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| WORLD LITERATURE & CATALOGUES: WORLD | ||||
| Lot | Description | Reserve | Estimate | Your Bid |
| 14150 |
Catalogue of World Ferry, Ship, and Canal Transportation Tokens and Passes. Kenneth E. Smith and Kirk S. Smith. Redondo Beach, California, American Vecturist Association, 1981, first edition. Hardback in black cloth with gilt titles, 202 pages, illustrated in black and white. A specialised country-by-country reference to water-borne transportation exonumia outside North America, beginning with a short overview of fare media used on ferries, shipping lines, harbour craft, river and canal services, then moving into a clear listing format arranged by nation, locality, and issuing authority, with concise descriptions to separate types and varieties and practical notes and cross-references where known. A useful index keyed to obverse inscriptions allows quick lookup across different languages, making it a genuinely practical desk catalogue for collectors and researchers. Signed by co-editor Kirk S. Smith on the half-title. A bright, clean copy with sharp gilt, firm boards, and crisp, unmarked pages, showing only the lightest shelf handling. |
A$40 (US$28) (€24) (£22) |
A$100 (US$71) (€61) (£54) |
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| 14151 |
Catalogue of World Transportation Tokens and Passes (Except North America). Kenneth E. Smith. Redondo Beach, California, American Vecturist Association, 1967, first edition (distributed by Kenneth E. Smith). 8vo, black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. An early and highly practical world survey of transportation fare media beyond North America, opening with a short outline of how tokens and passes developed and were used, then arranged by region and country for straightforward attribution, covering Australasia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Listings follow a consistent format by locality and issuing authority across tram, bus, rail and related operators, with concise notes to separate types and varieties, supported by helpful definitions, abbreviations, and indexes to issuers and places for quick lookup. A bright, sharp copy with clean cloth and gilt, and fresh pages throughout. |
A$40 (US$28) (€24) (£22) |
A$100 (US$71) (€61) (£54) |
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| 14152 |
Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present, 7th edition. Arthur L. Friedberg and Ira S. Friedberg, based on the original work by Robert Friedberg. A large format illustrated standard catalogue with valuations, long regarded as the essential bench reference for identifying and pricing gold coinage worldwide, from the sixth century B.C. to modern issues, and using the universally recognised Friedberg numbering system. Richly illustrated and built for practical use, it offers extensive photographic coverage, thousands of listings, and valuations in two grades, making it an especially convenient and dependable reference for collectors, dealers, and cataloguers working across multiple countries and periods. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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| 14153 |
Money on the Silk Road. Paperback, Wang, Helen. 1 June 2005. A very important and highly useful study of the money of Eastern Central Asia up to about A.D. 800, covering more than 900 years across a vast and culturally varied region. Because written historical sources are limited and often say little about money, the book relies heavily on archaeological evidence, combining the study of coins with contemporary documentary material excavated from sites across Eastern Central Asia. Carefully arranged in four parts, it sets out the historical background, examines the numismatic evidence, reviews the documentary record, and then brings the material together into a new framework for understanding money in the region. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept. |
A$40 (US$28) (€24) (£22) |
A$100 (US$71) (€61) (£54) |
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| 14154 |
Numismatic Bibliography. Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli (Munich, Battenberg, 1985). xii, 1,848 pages. The definitive single-volume bibliography of numismatic literature, and one of the most important reference tools ever produced for the serious collector, researcher, or cataloguer, invaluable for tracing standard works, locating specialist studies, and following the wider published literature behind coin research, attribution, and scholarly catalogue work. Original half-leather binding with laminated boards, housed in the cardboard slipcase. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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| 14155 |
Oriental Coins and Their Values: Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies A.D. 600-1979. Michael Mitchiner (Sanderstead, London, Hawkins Publications, 1979). Hardcover, 640 pages, cataloguing more than 4,750 coins with black and white illustrations and occasional enlargements. A wide ranging and highly practical handbook, extending well beyond the usual series to include unusual monetary forms and curious currency, while still providing solid working coverage for India and Ceylon from the sixth to twentieth centuries, European colonial issues in the region, the Himalayan states, South East Asia, and the Far East including China, Vietnam, and Japan. A useful single volume reference for identification, comparison, and general cataloguing across a remarkably broad field. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work. |
A$200 (US$142) (€122) (£108) |
A$500 (US$355) (€305) (£270) |
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| 14156 |
Oriental Coins and Their Values, Volume III: Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies, AD 600?1979, Michael Mitchiner (London, Hawkins Publications, 1979), hardcover, 640 pp, illustrated throughout with clear black-and-white coin photographs and line drawings, ISBN 0-904173-18-6. The third volume of Mitchiner?s long-running standard series, cataloguing over 4,750 types across a huge sweep of Asia, from post-classical Indian and Indo-Sassanian issues through the non-Islamic states of South Asia, the Himalayas and South-East Asia, and on to the Western colonial coinages of British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Danish administrations. Arranged for quick attribution by region and authority, then by ruler or period, it gives Mitchiner numbers, detailed type descriptions with legends in transliteration where needed, plus denominations, metals, weights, mints and mintmarks, dating conventions, rarity notes and period valuations, supported by helpful metrology tables and strong indices for fast cross-reference. A dependable bench reference for attributors and cataloguers, complete and exceptionally well preserved for its size and age, with tight square binding and crisp, unmarked interiors. |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
A$300 (US$213) (€183) (£162) |
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| 14157 |
Standard Catalog of Stocks & Bonds. Stahlberg, Rainer, with Colin R. Bruce II. Iola, Wisconsin, Krause Publications, 2002. Large 4to laminated pictorial softcover, 708 pp, illustrated throughout (c. 2,500 photos; 8 pages in color). A comprehensive worldwide scripophily reference with 6,500+ listings, arranged by country and issuer across the major fields (railroads, mining, utilities, banking, industrials, etc.), with standardized descriptions and pricing data for certificate type, issuer and locality, dates, denomination/par value, vignettes, printer/imprint, color, and varieties; includes collecting notes, a brief historical overview, and indexes for quick lookup. Very good condition, close to new, bright glossy covers with only minimal shelf wear, tight binding, and clean, unmarked pages. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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| 14158 |
The Numismatic Chronicle, group of 7 books, a consecutive run from 2005 to 2011, comprising (1) Volume 165, 2005; (2) Volume 166, 2006; (3) Volume 167, 2007; (4) Volume 168, 2008; (5) Volume 169, 2009; (6) Volume 170, 2010; and (7) Volume 171, 2011, all published in London by the Royal Numismatic Society. An important modern run of one of the great scholarly numismatic journals, containing substantial articles, notes, and research across ancient, medieval, and later coinage, and a highly useful reference group when found in a complete consecutive sequence such as this. Crisp, fresh, and untouched since received, preserved in the library with protective covers, essentially brand new. |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
A$300 (US$213) (€183) (£162) |
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| 14159 |
The British Numismatic Journal, group of 8 books, a consecutive run from 2013 to 2020, comprising (1) 2013, Volume 83, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2012, edited by E. M. Screen and M. R. Allen; (2) 2014, Volume 84, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2013, edited by Martin Allen; (3) 2015, Volume 85, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2014, edited by Martin Allen; (4) 2016, Volume 86, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2015, edited by Martin Allen; (5) 2017, Volume 87, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2016, edited by Martin Allen; (6) 2018, Volume 88, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2017, edited by Martin Allen; (7) 2019, Volume 89, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2018, edited by Martin Allen; and (8) 2020, Volume 90, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2019, edited by Martin Allen. An excellent consecutive modern run of one of the principal English language numismatic journals, containing important articles, notes, reviews, and society proceedings of lasting value for British, ancient, medieval, and later numismatics. Brand new, crisp, and untouched since received, preserved in the library with protective covers |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
A$300 (US$213) (€183) (£162) |
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| 14160 |
The Gros Tournois, by N. J. Mayhew. Royal Numismatic Society, 1997. Quarto, red cloth with dust jacket, 520 pages, 42 plates. A serious and very useful study of the French gros tournois coinage of the 13th and 14th centuries, bringing together 17 papers first presented at the 14th Oxford Symposium on Coinage and Monetary History. An excellent copy, really in great shape overall, with clean covers, a strong binding, and a fresh, well-kept appearance. The dust jacket has only light shelf wear from handling, and the book presents at about EF quality for a reference work of this age. |
A$40 (US$28) (€24) (£22) |
A$100 (US$71) (€61) (£54) |
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