Deluxe Adams on Admiral Vernon

Adams, John W., Fernando Chao (h) and Anne E. Bentley. MEDALLIC PORTRAITS OF ADMIRAL VERNON: MEDALS SOMETIMES LIE. Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2010. 4to, original tan half morocco with cream linen sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. 240 pages, illustrated in color. Fine. The deluxe edition of the comprehensive standard reference work on Admiral Vernon medals. No. 14 of 16 thus bound. “One of the signal triumphs of modern numismatic scholarship.” — Joel J. Orosz.