Watch List notes:

Longueville, Captain C., Catalogue of Collection of Coins Made by the late Captain C. Longueville of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China's Customs, Hong Kong, 1892, original printings of three volumes hardbound together, includes foreword from Joseph Haas from the Austro-Hungarian Consulate-General in Shanghai, and personal letters from Douglas Graham in Hong Kong, Reginald Graham in London, all to John Reilly Jr. in New York, ex. H. F. Bowker Numismatic Library. Howard Franklin Bowker (1889-1970) was a numismatist and philatelist, collecting and specializing in Chinese coins, stamps and banknotes. He created the first bibliography of Western language publications on East Asian numismatics. John Reilly, Jr. (1876-1931) began his career as an engineer, but his love of coin collecting became his primary interest, and he would eventually amass the largest collection of Far Eastern coins in the world.

Estimate: 25-35 USD