Breen, Walter. WALTER BREEN'S COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. AND COLONIAL COINS. New York: FCI/Doubleday, 1988. 4to, original black cloth. xiv, 754 pages; illustrated. Inscribed to Armand Champa on June 2, 1988 (see comments). Fine. Possibly the first copy signed by Breen, inscribed by him to Armand Champa: "Long Beach June 2, 1988. First copy signed here! For Armand Champa—friend & fellow Bibliomaniac—with respect & incredulous admiration—this is inscribed by a grateful Walter Breen." In cataloguing this volume for Part III of the Champa Library sales, Charles Davis noted that the June Long Beach show was the first to be attended by Breen after the release of the Complete Encyclopedia. Certainly one of the first signed if not the very first. Breen's Complete Encyclopedia is probably the greatest single attempt to discuss all U.S. coinage, including colonial and private coinages, in a single volume. While some have focused on the text's occasional errors and the volume's production problems, it would be impossible to name another reference work that includes so much solid information on U.S. coins. Ex Armand Champa Library (Davis/Bowers Sale III, lot 2120).