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First Edition Heath Counterfeit Detector
Heath, Laban. HEATH'S INFALLIBLE COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR AT SIGHT... Boston: Heath, 1864. First edition, second printing. 16mo, original blindstamped brown cloth; front cover lettered in gilt. 31, (1) pages; 8 engraved plates of bank note design elements, with original tissue guards, interspersed in the text, plate 6 serving as a frontispiece, plate 4 printed in red ink, and plate 8 printed in green ink. The testimonials have grown from one to five pages in this printing, the latest being dated Nov. 1, 1864. Near fine, with a small tear to the spine cloth at the head. Newman 1-P-2. A very well-preserved copy of this early printing. Better than the copy in the Newman Library.
Heath, Laban. HEATH'S INFALLIBLE COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR AT SIGHT... Boston: Heath, 1864. First edition, second printing. 16mo, original blindstamped brown cloth; front cover lettered in gilt. 31, (1) pages; 8 engraved plates of bank note design elements, with original tissue guards, interspersed in the text, plate 6 serving as a frontispiece, plate 4 printed in red ink, and plate 8 printed in green ink. The testimonials have grown from one to five pages in this printing, the latest being dated Nov. 1, 1864. Near fine, with a small tear to the spine cloth at the head. Newman 1-P-2. A very well-preserved copy of this early printing. Better than the copy in the Newman Library.