Kolbe & Fanning
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Abe Kosoff's Annotated Adams & Woodin
Adams, Edgar H., and William H. Woodin. UNITED STATES PATTERN, TRIAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES. BEING A LIST OF THE PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES MINT FROM 1792 UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. New York: ANS, 1913. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; decorative endpapers. (8), 196 pages; text illustrations. Heavily annotated throughout, with writing on nearly every page, in multiple colored pencils. Binding very worn, with some signatures loose. Good. A very important copy of this landmark work. Based on Woodin's extensive holdings, the Adams-Woodin compilation was a quantum leap over what little had previously been published on patterns. For half a century, it remained the standard reference on these fascinating pieces. This copy has been heavily annotated by Abe Kosoff, who was intimately involved with the development of the Judd pattern book that took the AW volume's place as the standard work on the subject. The annotations are mostly in blue and red pencil, with blue indicating those pieces in the Newcomer-Boyd collections, and the red indicating those derived from the Woodin-Newcomer-Green-Boyd pedigree chain. Other known examples are recorded, usually in regular pencil, along with prices. Entries are crossed out where erroneous, and additional information added where necessary. On the front flyleaf are notes on the diagnostic features of 1804 dollars, while the verso of the rear flyleaf includes a listing of the pieces dated 1883 and 1884 struck at the Philadelphia Mint for the Kingdom of Hawaii. This copy has been in the same hands since 1983, when it was purchased at Jack Collins's first numismatic literature sale; Kosoff's second annotated copy, also included in that sale, was sold to Armand Champa. Of considerable importance to the student of U.S. pattern coinage. Ex Jack Collins's October 1, 1983 sale (lot 319 at $875 hammer); ex John Dannreuther Library.
Adams, Edgar H., and William H. Woodin. UNITED STATES PATTERN, TRIAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES. BEING A LIST OF THE PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES MINT FROM 1792 UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. New York: ANS, 1913. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; decorative endpapers. (8), 196 pages; text illustrations. Heavily annotated throughout, with writing on nearly every page, in multiple colored pencils. Binding very worn, with some signatures loose. Good. A very important copy of this landmark work. Based on Woodin's extensive holdings, the Adams-Woodin compilation was a quantum leap over what little had previously been published on patterns. For half a century, it remained the standard reference on these fascinating pieces. This copy has been heavily annotated by Abe Kosoff, who was intimately involved with the development of the Judd pattern book that took the AW volume's place as the standard work on the subject. The annotations are mostly in blue and red pencil, with blue indicating those pieces in the Newcomer-Boyd collections, and the red indicating those derived from the Woodin-Newcomer-Green-Boyd pedigree chain. Other known examples are recorded, usually in regular pencil, along with prices. Entries are crossed out where erroneous, and additional information added where necessary. On the front flyleaf are notes on the diagnostic features of 1804 dollars, while the verso of the rear flyleaf includes a listing of the pieces dated 1883 and 1884 struck at the Philadelphia Mint for the Kingdom of Hawaii. This copy has been in the same hands since 1983, when it was purchased at Jack Collins's first numismatic literature sale; Kosoff's second annotated copy, also included in that sale, was sold to Armand Champa. Of considerable importance to the student of U.S. pattern coinage. Ex Jack Collins's October 1, 1983 sale (lot 319 at $875 hammer); ex John Dannreuther Library.