Search Results: Authors starting with C from Kolbe & Fanning

1911. Includes Cahn's 1909 sale of the Fleischel collection, Hess's 1899 catalogue of the Heyer collection, Rosenberg's 1911 catalogue of the Ahrens collection and Hamburger's 1906 catalogue of the Baesecke collection. See comments for full details. 8vo, contemporary brown cloth, gilt. Binding worn, with spine cloth torn; very good or so. Catalogues present are: Adolph E. Cahn, "Sammlung Egon Fleischel. Doppeltaler und Taler des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts," Frankfurt a. M., 25.-26. November 1909. (2), 40 pages; 730 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. Lacks plates. [bound with] Adolph Hess Nachf. Deutsche Thaler und Doppelthaler des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Sammlung des Herrn Wilhelm Heyer in Cöln. Frankfurt a. M., 9.-13. Oktober 1899. (2), 116 pages; 3036 lots; prices realized list bound in. [bound with] Sally Rosenberg. Sammlung des Herrn Dr. A.E. Ahrens-Hamburg. Neufürstliche, gräfliche und freiherrliche Häuser. Frankfurt a. M., 20. Februar 1911 und folgende Tage. (4), 131, (1) pages; 1974 lots; 6 fine… Read More

Roma, 1970. Folio, original blue leatherette, gilt; jacket. 222, (2) pages; well illustrated; 24 color plates. Near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 10175.

Musée Royal de Mariemont, 2008. 4to, original printed card covers. 155, (3) pages; illustrated. Fine. Chalon is best known today for his role in the Fortsas hoax in 1840, which involved an obscure auction sale consisting exclusively of "unique" works unknown in the standard bibliographies, which had been dreamed up by Chalon to appeal to particular book collectors of the day—all of whom managed to learn about the sale and many of whom fell for it. His numismatic works focus mostly on medieval issues of the Low Counties, a subject on which he published hundreds of articles. His few book-length works are generally quite rare though still cited.

Padova, 2008. New. Small 4to, original printed card covers. 371, (1) pages; text illustrations, a few in color. Ex George F. Kolbe library with his bookplate on inside cover. Near fine. An excellent work on this prolific and highly regarded early numismatic author, with an introduction by Christian Dekesel.

Wetteren, 1981. 4to, original russet cloth, gilt. 140, (4) pages; 4 + 16 plates. Fine. Numismatique romaine: essais, recherches et documents, Vol. XII.

Gadoury, 2020. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. 240 pages; illustrated in color. New. From the Publisher: The Corpus Luiginorum is the work of Maurice Cammarano, a great collector of luigini. This 240-page Italian book, illustrated with numerous color photographs of coins and details, as well as drawings, archives, historical notes on coins and family trees, is a must for any luigini collector.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2004. Two volumes. Both 8vo, bound in Japan cloth with brown leather spine labels, gilt, text volume in russet, cloth sample book in olive. Housed together in brown Japan cloth slipcase. Title page printed in red and black. 81, (1) untrimmed heavy stock. Sample book contains five pages of different categories of high-quality bookbinding cloth in an accordion fold. Fine. No. 63 of 170 copies. Finely printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press.

New York: ANS, 2020. Tall 4to, original black boards lettered in silver; jacket. vii, (1), 266, (2) pages; 142 plates depicting 1737 coins. New. A comprehensive study of Roman cistophori struck for circulation in the Asian provinces, cataloguing and illustration over 1700 examples of tetradrachms and fractions from Ephesus, Pergamum, Tralles, Laodicea, Apamea, Adramyteum, Nysa, and Smyrna. Volume 42 in the American Numismatic Society's Numismatic Studies series.

Chelsea, Michigan: C4, 1998. 4to, original orange printed cloth. xiv, 218 pages; illustrated. New. The first book to be published by the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), and a welcome contribution to the study of these enigmatic and charming coins.

Paris, 2012. 8vo, original printed card covers. xvii, (1), 326, (2) pages. Fine.

London, 1978. Tall 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece; xiii, 250 pages; maps; tables; 24 plates. Near fine. An important festschrift.

Washington, 1926. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 23, (1) pages; 20 plates. Some wear to cover; near fine.

London: Spink, 2021. Crown 4to, original pictorial boards. (2), 345, (5) pages; illustrated throughout in color. New. A comprehensive and well-illustrated catalogue of Roman bronze coin types, with each reverse type illustrated for the period covered. Covers the monetary systems, rulers, mints, weigh standards, legends, and much else.

Toronto, 2019. Dixième édition. 8vo, original spiral-bound pictorial card covers. xxxix, 2-250 pages; illustrated. New. The first French-language edition of Canadian Colonial Tokens: A Charlton Standard Catalogue.

Philadelphia, 1924. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. 23, (1) pages; 498 lots. Folded for mailing; address written on rear cover. Near fine. Adams 27. Important for early coppers and rather scarce. Ex Phil Carrigan Library.

B&B reprint of the June 20, 1913 original. 8vo, original gilt-printed paper covers. (2), (4), 45, (1) pages; 732 lots; 9 halftone reprint plates. Covers a bit discolored; else fine. The B&B reprint of this notable sale, taken from a hand-priced copy. A truly memorable Chapman sale of United States large cents and other pieces. Adams 11. Clain-Stefanelli 12420. Davis 221.

Philadelphia, 1932. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. iv, 78, (2) pages; 1431 lots. Fine. Henryís final catalogue and, hence, the final Chapman brother catalogue (Samuel Hudson having retired in 1929 and having ceased cataloguing five years previously). Adams 51.

Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, 8211. Large 4to, later white cloth; front cover and spine lettered in gilt. xii, 653, (1) pages; 7302 lots; 42 superb photographic plates of coins and medals. Original printed prices realized list bound in. Marginal repair to price list. Near fine. Adams 40, with plates. Rated A+ overall: "Henry Chapman's magnum opus. Superb coins of the world plus U.S. all series, all expertly described." The most famous of the Chapman sales and one of the most renowned American coin auctions ever held. John Story Jenks began collecting coins around 1850 and was 82 years of age when his collection was sold. Chapman claimed that "He is probably the oldest collector in the United States, and nearly every important sale has contributed to his collection." Twenty years his junior, Henry Chapman was still at the height of his considerable powers: "Suffice it to say I have not spared my faculties, energy or money to give in this catalogue full descriptions of the coins contained in this grand… Read More

Cleveland, 1924. 8vo, original gilt-printed card covers. iv, 19, (1) pages; 321 lots. Covers discolored and a little wrinkled. Very good. The 1924 American Numismatic Association Convention auction catalogue. Scarce. Adams 45: ìBaldwin $50. Fugio varieties. XF 1811 1¢. Order of Cincinnati signed by Washington. Breton 916.î.

Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Sons, Auctioneers, 8211. 4to, later white cloth, gilt. 199, (1) pages; 3792 lots; 15 fine photographic plates. Original prices realized list bound in. Fine. Adams 15. An important sale of U.S. and world coins, with 15 exceptionally fine photographic plates. This wide-ranging, representative collection was formed by New York financier Charles Gregory, of whom Chapman wrote: "It seems very natural that a banker, using the moneys of the world, should turn his attention to forming a collection of them." Two plates depict ancient and European gold coins; ten plates illustrate European silver coins, among them multiple thalers and a 70 ducat of Sigismund III; one plate depicts colonial and United States silver coins; and the final two plates illustrate notable American pioneer gold coins. Adams A: "Excellent dollars of the world. Baker 106 in gold. RR Bechtlers. Dunbar $5. Lincoln, Johnson peace medals." Davis 224. Fanning 21.