Kolbe & Fanning

Auction 166  –  25 February 2023

Kolbe & Fanning, Auction 166

Numismatic Literature

Sa, 25.02.2023, from 6:00 PM CET
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Todd, Frank Morton. THE STORY OF THE EXPOSITION: BEING THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION HELD AT SAN FRANCISCO IN 1915 TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL. New York and London: G.P. Putman's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1921. Five volumes, complete. 4to, original matching russet cloth, gilt. xvi, (2), 387 + x, 416 + xi, (1), 410 + xi, (1), 397, (1) + vii, (1), 266, 170 pages, appendix; approximately 600 illustrations, several dozen of them in color. Ex library copies, with typical markings including spine numbering. Very good or so. The official history of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. An entire chapter in Volume IV is devoted to Farran Zerbe's numismatic exhibit, and another to the commemorative coins issued for the Exposition.

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Price realized 130 USD
Starting price 65 USD
Estimate 100 USD
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