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ANA Centennial Volumes
Bowers, Q. David. THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CENTENNIAL HISTORY. Wolfeboro, 1991. Two volumes. 4to, original matching maroon leatherette, gilt. xi, (1), 842; (8), 843–1744 pages; illustrations. Near fine. [with] Carlson, Carl W.A., and Michael Hodder [editors]. THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY. Wolfeboro, 1991. 4to, original maroon leatherette, gilt. (12), 372 pages; text illustrations. Fine. The main work is a remarkable source of useful information, being a history of the association "as taken from the pages of The Numismatist," viewed from the author's perspective, and is an excellent distillation featuring quite a number of useful appendices and two indices. The anthology issued at the same time is important, and includes Eric P. Newman's "Heath's Counterfeit Detectors: An Extraordinarily Successful Comedy of Errors" and Martin Gengerke's "History of the Fractional Currency Presentation Books," both of which are listed in Kolbe's Reference Library. Kolbe 397.
Bowers, Q. David. THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CENTENNIAL HISTORY. Wolfeboro, 1991. Two volumes. 4to, original matching maroon leatherette, gilt. xi, (1), 842; (8), 843–1744 pages; illustrations. Near fine. [with] Carlson, Carl W.A., and Michael Hodder [editors]. THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY. Wolfeboro, 1991. 4to, original maroon leatherette, gilt. (12), 372 pages; text illustrations. Fine. The main work is a remarkable source of useful information, being a history of the association "as taken from the pages of The Numismatist," viewed from the author's perspective, and is an excellent distillation featuring quite a number of useful appendices and two indices. The anthology issued at the same time is important, and includes Eric P. Newman's "Heath's Counterfeit Detectors: An Extraordinarily Successful Comedy of Errors" and Martin Gengerke's "History of the Fractional Currency Presentation Books," both of which are listed in Kolbe's Reference Library. Kolbe 397.