CLASSIC WORKS ON UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS AND OTHER RARITIES OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC LITERATURE The Twinleaf Library & Other Properties To be Sold at Auction SATURDAY, JANUARY 10,2009 GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE Fine Numismatic Books P.O. Drawer 3100 * Crestline, CA 92325 USA CLASSIC WORKS ON UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS AND OTHER RARITIES OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC LITERATURE The Twinleaf Library & Other Properties To be Sold at Auction SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009 GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE Fine Numismatic Books P. O. Drawer 3100 * Crestline, CA 92325 USA PRICES REALIZED LIST AUCTION SALES 107 & 108 JANUARY 10 , 2009 The Twinleaf Library & The Dr. Ferdinando Bassoli Library GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE <*• FINE NUMISMATIC BOOKS P.0.Drawer3100 *• Crestline,CA92325-3100 Tel: {909 j 338-6527 • lax: [909] 338-6980 • email: GFK@numislit.com ♦ web site: www.iiumislit.com 1 8000 32 2600 62 1100 97 500 128 3500 165 2800 201 750 238 450 2 400 33 4500 63 1000 98 1300 129 6500 166 750 202 3250 239 1200 3 750 34 1300 64 900 99 4250 130 1300 167 675 203 450 241 350 4 325 35 2500 65 4500 100 1100 131 650 168 850 204 1050 242 500 5 1100 36 1200 66 450 101 1600 133 2400 169 750 205 525 243 1100 6 3250 37 400 68 375 102 I 3 OO 134 550 170 450 206 1300 244 1500 900 38 1400 69 7000 103 1000 U 5 650 171 1900 207 850 245 625 8 1700 39 9000 70 525 104 650 136 500 172 1600 209 650 246 1300 9 2100 40 2800 71 2100 106 1600 137 575 173 525 211 900 247 1300 lO 600 41 11000 72 400 107 1300 140 2900 174 900 213 1200 248 1100 ii 4250 42 2600 73 400 108 2600 144 4000 175 575 214 550 249 350 12 280 44 100 74 600 109 6000 145 2800 176 925 215 3250 251 350 13 2000 45 1500 75 750 110 450 146 1600 179 950 216 1200 252 1300 14 675 46 4250 79 2800 ill 425 147 850 180 2200 217 1000 253 3250 15 2100 47 260 81 5750 112 350 148 685 181 1800 218 1300 254 425 16 2600 48 675 82 1900 113 950 149 4000 182 900 219 2000 256 1300 17 2700 49 1350 83 6000 114 3750 150 12000 184 900 220 525 257 675 18 425 50 6500 84 800 115 900 151 650 185 2000 221 600 258 800 19 400 51 100 85 6500 116 475 L 53 2000 186 650 224 2600 259 475 20 1800 52 500 87 3750 118 1000 154 1000 187 375 225 4250 260 850 21 2600 53 400 88 11000 119 750 *55 500 1.88 700 226 2200 262 3500 22 2200 54 425 89 1500 120 1100 *57 475 190 750 227 7000 263 1900 23 1250 55 4250 90 1900 121 700 158 1100 191 600 228 1400 265 2200 24 2800 56 425 91 4750 122 450 159 900 192 500 229 350 266 1200 25 1400 57 1600 92 4750 123 1200 160 700 193 6750 231 400 267 1000 27 3 .IOO 58 3750 93 2200 124 2700 161 2000 196 350 232 700 270 I4OOO 28 I. 5 OO 59 450 94 12000 125 5750 162 4000 19S 2200 233 675 273 700 29 3750 60 280 95 2100 126 350 163 350 199 725 235 2500 274 5000 30 1900 61 575 96 4500 127 750 164 3000 200 2400 237 900 275 900 31 2000 PRICES REALIZED LIST AUCTION SALES 107 8? 108 V- JANUARY 10, 2009 The Twinleaf Library & The Dr. Ferdinando Bassoli Library GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE «*• FINE NUMISMATIC BOOKS P. 0. Drawer 3100 *• Crestline, CA 92325-3100 Tel: (909] 338-6527 • Fax: (909] 338-6980 • email: GFK@numislit.com * web sire: wvvw.numislit.com 1 8ooo 32 2600 62 1100 97 500 128 3500 165 2800 : 201 750 238 450 2 400 33 4500 63 1000 98 1300 129 6500 166 750 202 3250 23 9 1200 3 750 34 1300 64 900 99 4250 130 1300 167 675 203 450 241 350 4 325 35 2500 65 4500 .100 1100 131 650 168 850 204 1050 242 500 5 1100 36 1200 66 450 101 1600 I.33 2400 169 750 205 525 243 1100 6 3250 37 400 68 375 102 1300 04 550 170 450 206 1300 244 .1500 7 900 38 1400 69 7000 103 1000 *35 650 171 1900 207 850 245 625 8 i.700 39 9000 70 525 IO4 650 136 500 172 1600 209 6;>0 246 1300 9 2100 40 2800 71 2100 IO6 1600 *37 575 *73 525 21.1 900 247 1300 10 600 41 11000 72 400 107 1300 140 2900 174 900 213 1200 248 1100 11 4250 42 2600 73 400 io8 2600 144 4000 175 575 214 550 249 350 12 280 44 100 74 600 109 6000 145 2800 176 925 215 3250 251 350 13 2000 45 1500 75 750 110 450 146 1600 179 950 216 1200 252 1300 14 675 46 4250 79 2800 111 425 147 850 180 2200 217 1000 253 3250 15 2100 47 260 81 5750 112 350 148 685 l8l 1800 218 I3OO 254 425 i6 2600 48 675 82 3900 113 950 149 4000 382 900 219 2000 256 1300 17 2700 49 1350 83 6000 114 3750 ISO 12000 184 900 220 525 257 675 18 425 50 6500 84 Soo 115 900 151 650 18> 2000 221 600 2>8 800 19 400 51 100 85 6500 116 475 153 2000 186 650 224 2600 259 475 20 l800 52 500 87 3750 118 1000 *54 1000 187 375 225 4250 260 850 21 2600 53 400 88 11000 119 750 '-55 500 1.88 700 226 2200 262 3500 22 2200 54 425 89 1500 120 1100 157 475 190 750 227 7000 263 1900 23 1250 55 4250 90 1900 121 700 158 1100 191 600 228 1400 265 2200 24 2800 56 425 91 4750 122 450 159 900 192 500 229 350 2 66 1200 25 1400 57 1600 92 4750 123 1200 160 700 193 6750 231 400 267 1000 27 3100 58 3750 93 2200 124 2700 161 2000 196 350 232 700 270 I4OOO 28 I. 5 OO 59 450 94 12000 125 5750 162 4000 198 2200 233 675 273 700 29 3750 60 280 95 2100 126 350 163 350 199 725 235 2500 274 5000 30 1900 61 575 96 4500 127 750 164 3000 200 2400 237 900 275 900 31 2000 Auction Sale One Hundred Seven The Twinleaf Library CLASSIC WORKS ON UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS PHOTOGRAPHICALLY-ILLUSTRATED AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES AND OTHER RARITIES OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC LITERATURE FOLLOWED BY TWENTY-FIVE WORKS FROM OTHER CONSIGNORS PUBLIC AUCTION SALE SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009 Auctioneer: Herbert Kreindler, New York Auctioneer License No. 0820339 THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION The Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE FINE NUMISMATIC BOOKS P.O. DRAWER 3100 * CRESTLINE, CA 92325 TEL: ( 909 ) 338-6527 $ FAX: ( 909 ) 338-6980 email: GFK@numislit.com $ web site: www.numislit.com IN CONJUNCTION WITH B. & H. KREINDLER Auction Sale One Hundred Seven The Twinleaf Library CLASSIC WORKS ON UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS PHOTOGRAPHICALLY-ILLUSTRATED AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES AND OTHER RARITIES OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC LITERATURE FOLLOWED BY TWENTY-FIVE WORKS FROM OTHER CONSIGNORS PUBLIC AUCTION SALE SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009 Auctioneer: Herbert Kreindler, New York Auctioneer License No. 0820339 THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION The Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE FINE NUMISMATIC BOOKS P.O. DRAWER 3100 « CRESTLINE, CA 92325 TEL: ( 909 ) 338-6527 « FAX: ( 909 ) 338-6980 email: GFK@numislit.com $ web site: www.numislit.com IN CONJUNCTION WITH B. & H. KREINDLER Copyright 2008 George F. Kolbe All Rights Reserved Copyright 2008 George F. Kolbe All Rights Reserved The Twinleaf Library PUBLIC AND MAIL BID AUCTION SALE 107 SALE DATE & TIME Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 1:00 pm SALE LOCATION THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION Eighteenth Floor Meeting Room Level: North Suite The Waldorf Astoria Hotel 301 Park Avenue between East 49th & 50th Streets New York, NY 10022-6897 LOT VIEWING Lots maybe viewed by appointment at the offices of George Frederick Kolbe in Crestline, California from December 15th until December 31st, 2008. Selected lots may be viewed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Eighteenth Floor Meeting Room Level: Carnegie Suite, in New York City on Friday, January 9th, 2009 from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm and on Saturday, January 10th, 2009 from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm. BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS Mail bids must arrive in Crestline by Wednesday, January 6th. No mail bids arriving after Wednesday, January 6th will be processed. Fax and email bids will be accepted until Wednesday, January 6th. No fax or email bids arriving after Wednesday, January 6th will be accepted. After Wednesday, January 6th, telephone or telephone message bids maybe placed by calling ( 951 ) 236 - 1988 . No telephone message bids left after Wednesday, January 6th on the Crestline business line will be accepted. The Twinleaf Library PUBLIC AND MAIL BID AUCTION SALE 107 SALE DATE & TIME Saturday, January 10 , 2009 at 1:00 pm SALE LOCATION THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION Eighteenth Floor Meeting Room Level: North Suite The Waldorf Astoria Hotel 301 Park Avenue between East 49th & 50th Streets New York, NY 10022-6897 LOT VIEWING Lots maybe viewed by appointment at the offices of George Frederick Kolbe in Crestline, California from December 15th until December 31st, 2008. Selected lots may be viewed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Eighteenth Floor Meeting Room Level: Carnegie Suite, in New York City on Friday, January 9th, 2009 from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm and on Saturday, January 10th, 2009 from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm. BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS Mail bids must arrive in Crestline by Wednesday, January 6th. No mail bids arriving after Wednesday, January 6th will be processed. Fax and email bids will be accepted until Wednesday, January 6th. No fax or email bids arriving after Wednesday, January 6th will be accepted. After Wednesday, January 6th, telephone or telephone message bids may be placed by calling ( 951 ) 236 - 1988 . No telephone message bids left after Wednesday, January 6th on the Crestline business line will be accepted. TERMS OF SALE 1. This is a public and mail bid auction sale. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder. Mail bids will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below the maximums where competition permits. Lots will be sold on the date indicated. 2. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay, on the total purchase price, the combined New York State and local sales tax or any applicable compensating use tax of any other state. 3. All floor sales are final. No lots may be returned for any reason by floor buyers. Any claims for adjustment by mail bidders must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the Terms of Sale herewith set forth. 4. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Generally, bidding will start at two-thirds of estimate. 5. A fifteen percent buyer’s premium will be added to the cost of all lots. There is no additional charge or commission for executing your bids. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to sale. 6. All postage, insurance and shipping charges will be added to your invoice. There will be a $3.00 charge per lot for pro¬ cessing. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after the sale. 7. Terms of this sale are strictly cash in United States funds. Foreign payments must be made in dollars. All checks must be drawn on l Jnited States banks, must have electronic encoding, and all bank charges must be paid by the sender. Payments may also be made directly to our bank: Bank of America, Branch #0189,28200 St. Hwy. 189, Bldg. “G”, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352. Account No. 01895-02376. IBAN/SWIFT Number: BOFAUS3N. ABA Code/Fedwire Routing Number: 026009593. 8. Lots to be mailed to addresses not in the United States or its Territories will be sent only at the risk of the purchaser. When possible, insurance or registration will be obtained. 9. Title to all lots remains with the cataloguer until paid for in full. Payment must be made immediately upon notification or upon receipt of material. The discretionary right to withhold delivery of lots until full payment has been received is reserved. 10. All books are as described. We acknowledge the possibility of errors or typographical mistakes, and any errors on our part will be cheerfully corrected. We cannot be responsible for your errors; please check your bid sheet carefully. BOOK SIZES F° (folio) over 13” 4to (quarto) 12” 8vo (octavo) 9” 12mo (duodecimo) 7-8” 16mo (sextodecimo) 6-7” 24mo (vigesimoquarto) 5-6” 32mo (trigesimosecundo) 4-5” BOOK CONDITIONS As new/Mint - no signs of wear or defects. Very fine - near new, minimal signs of use. Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use. Very good - some wear, no serious defects. Good - average used and worn book, complete. Reading copy - poor but readable. Ex-library - with library identification marks. Unless stated otherwise, all books are bound; all periodicals and auction sale catalogues are in the original paper covers. Books without descriptions of condition may be assumed to be nice clean copies in the octavo range. Sizes are not always noted for auction catalogues and periodicals. All serious defects are noted. TERMS OF SALE 1. This is a public and mail bid auction sale. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder. Mail bids will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below the maximums where competition permits. Lots will be sold on the date indicated. 2. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay, on the total purchase price, the combined New York State and local sales tax or any applicable compensating use tax of any other state. 3. All floor sales are final. No lots may be returned for any reason by floor buyers. Any claims for adjustment by mail bidders must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the Terms of Sale herewith set forth. 4. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Generally, bidding will start at two-thirds of estimate. 5. A fifteen percent buyer’s premium will be added to the cost of all lots. There is no additional charge or commission for executing your bids. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to sale. 6. All postage, insurance and shipping charges will be added to your invoice. There will be a $3.00 charge per lot for pro¬ cessing. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after the sale. 7. Terms of this sale are strictly cash in United States funds. Foreign payments must be made in dollars. All checks must be drawn on United States banks, must have electronic encoding, and all bank charges must be paid by the sender. Payments may also be made directly to our bank: Bank of America, Branch #0189,28200 St. Hwy. 189, Bldg. “G”, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352. Account No. 01895-02376. IBAN/SWIFT Number: BOFAUS3N. ABA Code/Fedwire Routing Number: 026009593. 8. Lots to be mailed to addresses not in the United States or its Territories will be sent only at the risk of the purchaser. When possible, insurance or registration will be obtained. 9. Title to all lots remains with the cataloguer until paid for in full. Payment must be made immediately upon notification or upon receipt of material. The discretionary right to withhold delivery of lots until full payment has been received is reserved. 10. All books are as described. We acknowledge the possibility of errors or typographical mistakes, and any errors on our part will be cheerfully corrected. We cannot be responsible for your errors; please check your bid sheet carefully. BOOK SIZES F° (folio) over 13” 4to (quarto) 12” 8vo (octavo) 9” 12mo (duodecimo) 7-8” 16mo (sextodecimo) 6-7” 24mo (vigesimoquarto) 5-6” 32mo (trigesimosecundo) 4-5” BOOK CONDITIONS As new/Mint - no signs of wear or defects. Very fine - near new, minimal signs of use. Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use. Very good - some wear, no serious defects. Good - average used and worn book, complete. Reading copy - poor but readable. Ex-library - with library identification marks. Unless stated otherwise, all books are bound; all periodicals and auction sale catalogues are in the original paper covers. Books without descriptions of condition may be assumed to be nice clean copies in the octavo range. Sizes are not always noted for auction catalogues and periodicals. All serious defects are noted. I Andrews, Frank D. a description of 268 varieties OF U. S. CENTS, 1816 - 57 , IN THE COLLECTION OF FRANK d. Andrews. Vineland, New Jersey, 1881. (2), 54 pages, occasional pencil annotations. 14.7 x 12.2 cm. Original printed gray wrappers a trifle worn and creased, taped at spine (extending one fourth of an inch vertically on both sides), once folded. Near fine. $8500 Copy No. 38 of 40 issued. Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex June 10, 2000 Kolbe Bass Sale IV, lot 29. The only example we have ever encountered with gray (rather than pink/russet) covers. Perhaps the supply of pink cover stock ran out, and a few of the highest numbered copies, as here, did not make the “cut” (pun intended). The Andrews pamphlet was the first attempt to comprehensively cover later date cents. In the July, 1881 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics, W. Elliot Woodward wrote: “...we have within the compass of 54 pages, presented in the most unpretentious form, and apparently with no consciousness on the part of the writer that he has produced anything of consequence as the result of original investigation, a mass of information which we think will agreeably surprise collectors of American coins. The author’s method of identification is so simple that half a dozen lines suffice to explain it all, and his descriptions are so clear that they cannot be mistaken.” Two years later a greatly expanded second edition was issued, and Andrews remained the standard work for over sixty years. This first edition is perhaps the rarest published major work on large cents. In the preface, the author states: “Believing this pamphlet to be of value for reference, to others as well as myself, I have issued a small edition (forty copies,) part of which I intend distributing among my coin collecting friends, for the remainder—should anyone desire a copy, the price will be twenty- five cents each.” Andrews was apparently of a shy, retiring nature and did little on his own to promote distribution of his work. Coupled with its rapid obsolescence, it is likely that the printing was never distributed in its entirety. Like a number of other publications of the period (1870 Maris and 1873 Parmelee/Seavey, for example), it is probable that the bulk of the edition has not survived. This is only the third example we have ever offered, either publicly or privately; perhaps as few as eight to ten copies have survived. Andrews, Frank D. a description of 268 varieties OF U. S. CENTS, 1816 - 57 , IN THE COLLECTION OF FRANK d. Andrews. Vineland, New Jersey, 1881. (2), 54 pages, occasional pencil annotations. 14.7 x 12.2 cm. Original printed gray wrappers a trifle worn and creased, taped at spine (extending one fourth of an inch vertically on both sides), once folded. Near fine. $8500 Copy No. 38 of 40 issued. Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex June 10, 2000 Kolbe Bass Sale IV, lot 29. The only example we have ever encountered with gray (rather than pink/russet) covers. Perhaps the supply of pink cover stock ran out, and a few of the highest numbered copies, as here, did not make the “cut” (pun intended). The Andrews pamphlet was the first attempt to comprehensively cover later date cents. In the July, 1881 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics, W. Elliot Woodward wrote: “...we have within the compass of 54 pages, presented in the most unpretentious form, and apparently with no consciousness on the part of the writer that he has produced anything of consequence as the result of original investigation, a mass of information which we think will agreeably surprise collectors of American coins. The author’s method of identification is so simple that half a dozen lines suffice to explain it all, and his descriptions are so clear that they cannot be mistaken.” Two years later a greatly expanded second edition was issued, and Andrews remained the standard work for over sixty years. This first edition is perhaps the rarest published major work on large cents. In the preface, the author states: “Believing this pamphlet to be of value for reference, to others as well as myself, I have issued a small edition (forty copies,) part of which I intend distributing among my coin collecting friends, for the remainder—should anyone desire a copy, the price will be twenty- five cents each.” Andrews was apparently of a shy, retiring nature and did little on his own to promote distribution of his work. Coupled with its rapid obsolescence, it is likely that the printing was never distributed in its entirety. Like a number of other publications of the period (1870 Maris and 1873 Parmelee/Seavey, for example), it is probable that the bulk of the edition has not survived. This is only the third example we have ever offered, either publicly or privately; perhaps as few as eight to ten copies have survived. 3 2 Andrews, Frank D. an arrangement of united STATES COPPER CENTS, 1816-1857, FOR THE ASSISTANCE of collectors. Vineland, 1883. Second Edition. 42, (2) pages. 16.5 x 18.5 cm. Handsomely bound in antique polished English half calf and period marbled paper sides, flat spine lettered in gilt, original printed gray wrappers bound in, neatly housed in a matching marbled paper slipcase. Very fine. $250 Ex Armand Champa, with his name impressed in gilt at the base of the spine, blissfully in type smaller than that employed for the title and author. This expanded second edition remained the standard work until superseded in 1944 by Newcomb. James Macallister thought highly of Andrews calling him “a keen student, with a remarkable memory” and he noted that “I am inclined to believe that he saw every Cent he listed.” According to Sheldon, Andrews’ “remarkably thorough little monograph” was the fruit of research spanning twenty years. In the preface, the author describes his work as “the result of careful observation” and opines “Perhaps it would not be advisable to spend time that could be better employed on a subject of so little practical importance: but as a recreation from tasks more severe; as a means of training the eye to observe minor differences and variations; and of assistance to the mind in times of mental depression, the Numismatist will find it of much value.” Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc. the garrett collec¬ tion. (Spine title). New York 8c Los Angeles, 1979-1981. Four parts complete, bound in one volume. (2); (5), 8- 153, (1); 193, (3); 157, (3); 180, (4); 4 pages, 2,354 lots in all, numerous text illustrations, 80 color plates. Quarto. Original crimson leather-grained cloth, four raised spine bands, double gilt rules at the head and base of the spine, three spine compartments lettered in gilt, the remaining two featuring a gilt flourish, French marbled endsheets, original printed card covers bound in throughout, along with an added two page index at the front, 1984 specially printed combined prices realized list of all four sales housed in a special pocket at the end. Near new. Also included is a March 7,1990 letter on Bowers and Merena stationery, signed by Dave Bowers. $750 Limited Presentation Edition of 40 Copies. Number 19, presented to Ken Lowe, signed by Q. David Bowers. Ex December 4, 1999 Money Tree Kenneth Lowe Library sale, lot 167. A landmark series of sales, bringing in total over twenty-five million dollars. Bowers’ letter to Lowe reads in part: “We recently created a specially bound edition of the four catalogues of the Garrett Collection sale.. .These copies are not available for sale at any price but were made for our own internal use and for distribution to selected clients and friends.” 4 Breen, Walter & Gillio, Ronald J. California & frac¬ tional GOLD. HISTORIC GOLD RUSH SMALL CHANGE 1852-1856 AND SUPPRESSED JEWELERS’ ISSUES 1859-1882. Santa Barbara, 1983. (2), 160 pages, well illustrated, 2 photographic Cibachrome color plates. Quarto. Original blue half morocco, gilt, marbled endpapers. As new. $450 The Deluxe Edition. “Copy number 66 of a limited edition of 100 hand bound in half-Morocco with marbled end-papers.” Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex December 12, 1998 Kolbe Bass Sale I, lot 43; inscribed on the title in ink: “Harry Bass, A great guy and a long time collector of Cal Gold, Regards, Ron Gillio, 6/23/87.” It appears that only fifty copies of this “Limited Edition” were actually issued, despite the numbering employed. The work was originally written as an auction catalogue of the famous collection formed by Ed. and Kenny Lee and features a great deal of original research by Breen. 6 3 2 Andrews, Frank D. an arrangement of united STATES COPPER CENTS, 1816-1857, FOR THE ASSISTANCE of collectors. Vineland, 1883. Second Edition. 42, (2) pages. 16.5 x 18.5 cm. Handsomely bound in antique polished English half calf and period marbled paper sides, flat spine lettered in gilt, original printed gray wrappers bound in, neatly housed in a matching marbled paper slipcase. Very fine. $250 Ex Armand Champa, with his name impressed in gilt at the base of the spine, blissfully in type smaller than that employed for the title and author. This expanded second edition remained the standard work until superseded in 1944 by Newcomb, fames Macallister thought highly of Andrews calling him “a keen student, with a remarkable memory” and he noted that “I am inclined to believe that he saw every Cent he listed.” According to Sheldon, Andrews’ “remarkably thorough little monograph” was the fruit of research spanning twenty years. In the preface, the author describes his work as “the result of careful observation” and opines “Perhaps it would not be advisable to spend time that could be better employed on a subject of so little practical importance: but as a recreation from tasks more severe; as a means of training the eye to observe minor differences and variations; and of assistance to the mind in times of mental depression, the Numismatist will find it of much value.” Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc. the garrett collec¬ tion. (Spine title). New York & Los Angeles, 1979-1981. Four parts complete, bound in one volume. (2); (5), 8- 153, (1); 193, (3); 157, (3); 180, (4); 4 pages, 2,354 lots in all, numerous text illustrations, 80 color plates. Quarto. Original crimson leather-grained cloth, four raised spine bands, double gilt rules at the head and base of the spine, three spine compartments lettered in gilt, the remaining two featuring a gilt flourish, French marbled endsheets, original printed card covers bound in throughout, along with an added two page index at the front, 1984 specially printed combined prices realized list of all four sales housed in a special pocket at the end. Near new. Also included is a March 7,1990 letter on Bowers and Merena stationery, signed by Dave Bowers. $750 Limited Presentation Edition of 40 Copies. Number 19, presented to Ken Lowe, signed by Q. David Bowers. Ex December 4, 1999 Money Tree Kenneth Lowe Library sale, lot 167. A landmark series of sales, bringing in total over twenty-five million dollars. Bowers’ letter to Lowe reads in part: “We recently created a specially bound edition of the four catalogues of the Garrett Collection sale... These copies are not available for sale at any price but were made for our own internal use and for distribution to selected clients and friends.” 4 Breen, Walter 8t Gillio, Ronald J. California & frac¬ tional GOLD. HISTORIC GOLD RUSH SMALL CHANGE 1852-1856 AND SUPPRESSED JEWELERS’ ISSUES 1859-1882. Santa Barbara, 1983. (2), 160 pages, well illustrated, 2 photographic Cibachrome color plates. Quarto. Original blue half morocco, gilt, marbled endpapers. As new. $450 The Deluxe Edition. “Copy number 66 of a limited edition of 100 hand bound in half-Morocco with marbled end-papers.” Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex December 12, 1998 Kolbe Bass Sale I, lot 43; inscribed on the title in ink: “Harry Bass, A great guy and a long time collector of Cal Gold, Regards, Ron Gillio, 6/23/87.” It appears that only fifty copies of this “Limited Edition” were actually issued, despite the numbering employed. The work was originally written as an auction catalogue of the famous collection formed by Ed. and Kenny Lee and features a great deal of original research by Breen. 6 «s. HUDSON CHAPMAN AND HENRY CHAPMAN, JR, IN THEIR LIBRARY, TAKEN BY SHC, PHILADELPHIA, MAY l890» by John W. Adams Edward Cogan was the first full time coin dealer in the United States. However, he did not enter the profession until middle age. Thus, the Chapmans — Samuel Hudson and Henry — have the distinction of being this country’s first career numismatists. Samuel Hudson, the elder by two years, was born in 1857 . Both boys took up stamp collecting at a tender age, a hobby which doubtless influenced their seeking employment with Captain John Haseltine in 1876 . After a brief apprenticeship, the firm of S. H. and H. Chapman, Numismatists and Antiquaries, was formed in June 1878 . The principals were twenty-one and nineteen years of age at the time, a fact which did not stand in the way of their being aggressive buyers of coins from the very beginning. Serious and scholarly, S. H. played the role of senior partner in the business. He possessed a strong interest in the classics and, even more fortuitously as matters were to turn out, considerable skills as a photographer. Henry was more the extrovert and, it may be inferred, shouldered the primary responsibility for administering the concern’s affairs. The Chapmans had been in business barely a year when they conducted their first auction. Sale one, 7 «S. HUDSON CHAPMAN AND HENRY CHAPMAN, JR, IN THEIR LIBRARY, TAKEN BY SHC, PHILADELPHIA, MAY l890» by John W. Adams Edward Cogan was the first full time coin dealer in the United States. However, he did not enter the profession until middle age. Thus, the Chapmans — Samuel Hudson and Henry — have the distinction of being this country’s first career numismatists. Samuel Hudson, the elder by two years, was born in 1857. Both boys took up stamp collecting at a tender age, a hobby which doubtless influenced their seeking employment with Captain John Haseltine in 1876. After a brief apprenticeship, the firm of S. H. and H. Chapman, Numismatists and Antiquaries, was formed in June 1878. The principals were twenty-one and nineteen years of age at the time, a fact which did not stand in the way of their being aggressive buyers of coins from the very beginning. Serious and scholarly, S. H. played the role of senior partner in the business. He possessed a strong interest in the classics and, even more fortuitously as matters were to turn out, considerable skills as a photographer. Henry was more the extrovert and, it may be inferred, shouldered the primary responsibility for administering the concern’s affairs. The Chapmans had been in business barely a year when they conducted their first auction. Sale one, 7 which consisted of selections from stock, was notable for the quality of its content as well as the innovative introduction of phototype plates. Competitors should have taken this auspicious beginning to heart but, given the extreme youth of the principals, they did not. Thus, several years later, in 1882 when the entire coin dealer profession was maneuvering for the legendary Bushnell collection, the Chapmans’ capture of the prize was greeted with shock and disbelief. These reactions were to escalate into scorn and anger as the young “antiquaries” issued a voluminous, quarto-size catalog which described the lots in considerably more detail than hitherto had been the custom; it was only adding fuel to the fire to have a plated edition of the Bushnell catalog which sold for the brazen price of $5.00. Critics pointed to a long list of mistakes in the Bush¬ nell text and, not surprisingly, it took until 1904 to sell the last of the plated edition. However, the Chapmans had made their mark. The next 24 years saw Samuel and Henry go from one triumph to the next. In 1906 the brothers decided to dissolve their partnership. The reasons for the break are not entirely clear but one can speculate that Henry grew tired of minding the shop while S. H. went on summer-long “research” trips to the continent. Whatever the cause, the parting was a friendly one, with the brothers continuing to cooperate in many ways. Certainly the competition was no better off: collectively, the Chapmans seemed to get an even larger share of the major collections than they had before. Samuel Hudson continued his proprietorship until retiring in 1929. Henry carried on until his death in 1935, almost sixty years after he had entered the business. Vignettes of the Chapmans’ remarkable careers can be gleaned from the numismatic periodicals of the day. The entire story is embodied in their auction catalogs. From 1879 to 1906, the partnership conducted eighty- three auctions. No less than sixteen of these are A rated including such famous early names as Windsor, Cleneay, Warner and, of course, Bushnell. Samuel Hudson held twenty-eight auctions on his own, of which almost a third are A rated. Among his classic catalogs must be listed David Wilson (1907), Hunter (1920), Alvord (1924) and the fabled Dr. Beckwith (1923). Henry Chapman issued fifty-one catalogs among which may be found the collections of Stickney (1907), Zabriskie (1909), Earle (1912) and the legendary Jenks (1921). Chapman catalogs are justifiably renowned for the precision and reliability of their descriptions. Modest exceptions to this reputation must be noted for the period after dissolution of the partnership: it took Henry a while to learn the ancient and European coinages in which his brother had specialized; conversely, it took S. H. a period of time to become familiar with the modern series which had formerly been delegated to Henry. Likewise, there is a grading difference which is worthy of comment. Grading by the partnership was highly conservative, a tradition which Henry continued. In contrast, Samuel Hudson had a tendency to be liberal. His grade of “very fine” might correspond to a VF 20 today whereas Henry’s “very fine” would equate to VF 35 and possibly as high as EF 45. Mention also should be made of rarity. In general, the Chapmans printed five hundred to six hundred copies of the folio-size sales and six hundred to eight hundred copies of the small ones. However, the brothers economized on the less significant collections with the result that catalogs such as those of April 25, 1881, September 21, 1893 and April 13, 1896 are distinctly scarce today. The run length was shortened by mistake for the Leeds Sale November 27, 1906 and due to the scarcity of paper for many of the sales during World War I. All in all, there are about twenty in the series that are really tough to find. Indeed there are several more which are so tough that they have been reported at some time in the past but are not yet located in the present. Thus, it seems quite possible that our listing of one hundred sixty-three 3 catalogs will expand to one hundred sixty- five or even more. The outstanding feature of the Chapman series is, of course, the plated editions. There were forty-eight 4 of these in all, twenty-two large and twenty-six 5 small. Seventeen 6 were issued by the partnership, seventeen 7 by S. H. on his own and fourteen by Henry. The first twelve employ the autotype or artotype process. Then, beginning with the Mills Sale in 1904, Samuel Hudson pioneered the use of photographic plates printed from glass negatives. Although these can fade with age, most have retained their original finish, providing the viewer with a quality of image which has not been matched to this day. Some, such as the plates in the Beckwith and Hunter sales, seem actually to possess a life of their own. Most of the quarto plate editions were printed in runs of 100. Two exceptions are the Siedlecki (1911) and Jenks (1921) of which only fifty and sixty were made respectively; there may be others. In an excellent article in the August 1950 Numismatist, John J. Ford posited a 8 which consisted of selections from stock, was notable for the quality of its content as well as the innovative introduction of phototype plates. Competitors should have taken this auspicious beginning to heart but, given the extreme youth of the principals, they did not. Thus, several years later, in 1882 when the entire coin dealer profession was maneuvering for the legendary Bushnell collection, the Chapmans’ capture of the prize was greeted with shock and disbelief. These reactions were to escalate into scorn and anger as the young “antiquaries” issued a voluminous, quarto-size catalog which described the lots in considerably more detail than hitherto had been the custom; it was only adding fuel to the fire to have a plated edition of the Bushnell catalog which sold for the brazen price of $5.00. Critics pointed to a long list of mistakes in the Bush¬ nell text and, not surprisingly, it took until 1904 to sell the last of the plated edition. However, the Chapmans had made their mark. The next 24 years saw Samuel and Henry go from one triumph to the next. In 1906 the brothers decided to dissolve their partnership. The reasons for the break are not entirely clear but one can speculate that Henry grew tired of minding the shop while S. H. went on summer-long “research” trips to the continent. Whatever the cause, the parting was a friendly one, with the brothers continuing to cooperate in many ways. Certainly the competition was no better off: collectively, the Chapmans seemed to get an even larger share of the major collections than they had before. Samuel Hudson continued his proprietorship until retiring in 1929. Henry carried on until his death in 1935, almost sixty years after he had entered the business. Vignettes of the Chapmans’ remarkable careers can be gleaned from the numismatic periodicals of the day. The entire story is embodied in their auction catalogs. From 1879 to 1906, the partnership conducted eighty- three auctions. No less than sixteen of these are A rated including such famous early names as Windsor, Cleneay, Warner and, of course, Bushnell. Samuel Hudson held twenty-eight auctions on his own, of which almost a third are A rated. Among his classic catalogs must be listed David Wilson (1907), Hunter (1920), Alvord (1924) and the fabled Dr. Beckwith (1923). Henry Chapman issued fifty-one catalogs 2 among which may be found the collections of Stickney (1907), Zabriskie (1909), Earle (1912) and the legendary Jenks (1921). Chapman catalogs are justifiably renowned for the precision and reliability of their descriptions. Modest exceptions to this reputation must be noted for the period after dissolution of the partnership: it took Henry a while to learn the ancient and European coinages in which his brother had specialized; conversely, it took S. H. a period of time to become familiar with the modern series which had formerly been delegated to Henry. Likewise, there is a grading difference which is worthy of comment. Grading by the partnership was highly conservative, a tradition which Henry continued. In contrast, Samuel Hudson had a tendency to be liberal. His grade of “very fine” might correspond to a VF 20 today whereas Henry’s “very fine” would equate to VF 35 and possibly as high as EF 45. Mention also should be made of rarity. In general, the Chapmans printed five hundred to six hundred copies of the folio-size sales and six hundred to eight hundred copies of the small ones. However, the brothers economized on the less significant collections with the result that catalogs such as those of April 25, 1881, September 21, 1893 and April 13, 1896 are distinctly scarce today. The run length was shortened by mistake for the Leeds Sale November 27, 1906 and due to the scarcity of paper for many of the sales during World War I. All in all, there are about twenty in the series that are really tough to find. Indeed there are several more which are so tough that they have been reported at some time in the past but are not yet located in the present. Thus, it seems quite possible that our listing of one hundred sixty-three catalogs will expand to one hundred sixty- five or even more. The outstanding feature of the Chapman series is, of course, the plated editions. There were forty-eight 4 of these in all, twenty-two large and twenty-six 5 small. Seventeen were issued by the partnership, seventeen 7 by S. H. on his own and fourteen by Henry. The first twelve employ the autotype or artotype process. Then, beginning with the Mills Sale in 1904, Samuel Hudson pioneered the use of photographic plates printed from glass negatives. Although these can fade with age, most have retained their original finish, providing the viewer with a quality of image which has not been matched to this day. Some, such as the plates in the Beckwith and Hunter sales, seem actually to possess a life of their own. Most of the quarto plate editions were printed in runs of 100. Two exceptions are the Siedlecki (1911) and Jenks (1921) of which only fifty and sixty were made respectively; there may be others. In an excellent article in the August 1950 Numismatist, John J. Ford posited a 8 broader range of rarity ratings which were based on (a) quantities remaining in the Henry Chapman estate and (b) ten years of collecting experience. We know of no additional evidence to support his findings. Rather, it seems more likely that an approximately equal number of each exist but that some of the “tougher” sales — e.g., Bushnell, Stickney and Hunter — are more tenaciously held by those who collect the specialized series for which these catalogs are a definitive reference. As a general rule, the small plate catalogs are rarer than the large. Those that are “easy” to get would include Bispham (of which one hundred copies are known to have been made), Boeing/Bridgman, the 1879 sale, Chaloner, Wetmore, Jerrems/Noegel and Nygren (the Nygren plates are half tones). The remaining plate editions are all rare, with some seeming to be exceptionally so. The Beckwith bid book (held by the American Numismatic Society) reveals that only twelve plated copies were ordered at the time of the sale; another nineteen were released as a group from the Chapman estate in the 1930’s. Thus, a total printing of forty to fifty pieces seems like a reasonable guess and, if so, would probably apply equally to most of the other sales. There are a handful of complete sets of the twenty- two large plated Chapmans. However, we know of no set containing the twenty-six 9 small Chapmans as well. Samuel Hudson’s library had only eleven of the small ones. John Story Jenks, the Chapmans’ most loyal customer, had fewer still. Considering their rarity, the quality of the plates, and the importance of the contents, a full set of large and small would have to be one of the great desiderata of American numismatics. Reprinted from United States Numismatic Literature Volume I: Nineteenth Century Auction Catalogs. Mission Viejo: George Frederick Kolbe Publications, 1982. 1 Two catalogues have subsequently been delisted: April 25, 1881 & February 17-18, 1886, bringing the current number known to eighty-one. One catalogue has subsequently been added: January 18,1913, bring the current number known to fifty-two. Currently one hundred sixty-two catalogues are known. Currently forty-six plated catalogues are known. Currently twenty-four small format plated catalogues are known. One plated catalogue has subsequently been delisted: May 5-6, 1887, bringing the current number known to sixteen. One plated catalogue has subsequently been delisted: April 26-27,1923, bringing the current number known to sixteen. One catalogue has subsequently been delisted: May 5-6,1887, bringing the current number known to eleven. Currently twenty-four small format plated catalogues are known. 9 broader range of rarity ratings which were based on (a) quantities remaining in the Henry Chapman estate and (b) ten years of collecting experience. We know of no additional evidence to support his findings. Rather, it seems more likely that an approximately equal number of each exist but that some of the “tougher” sales — e.g., Bushnell, Stickney and Hunter — are more tenaciously held by those who collect the specialized series for which these catalogs are a definitive reference. As a general rule, the small plate catalogs are rarer than the large. Those that are “easy” to get would include Bispham (of which one hundred copies are known to have been made), Boeing/Bridgman, the 1879 sale, Chaloner, Wetmore, Jerrems/Noegel and Nygren (the Nygren plates are half tones). The remaining plate editions are all rare, with some seeming to be exceptionally so. The Beckwith bid book (held by the American Numismatic Society) reveals that only twelve plated copies were ordered at the time of the sale; another nineteen were released as a group from the Chapman estate in the 1930’s. Thus, a total printing of forty to fifty pieces seems like a reasonable guess and, if so, would probably apply equally to most of the other sales. There are a handful of complete sets of the twenty- two large plated Chapmans. However, we know of no set containing the twenty-six J small Chapmans as well. Samuel Hudson’s library had only eleven of the small ones. John Story Jenks, the Chapmans’ most loyal customer, had fewer still. Considering their rarity, the quality of the plates, and the importance of the contents, a full set of large and small would have to be one of the great desiderata of American numismatics. Reprinted from United States Numismatic Literature Volume I: Nineteenth Century Auction Catalogs. Mission Viejo: George Frederick Kolbe Publications, 1982. Two catalogues have subsequently been delisted: April 25, 1881 & February 17-18, 1886, bringing the current number known to eighty-one. One catalogue has subsequently been added: January 18,1913, bring the current number known to fifty-two. 3 Currently one hundred sixty-two catalogues are known. Currently forty-six plated catalogues are known. Currently twenty-four small format plated catalogues are known. One plated catalogue has subsequently been delisted: May 5-6,1887, bringing the current number known to sixteen. One plated catalogue has subsequently been delisted: April 26-27,1923, bringing the current number known to sixteen. One catalogue has subsequently been delisted: May 5-6, 1887, bringing the current number known to eleven. Currently twenty-four small format plated catalogues are known. 9 5 Chapman, S. H. 8c H. [chapman and bishpam]. cata¬ logue OF A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF AND CATALOGUED BY S. H. & H. CHAPMAN. New York: Messrs. Bangs & Co., October 9, 1879. (2), 33, (1) pages, 604 lots, 4 fine phototype plates with original tissue guards, neatly priced in black ink, original printed front blue paper cover bound in. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8c H. THE COLLECTION OF MR. SAMUEL A. BISPHAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, CONTAINING MANY FINE AND RARE pieces. New York: Messrs. Bangs 8 c Co., February 11-12, 1880. (4), 38 pages, 1024 lots, 2 fine phototype plates with original tissue guards, handpriced in black ink. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue of the very fine COLLECTION OF MR. MARSHALL C. LEFFERTS. .. New York, July 28-29,1881. (2), 42 pages, 1128 lots, neatly priced in black ink. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue OF THE COLLECTION .. .OF THE LATE J.E. BIDWELL.. .AND... william h. cottier... Philadelphia, June 8-10,1885.62 pages, 1631 lots, priced in pencil with a number of buyers’ initials, notes on condition, etc. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8c H. CATALOGUE OF THE CHAPMAN COLLECTION... including 1804 dollar. Philadelphia, May 14-15,1885. 67, (1) pages, 1253 lots, lots 1-1111 priced in pencil, with lots sold to the Chapmans noted, along with several buyers of key lots, (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue OF THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS OF hon. ferguson haines... Philadelphia, October 17 - 18, 1888. 56 pages, 1270 lots, (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8c H. CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION.. .INCLUDING A LARGE SERIES RELATING TO THE REFORMATION... Philadelphia, May 27-29, 1889. (2), 90 pages, 1642 lots, largely priced in pencil including occasional buyers’ names or initials, (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. CATALOGUE...INCLUDING SOME EXTRAORDINARY CENTS AND SUPERB PROOF HALF CENTS, UNIQUE PROOF SET OF 1831, VERY FINE I794 DOLLAR, RARE COLONIAL COINS, ETC. Philadelphia, June 17-18,1889.40 pages, 959 lots, largely priced in pencil including occasional buyers’ names. 23 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary black half calf, gilt, covers and spine worn and loose, internally fine. $1000 Inscribed in ink on front cover of first catalogue: “With plates, Priced, J. Colvin Randall, Phil 4 .” Ex December 12, 1982 Kolbe/Spink sale, lot 75; ex June 19, 2003 Kolbe sale, lot 751. Adams B (1879 Chapman): “Proof 1836 504. 1874 204 pattern. Choice ancient gold/ silver. Exceptional cents. Finest known 179 Silver Libertas.” The first Chapman sale, and an auspicious beginning. The fine plates were prepared by Gutekunst, a famous early American photographer, who was also responsible for the famous Maris New Jersey plate. The first plate depicts ancient coins; the second illustrates foreign and American coins and medals; and the last two depict choice large cents from the Chapmans’ own collection. Adams B+ (Bispham): “Maccabean shekels. Starred reverse. XF 1823 14. Willow tree 124. 1815 $5. VF 1822 104. Carry me to Adwood’s.” A varied and important collection. The plates, also by Gutekunst, depict rare American coins, colonials, large cents, and rare ancient Jewish coins. Of the remaining six catalogues, Adams rates three A-, and three B+. A fine collection of memorable early Chapman sales from the library of one of the most important American numismatists of the day. IO 5 Chapman, S. H. & H. [chapman and bishpam]. cata¬ logue OF A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF AND CATALOGUED BY S. H. & H. CHAPMAN. New York: Messrs. Bangs & Co., October 9, 1879. (2), 33, (1) pages, 604 lots, 4 fine phototype plates with original tissue guards, neatly priced in black ink, original printed front blue paper cover bound in. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. & H. THE COLLECTION OF MR. SAMUEL A. BISPHAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, CONTAINING MANY FINE AND RARE pieces. New York: Messrs. Bangs 8 c Co., February 11-12, 1880. (4), 38 pages, 1024 lots, 2 fine phototype plates with original tissue guards, handpriced in black ink. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue of the very fine COLLECTION OF MR. MARSHALL C. LEFFERTS. .. New York, July 28-29,1881. (2), 42 pages, 1128 lots, neatly priced in black ink. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue OF THE COLLECTION .. .OF THE LATE J. E.BIDWELL... AND... william H. cottier... Philadelphia, June 8-10,1885.62 pages, 1631 lots, priced in pencil with a number of buyers’ initials, notes on condition, etc. (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. CATALOGUE OF THE CHAPMAN COLLECTION... including 1804 dollar. Philadelphia, May 14-15,1885. 67,(1) pages, 1253 lots, lots 1-1111 priced in pencil, with lots sold to the Chapmans noted, along with several buyers of key lots, (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue OF THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS OF hon. ferguson haines... Philadelphia, October 17- 18, 1888. 56 pages, 1270 lots, (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. catalogue of a collection...including A LARGE SERIES RELATING TO THE REFORMATION... Philadelphia, May 27-29, 1889. (2), 90 pages, 1642 lots, largely priced in pencil including occasional buyers’ names or initials, (bound with) Chapman, S. H. 8 c H. CATALOGUE...INCLUDING SOME EXTRAORDINARY CENTS AND SUPERB PROOF HALF CENTS, UNIQUE PROOF SET OF 1831 , VERY FINE 1794 DOLLAR, RARE COLONIAL COINS, ETC. Philadelphia, June 17-18,1889.40 pages, 959 lots, largely priced in pencil including occasional buyers’ names. 23 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary black half calf, gilt, covers and spine worn and loose, internally fine. $1000 Inscribed in ink on front cover of first catalogue: “With plates, Priced, J. Colvin Randall, Phil 3 .” Ex December 12, 1982 Kolbe/Spink sale, lot 75; ex June 19, 2003 Kolbe sale, lot 751. Adams B (1879 Chapman): “Proof 1836 504. 1874 20 1796 , 1797 , 1802 , 1803 , OF THE LATE REV. STANISLAUS SIEDLECKI, PLYMOUTH, PA., TO WHICH IS ADDED THE CANADIAN COLLECTIONS OF R. O. MONTAMBAULT, J. BONNER, E. M. turner. Philadelphia: Messrs. Davis & Harvey, Auctioneers, April 22,1911. iv, 61, ( 3 ), ( 8 ) pages, 819 lots, 3 fine photographic plates, prices realized list laid in. Quarto: 30.5 x 24 cm. Original white cloth and boards, gilt. Very fine. $3500 Printed A. Kosoff label on inside front cover; ex June 1, 2004 Kolbe John J. Ford, Jr. Sale I, lot 307, with his diminutive ex libris. Adams B+: “Choice ancients. Gold coins of world, Poland. Order of Cincinnati. Proof gold. Bridge tokens. A few gem 1 1809 , AND MANY OTHERS; RARE U. S. FRACTIONAL currency; fine American silver dollars, half dol¬ lars, QUARTERS AND MINOR COINS, CURIOS, GEMS, ETC., totaling 1600 lots. NewYork: Daniel R. Kennedy, Auc¬ tioneer, October 12-13, 1910. 76, (4) pages, 1621 lots, 4 photographically-printed plates of 1794 large cents. 24.5 x 16 cm. Original gilt-printed russet-brown card covers, outer and bottom text margins untrimmed, two small pierced holes through inner margins, printed legend at the base of one plate just barely trimmed, “plates” written in ink on front cover. Fine. $3000 Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex June 10, 2000 Kolbe Bass Sale IV, lot 252. Adams A -: “Gilbert’s 1794 cents-a landmark. Voltaire medal. Choice currency shield. 1871,1872 $3. Gem 1870-S $1 gold. Gilbert’s extensive Jackson tokens.” An original plated Gilbert sale is one of the great rarities of the labyrinthine Elder series. The plates pressed into service for this special edition were the same ones present in the work on 1794 cents published by Elder that same year. Like many plated Elder sales, however, the text is printed on superior paper (watermarked Alexandra here), making it relatively easy to detect ‘made-up’ copies. Three other examples have come to sale in the modern era: one originally appearing as lot 93 in our December 2, 1984 New York sale, from “A Great American Library” (Western Publishing Company, i.e. Whitman), apparently subsequently sold in the March 23, 1995 Bowers and Merena sale married to another copy of the text and bound in half leather; another, from the library of Reed Hawn, in our June 13,1998 sale; and the third in the June 1, 2004 sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Library. Unfortunately, the Gilbert plates were issued in quarto format while the catalogue is an octavo, resulting in cropped plate margins in the first two of these copies. The American Numismatic Society Dictionary Catalogue does not record a plated copy, and we know of no survivors other than these four, though a few perhaps remain to be found. Elder’s September 23, 1910 introductory text in the catalogue, entitled “Explanation of the Plates” includes a possible clue to the rarity of plated catalogues: “In the plate catalogue of the Gilbert sale will be shown all of the Hays numbers in Mr. Gilbert’s collection, excepting five numbers belonging to Mr. Henry C. Miller, of this city, and the Steigerwalt variety, kindly loaned by Mr. Howard Newcomb. Mr. Miller’s coins, as shown, are Nos. 6,8,22,29 and 46. To all three of these gentlemen the cataloguer is greatly indebted. As the coins were only recently photographed, the plates will come out a little late for the sale, but it is confidently expected that these plates will be considerably clearer than those in the Mougey catalogue; it is even expected that they will improve on the Hays plates.” Given the date of the sale and the date of Elder’s introduction, the catalogues could scarcely have arrived in bidders’ hands more than two weeks in advance of the sale, and if “a little late for the sale” became much more than that, distribution of illustrated catalogues would have become a pointless exercise. 40 59 Frossard, Ed. monograph of united states cents and HALF CENTS ISSUED BETWEEN THE YEARS 1793 AND 1857: TO WHICH IS ADDED A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL COINS, TOKENS, JETONS, MEDALETS, PATTERNS OF COINAGE AND WASHINGTON PIECES, GENERALLY CLASSIFIED UNDER THE HEAD OF COLONIAL COINS. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Irvington: Published by the Author, 1879 (front wrapper imprint: copyright, 1878). 2 blank leaves, 58 pages, 2 blank leaves, title printed in red and black, 9 fine heliotype plates, bound slightly out of order. Small quarto: 27 x 22 cm. Attractively bound in recent blue full morocco, upper cover decoratively lettered in silver, original blue wrappers, printed in silver, a trifle worn, bound in. Very fine. Housed in a matching blue morocco slipcase. $400 No. 196 of only 300 copies printed, signed Ed. F. Rarely encountered with the original printed wrappers. Having sold George W. Merritt’s fine collection of large cents and half cents earlier in the year, Ed¬ ouard Frossard decided to capitalize on the research expended in its cataloguing by separately publishing this work. The first eight plates, in fact, depict Merritt’s collection, the final plate being devoted to colonials. These plates, according to the preface, were “issued before a single description was attempted,” leading one to believe that they were prepared to accompany the catalogue of the fanuary 3rd, 1879 Merritt sale. All of the plates feature a copyright date of 1878. Frossard’s is the first work to cover the entire series of large cents and half cents; as such it is deserving of landmark status. The ornate composition by W. T. R. Marvin, numismatic printer par excellence, and the handsome heliotype illustrations add to its desirability. 60 Frossard, Ed. 8c Hays, W. W. varieties of united STATES CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794 - DESCRIBED AND illustrated. New York: Privately Printed, 1893. First Edition. 18 pages, 2 fine tinted autotype plates. Narrow quarto: 29 x 19 cm. Original red cloth, upper cover decorated in black and lettered in gilt. Very fine. Housed in a neatly crafted recent crimson cloth clamshell book box, “spine” lettered in gilt. $200 Ex December 2, 1984 Kolbe/Spink sale, lot 103; from the Richard Picker library though not so marked. One of only 250 copies printed. Professionally deacidified in June 1998 according to a hand¬ written note accompanying it. Apparently the book was bound in two different batches. The copy at hand is a handsome, well- preserved example of the binding variant featuring a narrow 1.75 cm. decorative border at the head of the front cover and the width of “U. S. Cents” printed in gilt on the upper cover is approximately 7 cm. Frossard’s work was based on Hays’ collection. Fifty-six varieties were described, given a new numbering system and, for the first time, all known varieties were depicted. 61 Kolbe, George Frederick, [bass], the harry w. bass, JR. NUMISMATIC LIBRARY. PARTS ONE-FOUR. AUCTION SALES SEVENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-SEVEN, SEVENTY-EIGHT & eighty. Crestline 8t Long Beach: Auctions 75, 77, 78, & 80, December 12, 1998; June 5, 1999; September 25, 1999 8c June 10, 2000. Four volumes. 140, (2); 175, (1), (2); 147, (1), (2); 171, (1), (2) pages, 500 + 650 + 651 + 600 lots, frontispiece portraits, color and monochrome text illustrations, prices realized lists, individual indexes, cumulative index. Quarto. Original matching green Jap¬ anese cloth, lettered in black and a second color, two silk ties in each volume, speckled page edges, original printed card covers mounted on front covers, Bass ex libris mounted on rear covers, clear plastic dust wrappers throughout, Sale 3 addendum laid in. As new. $450 A set of Bass Deluxe Hardbound Editions. Limited to 90 sets. 62 Kolbe, George Frederick; in association with Stacks. [ford], NUMISMATICA AMERICANA: THE JOHN J. FORD, JR, REFERENCE LIBRARY. PARTS ONE & TWO. Riverside and Long Beach, June 1, 2004 and June 4 8c 6, 2005. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 307, (1 ); 172 pages, 1750 lots, numerous full color illustrations, prices realized lists bound in. Quarto. Original green quarter morocco, gilt, black Japanese cloth sides and matching slipcase, two silk ties, all page edges gilt, custom marbled endsheets. New. $1250 Deluxe Edition. One of twenty specially-bound copies combining both Ford Library catalogues. Issued for presentation purposes. A landmark American numismatic library, in many ways unparalleled. Included is a typewritten November 30, 2005 letter from the cata¬ loguer to the recipient, signed. 41 59 Frossard, Ed. monograph of united states cents and HALF CENTS ISSUED BETWEEN THE YEARS 1793 AND 1857: TO WHICH IS ADDED A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL COINS, TOKENS, JETONS, MEDALETS, PATTERNS OF COINAGE AND WASHINGTON PIECES, GENERALLY CLASSIFIED UNDER THE HEAD OF COLONIAL COINS. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Irvington: Published by the Author, 1879 (front wrapper imprint: copyright, 1878). 2 blank leaves, 58 pages, 2 blank leaves, title printed in red and black, 9 fine heliotype plates, bound slightly out of order. Small quarto: 27 x 22 cm. Attractively bound in recent blue full morocco, upper cover decoratively lettered in silver, original blue wrappers, printed in silver, a trifle worn, bound in. Very fine. Housed in a matching blue morocco slipcase. $400 No. 196 of only 300 copies printed, signed Ed. F. Rarely encountered with the original printed wrappers. Having sold George W. Merritt’s fine collection of large cents and half cents earlier in the year, Ed¬ ouard Frossard decided to capitalize on the research expended in its cataloguing by separately publishing this work. The first eight plates, in fact, depict Merritt’s collection, the final plate being devoted to colonials. These plates, according to the preface, were “issued before a single description was attempted,” leading one to believe that they were prepared to accompany the catalogue of the January 3rd, 1879 Merritt sale. All of the plates feature a copyright date of 1878. Frossard’s is the first work to cover the entire series of large cents and half cents; as such it is deserving of landmark status. The ornate composition by W. T. R. Marvin, numismatic printer par excellence, and the handsome heliotype illustrations add to its desirability. 60 Frossard, Ed. & Hays, W. W. varieties of united STATES CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794 - DESCRIBED AND illustrated. New York: Privately Printed, 1893. First Edition. 18 pages, 2 fine tinted autotype plates. Narrow quarto: 29 x 19 cm. Original red cloth, upper cover decorated in black and lettered in gilt. Very fine. Housed in a neatly crafted recent crimson cloth clamshell book box, “spine” lettered in gilt. $200 Ex December 2, 1984 Kolbe/Spink sale, lot 103; from the Richard Picker library though not so marked. One of only 250 copies printed. Professionally deacidified in June 1998 according to a hand¬ written note accompanying it. Apparently the book was bound in two different batches. The copy at hand is a handsome, well- preserved example of the binding variant featuring a narrow 1.75 cm. decorative border at the head of the front cover and the width of “U. S. Cents” printed in gilt on the upper cover is approximately 7 cm. Frossard’s work was based on Hays’ collection. Fifty-six varieties were described, given a new numbering system and, for the first time, all known varieties were depicted. 61 Kolbe, George Frederick, [bass], the harry w. bass, JR. NUMISMATIC LIBRARY. PARTS ONE-FOUR. AUCTION SALES SEVENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-SEVEN, SEVENTY-EIGHT & eighty. Crestline & Long Beach: Auctions 75, 77, 78, & 80, December 12, 1998; June 5, 1999; September 25, 1999 & June 10, 2000. Four volumes. 140, (2); 175, (1), (2); 147, (1), (2); 171, (1), (2) pages, 500 + 650 + 651 + 600 lots, frontispiece portraits, color and monochrome text illustrations, prices realized lists, individual indexes, cumulative index. Quarto. Original matching green Jap¬ anese cloth, lettered in black and a second color, two silk ties in each volume, speckled page edges, original printed card covers mounted on front covers, Bass ex libris mounted on rear covers, clear plastic dust wrappers throughout, Sale 3 addendum laid in. As new. $450 A set of Bass Deluxe Hardbound Editions. Limited to 90 sets. 62 Kolbe, George Frederick; in association with Stack’s. [ford]. NUMISMATICA AMERICANA: THE JOHN J. FORD, jr, reference library, parts one & two. Riverside and Long Beach, June 1, 2004 and June 4 8c 6, 2005. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 307, ( 1) ; 172 pages, 1750 lots, numerous full color illustrations, prices realized lists bound in. Quarto. Original green quarter morocco, gilt, black Japanese cloth sides and matching slipcase, two silk ties, all page edges gilt, custom marbled endsheets. New. $1250 Deluxe Edition. One of twenty specially-bound copies combining both Ford Library catalogues. Issued for presentation purposes. A landmark American numismatic library, in many ways unparalleled. Included is a typewritten November 30, 2005 letter from the cata¬ loguer to the recipient, signed. 41 63 ' U=n Maris, Edward, varieties of the copper issues of the united states mint in the year 1794 . Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1869. 15, (1) pages. Small octavo: 18x12 cm. Well bound in nineteenth century pebbled black cloth, sides paneled in blind, unlettered, original printed pale tan-gray wrappers bound in. Very fine. $1500 Ex October 30, 1998 Money Tree sale, lot 926; ex January 23, 1988 Wilson Hofmann Library sale, lot 252 [apparently purchased by Armand Champa for $2190 according to an ink note on the lot card]; acquired earlier, according to a pencil note on the verso of the front flyleaf, from Abe “Kosoff, 2/4/41Rendered obsolete by later research, this work is remembered beyond its landmark status mostly for the colorful appellations given by Dr. Maris to the thirty-nine varieties of 1794 cents that he managed to identify. The names include The Coquette, Scarred Head, Venus Marina, Roman Plica, Double Chin, and Patagonian. Born in 1832, Maris graduated from medical school in 1855. According to W. T. R. Marvin “He began his collection soon after engaging in practice, as many others have done, by the effort to complete a set of the U. S. Cents, and then of the national coinage... His first contribution to the literature of the science was his well- known work on the Cents of 1794, still regarded as a high authority.” To numismatic bibliophiles and copper enthusiasts, this fragile little pamphlet is significant since it is the first separately published work on United States cents and half cents. Only a small percentage of the 100 copies originally printed appear to have survived. 64 Maris, Edward, varieties of the copper issues of the united states mint in the year 1794 . Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1869. 15, (1) pages. Small octavo: 19 x 11.5 cm. Original printed tan paper covers a trifle worn and discolored. Very good or better. $1000 Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex September 25, 1999 Kolbe Bass Sale III, lot 274. Quite rare. Born in 1832, Maris graduated from medical school in 1855. According to W. T. R. Marvin “He began his collection soon after engaging in practice, as many others have done, by the effort to complete a set of the U. S. Cents, and then of the national coinage...His first contribution to the literature of the science was his well-known work on the Cents of 1794, still regarded as a high authority.” 42 63 Maris, Edward, varieties of the copper issues of the united states mint in the year 1794 . Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1869. 15, (1) pages. Small octavo: 18x12 cm. Well bound in nineteenth century pebbled black cloth, sides paneled in blind, unlettered, original printed pale tan-gray wrappers bound in. Very fine. $1500 Ex October 30, 1998 Money Tree sale, lot 926; ex January 23, 1988 Wilson Hofmann Library sale, lot 252 [apparently purchased by Armand Champa for $2190 according to an ink note on the lot card]; acquired earlier, according to a pencil note on the verso of the front flyleaf, from Abe “Kosoff, 2/4/41.” Rendered obsolete by later research, this work is remembered beyond its landmark status mostly for the colorful appellations given by Dr. Maris to the thirty-nine varieties of 1794 cents that he managed to identify. The names include The Coquette, Scarred Head, Venus Marina, Roman Plica, Double Chin, and Patagonian. Born in 1832, Maris graduated from medical school in 1855. According to W. T. R. Marvin “He began his collection soon after engaging in practice, as many others have done, by the effort to complete a set of the U. S. Cents, and then of the national coinage... His first contribution to the literature of the science was his well- known work on the Cents of 1794, still regarded as a high authority.” To numismatic bibliophiles and copper enthusiasts, this fragile little pamphlet is significant since it is the first separately published work on United States cents and half cents. Only a small percentage of the 100 copies originally printed appear to have survived. 64 Maris, Edward, varieties of the copper issues of the united states mint in the year 1794 . Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1869. 15, (1) pages. Small octavo: 19 x 11.5 cm. Original printed tan paper covers a trifle worn and discolored. Very good or better. $1000 Ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex September 25, 1999 Kolbe Bass Sale III, lot 274. Quite rare. Born in 1832, Maris graduated from medical school in 1855. According to W. T. R. Marvin “He began his collection soon after engaging in practice, as many others have done, by the effort to complete a set of the U. S. Cents, and then of the national coinage...His first contribution to the literature of the science was his well-known work on the Cents of 1794, still regarded as a high authority.” 42 VARIETIES COPPER ISSUES UNITED STATES' MINT IN THE TEAR 1794. 65 Maris, Edward, varieties of the copper issues of THE UNITED STATES MINT IN THE YEAR 1794 - SECOND edition. Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1870. 16 pages. Small octavo: 18 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary navy blue full morocco, sides paneled in gilt, upper cover lettered in gilt, chocolate brown endsheets, spine a bit worn, contents separated from binding, internally fine in an attractive, restorable binding of the period. $5000 Inscribed in ink at the head of the title: “J. Colvin Randall/Phil 4 .” Ink stamp of G. W. Lewis on verso of second free front flyleaf; address label of A. Kosoff on front pastedown. Ex August 8-9, 1968 Colby Ritzman sale, lot 60; ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex June 5, 1999 Kolbe Bass Sale II, lot 417. Of legendary rarity. Not in the Fuld Library sales. The initial edition of this landmark — the first separately published work on large cents — appeared in 1869. In the year which had elapsed since the appearance of the first edition an additional four new varieties had been discovered. All were duly noted in the new edition, a number of errors in the text were corrected and an attempt was made to gauge rarity. An additional 1794 half cent variety had also been discovered, bringing the number up to six. Given these substantial improvements, one wonders why the second edition did not reach an audience larger than that of the first. In fact, it appears to be far scarcer and only a dozen or so copies are currently known to have survived. The 1870 Maris, the 1881 Andrews and the 1923 Chapman are the keys to completing a large cent library. Usually at least two of the three are on the want list of the advanced specialist, and of those two, the 1870 Maris more often, it seems, is one of them. 43 VARIETIES Maris, Edward, varieties of the copper issues of THE UNITED STATES MINT IN THE YEAR 1794- SECOND edition. Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, Corner Fourth Street and Apple Tree Alley, 1870. 16 pages. Small octavo: 18 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary navy blue full morocco, sides paneled in gilt, upper cover lettered in gilt, chocolate brown endsheets, spine a bit worn, contents separated from binding, internally fine in an attractive, restorable binding of the period. $5000 Inscribed in ink at the head of the title: “J. Colvin Randall/Phil 4 .” Ink stamp of G. W. Lewis on verso of second free front flyleaf; address label of A. Kosoff on front pastedown. Ex August 8-9, 1968 Colby Ritzman sale, lot 60; ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex June 5, 1999 Kolbe Bass Sale II, lot 417. Of legendary rarity. Not in the Fuld Library sales. The initial edition of this landmark — the first separately published work on large cents — appeared in 1869. In the year which had elapsed since the appearance of the first edition an additional four new varieties had been discovered. All were duly noted in the new edition, a number of errors in the text were corrected and an attempt was made to gauge rarity. An additional 1794 half cent variety had also been discovered, bringing the number up to six. Given these substantial improvements, one wonders why the second edition did not reach an audience larger than that of the first. In fact, it appears to be far scarcer and only a dozen or so copies are currently known to have survived. The 1870 Maris, the 1881 Andrews and the 1923 Chapman are the keys to completing a large cent library. Usually at least two of the three are on the want list of the advanced specialist, and of those two, the 1870 Maris more often, it seems, is one of them. 43 66 Newcomb, Howard R. the united states cents of the years 1801 - 1802 - 1803 . Detroit, 1925. 85, (1) pages, 5 fine photographic plates, addition slip tipped in on page 73. Quarto: 31x24 cm. Original brown cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, spine gilt-lettered in sans-serif type: u. s. cents of 1801 - 02-03 h. r. newcomb 1925 , original silk marker with the cardboard cent gauge. Very fine. $500 (57 Newcomb, Howard R. the united states cents of the years 1801 - 1802 - 1803 . Detroit, 1925. 85, (1) pages, 5 fine photographic plates, addition slip tipped in, pencil additions in Newcomb’s hand. Loosely laid in are both varieties of the 1803 No. 24 supplemental photographic plate dated January 1928, the July 1931 supplemental photographic plate depicting both 1801 new varieties, and a different exposure of the original photographic plate depicting 1803 obverses. Quarto: 31 x 24 cm. Original brown doth, gilt, original green silk marker with the cardboard cent gauge. Fine/very fine. Housed in a tan cloth slipcase, lettered in gilt on the upper side, (also) Newcomb, Howard. R. holograph letter on hotel PENNSYLVANIA-NEW YORK STATIONERY TO FRANK S. 68 Newcomb, Howard R. the united states cents of the years 1801 - 1802 - 1803 . Detroit, 1925. 85, (1) pages, 5 fine photographic plates with tissue guards, erratum slip tipped in, numerous pencil annotations in the text. Quarto: 31 x 24 cm. Original brown cloth, gilt, original silk marker with the cardboard cent gauge. Very fine. Ex A. Kosoff, July 30, 1968; ex libris Harry W. Bass, Jr.; ex June 5, 1999 Kolbe Bass Sale II, lot 466. One of only 100 copies printed. An unusually fine example of apparently one of the earliest copies distributed, without any annotations (Newcomb appears to have routinely updated unsold copies in pencil as corrections and additions became known). The gilt lettering on the spine is atypical and is probably a later binder’s addition commissioned by an owner insistent on spine identification. Clapp’s work is one of the great milestones in large cent literature and the quest for a series of reliable works covering the entire series. smith. (New York), Oct 20th, 1940. Single sheet: 24 x 15 cm. Two fold-marks. Very fine. Accompanied by a small mailing envelope from Smith & Son to Doc. Ralph R. Ritzman, with 3