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UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE.
Adams, John W.
Volume I Nineteenth Century Auction Catalogs
Reprint of 1982 edition. With very little having been written on the literature of coin collecting, the author covers nineteenth century American auction catalogues in this volume. One thousand catalogues issued by nineteen dealers during the formative years of American numismatics are analyzed by content. Includes bibliography, chronological list of catalogs, and index. With twenty-three black-and-white illustrations. Leaflet of additions and corrections loosely laid
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS, SITUATED IN THE WESTERN ...
by Keate, George
First edition (Hill p.160; Howgego Vol.1, W41). With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson, sixteen engraved plates and maps (one folding map, one folding coastal profile, three views, three portraits and eight other plates). Pelew Islands (Palau Islands today) lie to the east of Minkanao in the Phillippines and the shipwrecked sailors were the first European visitors to this island. Pinned to the errata leaf in the back is a four page piece of paper with old writing on the first two leaves concerning King Abba coming on board the ship. Covers rubbed with small worn spots along hinges and edges.
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