1912); Index (1987)... More
The Coins of the Indian Sultanates: Covering the Are of Present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001. Illustrated in black and white. xxxii, 532 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (bumped at corners and at rear near the head). New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, (2001). Corners lightly bumped. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. With the assistance of Michael Robinson for the section on the Rajas of Arakan and Covernors of Chittagong. More
The Coinage of The Tulunids
New York: American Numismatic Society, 1957. Illustrated in black and white. 78 pages + 3 plates. Slim 8vo, tan paper wrappers. New York: American Numismatic Society, (1957). Near fine with just one tiny stain on front. More
Handbuch der Alten Numismatik von den altesten Zeiten bis auf Constantin d. Gr.
Leipzig: Ernst Schafer, 1854. 72 full page plates. 241 pages of text, 8vo, leather-backed mottled boards; a few pages with minor pencil marginalia, text bloc beginning to split, covers well worn. Leipzig: Ernst Schafer, 1854. Still a very good(-) copy. More
Roman Imperial Coins: Augustus to Hadrian and Antonine Selections, 31 BC - AD 180.
Wauconda: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1996. 1053 b/w illustrations. 92pp + xlii. Slim 4to, pictorial boards. Wauconda: Balchazy-Carducci, (1996). A fine copy. The John Max Wulfing Collection in Washington University, Volume III. More
Nummi Familiarum et Imperatorum.
London. 125 engraved plates of coins printed in sepia, without letterpress, as issued. Folio contemporary 1/4 calf, leather label, recent marbled boards & endpapers. (London, ca. 1787). Very good (+). John Glen King, was medalist to Catherine the Great. Copies of this scarce collection of plates varied in the numbers of plates included. None was issued with any text. More
I Ching Coin Prediction
New York: Harper, 1975. xiii + 170 pages, 12mo, orange cloth-backed boards, d.w.; a few small tears and chips to dust wrapper. New York: Harper & Row, (1975). First edition. More
Introduction a la Numismatique Byzantine.
London: Spink, 1961. 24 black & white plates, 158pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (chipped). London: Spink & Son, 1961. Text in French. More
History of Jewish Coinage, and of Money in the Old and New Testament.
Illustrated by F.W. Fairholt with 254 woodcuts and a plate of alphabets. xi, 350pp. Thick 8vo, two-toned blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. San Diego: Pegasus, (1967). A near fine copy. Facsimile reprint of the 1864 edition. More
Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians, Treasures From the Republic of Bulgaria
New York: Abrams, 1998. Photographs by Ivo Hadjimishev. 259 illustrations, mostly in color. 256 pages. Square 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Abrams, (1998). First edition. A near fine copy. More
Les Medailleurs Fancais Depuis 1789
Paris: Societe de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1897. 11 heliographs and many text illustrations. Slim 4to, 63 pages, green cloth backed marbled boards with the original printed wrappers bound in, gilt spine withtan leather spine label. Paris: Societe de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1897. First Edition. Very good (+). More
Fatimid Coins: in the Collections of the University Museum, Philadelphia, and the American Numismatic Society
New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1951. Illustrated in black and white. 51 pages + 6 plates. Slim 8vo, paper wrappers. New York: American Numismatic Society, 1951. A near fine copy. More
Rare Islamic Coins
New York: American Numismatic Society, 1950. Illustrated in black and white. 10 plates + 138 pages. Slim 8vo, tan printed paper wrappers. New York: American Numismatic Society, (1950). A near fine copy-- small crease in paper wrapper. More
Monete Antiche di Bronzo della Zecca di Siracusa
Novara: Cassa Centrale di Risparmio, 1977. Profusely illustrated with many in color. Small folio, blue cloth, d.w. (Novara): Cassa Centrale di Risparmio, (1977). Fine. More
Oriental Coins and Their Values: Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies, AD 600-1979
London: Hawkins, 1979. Illustrated in black and white. 640 pages. Tall & thick 4to, blue boards with gilt lettering at cover and spine. London: Hawkins, (1979). Lightly bumped at corners and tail. A very good(+) copy. More
American Journal of Numismatics, Volumes 16 - 24, Second Series
New York: American Numismatics Society, 2005. 8 volumes. 8vo, blue and red cloth. New York: American Numismatics Society, 2005 - 2012. Some spines lightly and evenly faded, still a fine set. More
Coins of the Rasulids: Comprising a Synopsis of the History of that Yemenite Dynasty; Augmented by the description of a newly discovered Rasulid dirham Hoard
Mainz: University Press, 1987. Translated by Dr. Alfred Kinzelbach. Illustrated in black and white. 180 pages. Slim 8vo, printed wrappers. Germany: Mainz University Press, 1987. Spine lightly sunned, two tiny stains at rear and front -- internally clean. A near fine copy. More
Calouste Gulbenkian: Collector
Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1979. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white with many full-bleed images. 237 pages, 4to, red leatherette with gilt stamped floral design, attached blue ribbon bookmark. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, (1979). A near fine copy. More
The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance
New York: Abrams, 1994. Illustrated (color and b/w). 424 pages. 4to., paperback. New York: Abrams, (1994). A near fine copy. More