Fanning, David F. ANCIENT COINS IN EARLY AMERICAN AUCTIONS, 1869–1939. Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2020. Crown 4to, blue quarter morocco with gray Japanese cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; hand-marbled endpapers. 288 pages; illustrated in color throughout. Fine. Deluxe edition, limited to 10 copies bound using high-quality morocco goatskin and fine Japanese bookbinding cloth. A bibliography and analysis of American auction catalogues issued before the Second World War that feature photographically printed illustrations of ancient coins. Includes biographical material concerning the dealers whose catalogues are discussed, as well as a statistical analysis of the catalogues and supplementary information relevant to provenance research. This is copy No. 7. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
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