Vlasto, M. P. Alexander Son of Neoptolemos of Epirus. London, 1926. [Ex: Numismatic Chronicle, Fifth Series, Vol, VI.] 8vo., pp. 79, (1), 3 fine plates. Original printed boards, dusty but fine overall. [With:] Les monnaies d’or de Tarente. Athens, 1899. [Ex: JIAN, tome deuxième, quatrième trimestre, 1899.] 8vo., pp. (7)–240, (2); 5 fine plates, the first two neatly annotated in black ink, with eleven plates of Tarentum coins taken from the Numismatic Chronicle, loosely inserted at the end. In contemporary brown quarter calf and red textured cloth boards, the upper cover gilt embossed with a label pasted on, marbled endpapers. Worn and rubbed, particularly to the spine, the upper cover detached. The first page inscribed with the author’s compliments. [With:] Rare or Unpublished Coins of Taras. London, 1907. [Ex: Numismatic Chronicle, Fourth Series, Vol. VII.] 8vo., pp. 14; 1 plate. Original printed wrappers. [With:] On a Recent Find of Coins Struck During the Hannibalic Occupation at Tarentum. London, 1909. [Ex: Numismatic Chronicle, Fourth Series, Vol. IX.] 8vo., pp. 11, (1); 1 plate. Original printed wrappers. [With:] The Late Mr E. P. Warren’s Hoard of Tarentine Horsemen & Other Contributions to Tarentine Numismatics. London, 1930. [Ex: Numismatic Chronicle, Fifth Series, Vol. X.] 8vo., pp. 57, (1); 3 plates. Original printed wrappers. The upper cover chipped and detached. The first and last inscribed by the author to Jacob Hirsch. A valuable selection of important articles by Vlasto, the foremost contributor to this area of coinage. Important and rarely offered. (5)
Daehn 2860, 2861, 2862 & 2865. Kroh p. 17 (five stars).