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  • Lot 15209

    Beschreibung:
    Blue Cover Eckfeldt and DuBois With Gold Samples Philadelphia: Published by the Authors, 1850. 12mo, original blue paper boards lettered in gilt and silver, featuring embossed illustrations of American gold and silver coins in metallic tints; all page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece engraving of the Philadelphia Mint building; 60, (2) pages; 3 text illustrations; attractive plate of California and Mormon coins printed in gold and in relief on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 45 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing [the sample on the left contains native grains of gold held in place under mica, and the other sample is a thin sheet of processed ore]; tipped-in illustrated sheet at the end describing Mormon coins. Covers a bit wavy and rubbed, as generally seen; spine somewhat worn; some foxing. Cardboard gold sample holder fully intact. Very good or better, and well above average for the title. A very scarce and delightful numismatic memento of the California Gold Rush days, issued to supplement the authors' landmark 1842 work, A Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations. Though the original edition of New Varieties appears to have been substantial, most copies have not survived, and extant copies often have had their gold sample removed. This charming little volume is also greatly desired by collectors of Western Americana, further adding to its scarcity in numismatic channels. Wheat, Books of the California Gold Rush, No. 67: "Actual samples of California 'grain' and 'bar' gold, and reproductions of privately minted 1849 gold coins of California and of the Mormons in Utah render this little book an extraordinary and colorful contemporary souvenir of the Gold Rush." Estimate $3,500. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15209 (realized $3240). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11206

  • Lot 15208

    Beschreibung:
    Small Size Eckfeldt and DuBois With Actual Samples of California Gold Philadelphia: Published by the Authors, 1850. 12mo, original black paper boards lettered in gilt and silver, featuring embossed illustrations of American gold and silver coins in metallic tints; handwritten spine label; all page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece engraving of the Philadelphia Mint building; 60, (2) pages; 3 text illustrations; attractive plate of California and Mormon coins printed in relief in gold on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 45 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing [the sample on the left contains native grains of gold held in place under mica, and the other sample is a thin sheet of processed ore]; tipped-in illustrated sheet at the end describing Mormon coins. Covers a little scraped; foxing and browning throughout; tail of spine reinforced with black tape. Cardboard gold sample holder fully intact. Handwritten correction to page 19. Very good. The original edition was bound in several colors: black, blue, red and white, with black being the most common and white the least. Through the years, many copies have perished and the gold samples have frequently been removed. Clain-Stefanelli 11882. Davis 340. Among the most charming literary mementos of the California Gold Rush. This copy was displayed by Eric P. Newman in the Newman Money Museum at Washington University. Estimate $3,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15208 (realized $3120). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11203

  • Lot 15207

    Beschreibung:
    The First Edition of Eckfeldt & Du Bois To Contain '49er Gold Philadelphia: Published at the Assay Office of the Mint, 1842-1851. Small 4to, contemporary brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. (4), iv, (5)-220; (221)-240; (241)-242 pages; fine frontispiece engraving of the Mint building; 16 attractively engraved plates of coins, all on coated paper with original tissue guards; very fine plate of California and Mormon coins printed in gold and in relief on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 235 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing. The extremely rare December 1849 supplement comprising pages 221-240 contains the attractive plate of California and Mormon gold coins, the tipped-in Mormon plate, and the first appearance of the famous California gold samples. This copy also includes the even more rare (if less significant) 2-page 1851 addenda, including a depiction of the new three-cent silver piece. Fine. Estimate $4,000. Ex: W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. (3/1961). Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15207 (realized $3840). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11529

  • Lot 15207

    Beschreibung:
    The First Edition of Eckfeldt & Du Bois To Contain '49er Gold Philadelphia: Published at the Assay Office of the Mint, 1842-1851. Small 4to, contemporary brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. (4), iv, (5)-220; (221)-240; (241)-242 pages; fine frontispiece engraving of the Mint building; 16 attractively engraved plates of coins, all on coated paper with original tissue guards; very fine plate of California and Mormon coins printed in gold and in relief on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 235 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing. The extremely rare December 1849 supplement comprising pages 221-240 contains the attractive plate of California and Mormon gold coins, the tipped-in Mormon plate, and the first appearance of the famous California gold samples. This copy also includes the even more rare (if less significant) 2-page 1851 addenda, including a depiction of the new three-cent silver piece. Fine. Estimate $4,000. Ex: W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. (3/1961). Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15207 (realized $3840). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11529

  • Lot 15207

    Beschreibung:
    The First Edition of Eckfeldt & Du Bois To Contain '49er Gold Philadelphia: Published at the Assay Office of the Mint, 1842-1851. Small 4to, contemporary brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. (4), iv, (5)-220; (221)-240; (241)-242 pages; fine frontispiece engraving of the Mint building; 16 attractively engraved plates of coins, all on coated paper with original tissue guards; very fine plate of California and Mormon coins printed in gold and in relief on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 235 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing. The extremely rare December 1849 supplement comprising pages 221-240 contains the attractive plate of California and Mormon gold coins, the tipped-in Mormon plate, and the first appearance of the famous California gold samples. This copy also includes the even more rare (if less significant) 2-page 1851 addenda, including a depiction of the new three-cent silver piece. Fine. Estimate $4,000. Ex: W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. (3/1961). Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15207 (realized $3840). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11529

  • Lot 15206

    Beschreibung:
    Dye's Exceptionally Rare 1855 Bank Note Plate DelineatorPublished by John S. Dye, Exchange Broker, Publisher of "Dye's Bank Mirror," 172 Broadway, Corner of Maiden Lane, New-York, 1855. First edition. Folio [34.5 by 21.5 cm], original embossed green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover. Lithographic illustrated title page; (2), 287, (1) pages, with blank leaf inserted between pages 132 and 133; bordered typographical depictions of bank notes, 27 to a page, throughout. A well-worn copy. The cloth binding is stained and in some places torn, though original and largely intact. The entire text block is detached from the binding. The lithographic title, printed on thicker stock, is detached and chipped, as are the first and last few leaves, some of which lack corners. Poor, but textually complete and in the original binding. Worthy of being restored. An extremely rare and important volume. Its groundbreaking status as the first work to provide detailed information on genuine bank notes is stated by Dye in the introductory text: "The Paper currency of the United States is so varied in design, that the Counterfeiters could sport on the ignorance of the people, for no Detector that was ever published described the genuine note, the force of all publications that are devoted to money, being directed towards the spurious, altered and counterfeit." Dillistin (page 146) observes that Dye's groundbreaking work "appears to have had a rather brief existence" but that soon thereafter "J. Tyler Hodges ... undertook the publication of Hodges' New Bank Note Safe-Guard. The description of the notes and the style in which they are presented is identical with that of Dye's Delineator." Dillistin concludes Hodges pirated the Dye publication, but this is now held to be unlikely, given that Hodges's Safe-Guard was published for a number of years, apparently without any objection from Dye, and that the first edition of Hodges would seem to have been printed from the very same plates as Dye's Delineator--all of which suggests a legal transfer of ownership. Whatever its ultimate legacy, Dye's landmark 1855 work is very rare. The ANS Library does not have a copy, nor was it in the Fuld, Champa, or Bass libraries. This is the first copy offered in numismatic channels since the Ford copy sold in 2004. That copy, well-preserved though in a modern binding, brought $3500 hammer. This is a rare opportunity. Estimate $1,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15206 (realized $1080). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11352

  • Lot 15206

    Beschreibung:
    Dye's Exceptionally Rare 1855 Bank Note Plate DelineatorPublished by John S. Dye, Exchange Broker, Publisher of "Dye's Bank Mirror," 172 Broadway, Corner of Maiden Lane, New-York, 1855. First edition. Folio [34.5 by 21.5 cm], original embossed green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover. Lithographic illustrated title page; (2), 287, (1) pages, with blank leaf inserted between pages 132 and 133; bordered typographical depictions of bank notes, 27 to a page, throughout. A well-worn copy. The cloth binding is stained and in some places torn, though original and largely intact. The entire text block is detached from the binding. The lithographic title, printed on thicker stock, is detached and chipped, as are the first and last few leaves, some of which lack corners. Poor, but textually complete and in the original binding. Worthy of being restored. An extremely rare and important volume. Its groundbreaking status as the first work to provide detailed information on genuine bank notes is stated by Dye in the introductory text: "The Paper currency of the United States is so varied in design, that the Counterfeiters could sport on the ignorance of the people, for no Detector that was ever published described the genuine note, the force of all publications that are devoted to money, being directed towards the spurious, altered and counterfeit." Dillistin (page 146) observes that Dye's groundbreaking work "appears to have had a rather brief existence" but that soon thereafter "J. Tyler Hodges ... undertook the publication of Hodges' New Bank Note Safe-Guard. The description of the notes and the style in which they are presented is identical with that of Dye's Delineator." Dillistin concludes Hodges pirated the Dye publication, but this is now held to be unlikely, given that Hodges's Safe-Guard was published for a number of years, apparently without any objection from Dye, and that the first edition of Hodges would seem to have been printed from the very same plates as Dye's Delineator--all of which suggests a legal transfer of ownership. Whatever its ultimate legacy, Dye's landmark 1855 work is very rare. The ANS Library does not have a copy, nor was it in the Fuld, Champa, or Bass libraries. This is the first copy offered in numismatic channels since the Ford copy sold in 2004. That copy, well-preserved though in a modern binding, brought $3500 hammer. This is a rare opportunity. Estimate $1,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15206 (realized $1080). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11352

  • Lot 15205

    Beschreibung:
    The Very Rare Pledges of HistoryBy William E. Du Bois, Assistant Assayer of the Mint, and One of the Authors of the Manual of Coins. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, 1846. 16mo, later embossed blue cloth; hand-lettered spine label. 138, (6) pages. Lacking numismatic frontispiece (of which a photocopy is laid in), which has had an unrelated plate substituted for it. Binding a bit worn, with cracked hinges; pages somewhat browned and a little brittle. Very good or so. Rare: one of only 140 copies printed of this pioneering work, which comprises the first listing of the contents of the Mint Cabinet. Estimate $750. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15205 (realized $600). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11461

  • Lot 15205

    Beschreibung:
    The Very Rare Pledges of HistoryBy William E. Du Bois, Assistant Assayer of the Mint, and One of the Authors of the Manual of Coins. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, 1846. 16mo, later embossed blue cloth; hand-lettered spine label. 138, (6) pages. Lacking numismatic frontispiece (of which a photocopy is laid in), which has had an unrelated plate substituted for it. Binding a bit worn, with cracked hinges; pages somewhat browned and a little brittle. Very good or so. Rare: one of only 140 copies printed of this pioneering work, which comprises the first listing of the contents of the Mint Cabinet. Estimate $750. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15205 (realized $600). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11461

  • Lot 15204

    Beschreibung:
    Perhaps the Most Important Early Work on American Colonial Paper MoneyBoston: Printed, MDCCXL. And London: Reprinted, MDCCLI. 62 pages; woodcut tailpiece. Small 4to [20.5 by 13.5 cm], modern brown morocco-backed linen boards; spine lettered and decorated in gilt. A very rare work that discusses the paper money of Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, New Hampshire, the Carolinas, Georgia, Rhode Island, the West Indies and Canada. Clain-Stefanelli 13295. Sabin 20721. Occasional marks and discoloration; early annotations and underlining. Very good. Estimate $1,500. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15204 (realized $2280). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11006