Search Results: Titles starting with N from Kolbe & Fanning

Al-Karak, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 160 pages; extensively illustrated in color. New. Describes over 700 Nabataean coins struck between approximately 100 BC and AD 100, providing a typology and detailed sequencing in addition to extensive numismatic information.

Regenstauf: Gietl Verlag, 2011. 7. Auflage. 12mo, original pictorial boards. 649, (23) pages; illustrated. New. The latest edition of this standard catalogue of Swiss and Liechtenstein coins.

Typescript draft. 4to, as housed in Velo binder. 40, (3) pages, printed on rectos only; 14 histograms. [with] TYPEWRITTEN LETTER, SIGNED, FROM MICHAEL HODDER TO JOHN J. FORD, JR. Dated Jan. 13, 1989, on Bowers & Merena letterhead. With handwritten annotations by both Hodder and Ford. Folded, fine. A typewritten (computer printout) draft of Hodderís important article, published in the first volume of the Second Series of the American Journal of Numismatics, along with a cover letter to Ford. Hodderís article is an exceptional work exploring the ways in which complex die marriages came about during the striking of New Jersey coppers.

New York: ANS and C4, 2013. First edition. Large 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. xx, 572 pages; illustrated throughout in color. Jacket has some tape marks and a few small tears. The extraordinary standard reference, the first work to surpass Maris's 1881 work. With a foreword by Michael Hodder. This book weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may incur extra shipping charges.

New York: ANS and C4, 2013. First edition. Large 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. xx, 572 pages; illustrated throughout in color. New. The extraordinary standard reference, the first work to surpass Maris's 1881 work. With a foreword by Michael Hodder. This book weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may incur extra shipping charges.

New York, 1851. Second edition. 8vo, original brown cloth paneled in blind and lettered in gilt. (6), 72, (2), xvi, 2, (16), 2 pages; 5 lithographic plates, mostly depicting pioneer gold coins. Spine worn with backstrip partly lacking; very good or so, but with bright unspotted pages. Originally published in 1850, New Varieties "was designed as a convenient and authentic manual for individuals or institutions dealing in the precious metals, and especially those engaged in the California trade, then newly opened." Ex Heather Hardin-Hudson Library.

New York: ANS, 2009. 8vo, original fine black cloth, gilt; jacket. (viii), 333, (3) pages; illustrated. Fine. The 16th volume of Proceedings of the Coinage of the Americas Conference. Produced in limited quantities.

Original register volume used to record transactions for 1850 for the grocery firm of Schroder, Schulte & Co., San Francisco, which has been converted into a scrapbook for newspaper clippings shortly thereafter. 8vo, original brown calf-backed mottled boards. Approximately 200 pages, with all but 10 having neatly cut newspaper clippings pasted over the original handwritten accounting register. Entire leaf from an 1854 issue of the San Francisco Extra Herald laid in. Some discoloration from adhesive used throughout, but legible and very good overall. A most interesting volume. The preserved title page is neatly inscribed "Day Book for Schroder Schulte & Co San Francisco" in black ink faded a bit to brown. The entire volume would appear to have been used for its original purpose, though nearly every page has subsequently been pressed into service as backing for a newspaper clipping album. The clippings concern a number of different subjects, and would seem simply to be whatever caught the scrapbooker's… Read More

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 section highlighted in the title. The volume reproduces a manuscript covering a variety of matters relating to coinage, much of it written in 16th-century French; the final pages provide the titular work, and are most remarkable for their illustrations, which are mounted (the pages being printed on one side only to better accommodate the wrinkling caused by the drying adhesive). The illustrations were the work of Mr. Edwin Wilson. Manville 527 (where he discusses the work in some detail).

Malmö: John Kroon, 1949. 8vo, original decorative blue boards with printed cover and spine labels; housed in matching slipcase. 249, (1) pages; numerous fine illustrations, some in color. Slipcase a bit worn; spine sunned, volume otherwise fine. Covers orders and decorations of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Scarce. Riksheraldikerämbetets Skriftserie II. Clain-Stefanelli 15656*. Mulder & Purves 2124. Suetens 7.

London, 1988. 4to, original red boards, gilt; jacket. 238, (2) pages; 40 plates of coins. Near fine. A significant publication.

Bound volume of three offprints by Temple on this subject: "Notes on Currency and Coinage among the Burmese" (reprinted from The Indian Antiquary for 1919); "Notes on Currency and Coinage among the Burmese" (reprinted from The Indian Antiquary for 1927-1928); and "On Certain Specimens of Former Currency in Burma" (reprinted from The Indian Antiquary for 1931). Bombay, 1921, 1928 and 1931. 4to, later red cloth; green spine label lettered in gilt; original front card cover of final title bound in. (2), 30 + (2), 43, (1) + 7, (1) pages; text illustrations; 7 + 1 plates. Occasional penciled annotations. Binding lightly worn; near fine. A bound volume of three offprints by Temple on this subject, all of them very rare. Temple (1850-1931) was a British soldier and anthropologist who served as the administrator of Mandalay after the fall of King Thibaw. His personal experience in the country led him to develop a strong interest in preserving a record of Burmese culture (particularly monetary culture) during… Read More

New York: ANS, 1950. 8vo, original card covers. (6), 35, (1) pages; 2 plates. Near fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 119.

New Haven, 1909. 16mo, original printed card covers. 32 pages. Folded for mailing, edges sunned; very good. Adams 1. The catalogue of Hesslein's first auction. Scarce.

Leipzig, 1937. 12mo, original printed wraps. 135, (1) pages; 3495 priced listings. Wraps spotted, pages browned; very good or better. Kolbe 702: "An interesting and important library, particularly rich in works on ancient numismatics.

(London), 1993. Tall 4to, original reddish brown half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. xviii, (2), 449, (1) pages; facsimile illustrations. Fine. Special Leatherbound Library Edition. One of only 30 copies issued, signed by the authors. Landmark bibliographic reference works, indispensable to serious numismatists of all stripes.

London, 1946. First edition. 8vo, original printed card covers. 103, (5) pages; 10 fine plates. Fine. The first edition (though a revision of a previous work). Clain-Stefanelli 3598*. Daehn 1705. Kroh 99.

Saigon: Imprimerie Ménard & Legros, 1900. Two volumes, complete. Text volume octavo [27.5 by 20 cm]; plate volume oblong folio [37 by 28 cm], later matching brown speckled quarter calf with yellow linen sides; spines with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Emperor Thành Thái; (6), 231, (1), xxi, (3) + (4) pages; chronological tables; 40 fine plates. Text volume quarto. Ex Manchester Free Library, with their stamps (see comments); wear to corner tips of plates volume, with marginal repair to half title. Very good or better in a recent fine binding. A great classic work, handsomely bound in the traditional yellow of the Vietnamese royal family. Very rare, and the first complete set we have offered in many years. Publication de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient. The library marking are generally unobtrusive blindstamps, relegated to the plates and the opening and closing text pages; each volume also has an ink stamp on the title page verso. Bowker… Read More

Hamburg, 2004. 8vo, original green printed boards. 427, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. An infrequently seen festschrift.

Toronto, 8211. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; original pictorial card covers bound in. (4), 94 pages, pages 53-94 interleaved as issued with ruled note paper; 1880 lots; 23 plates. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. Special Hardcover Edition. One of 50 thus bound of this very important sale of Canadian decimal coins and both pre- and post-Confederation tokens.