Adams, John W. UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. VOLUME I: NINETEENTH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGS. VOLUME II: TWENTIETH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGS. Mission Viejo & Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe, 1982 & 1990. Two volumes. Small 4to, matching original red quarter morocco; gray cloth sides, lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges gilt. 270, (2); 418, (2) pages; frontispiece portraits in both volumes; 22 + 21 additional portrait and other plates; original ink portrait of John W. Scott bound in with tissue guard; pictorial endpapers; printed throughout in red and black ink on acid-free paper. Fine. A matching set of the Special Edition. Number 9 of only 21 sets issued, featuring an original ink portrait of Edward Cogan. Gengerke page i: "covers only the major numismatic firms ... but covers them in great detail. Not only are the contents listed for each sale, but consignors are listed and most sales are rated for quality of material and cataloging. Also included is an enjoyable history of each firm, giving the flavor of the period." Twenty-one of the twenty-two plates in the first volume were derived from fine ink sketches by Alan Dietz, commissioned by the publisher. An original sketch was bound in each Special Edition copy of Volume I, facing its printed counterpart. Kolbe 1040. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 121, lot 899; ex Cardinal Collection Library.