Kolbe & Fanning
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Browning on Quarters, Heavily Annotated by Breen
Browning, A.W. THE EARLY QUARTER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES 1796–1838. WITH A FEW REMARKS CONCERNING THEIR TYPES, VARIETIES AND RARITY. ILLUSTRATED ON EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. New York: Wayte Raymond, 1925 & (John J. Ford, Jr., 1950). 8vo, original crimson cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt. 36 pages; 8 fine linen-backed photographic plates of coins. Extensively annotated throughout by Walter Breen, with various inserts. Inscribed to Breen by John J. Ford, Jr. in 1951. What appears to be a signature of E.H.R. Green appears on the title page (see comments). Very good. An extraordinary copy of the 1950 reissue of the classic work on early quarter dollars by Ard W. Browning (1869–1933), originally published in 1925 by Wayte Raymond. As with some of the other Breen-associated items in this sale, the extent of the annotations is difficult to overstate. While the introduction is left alone, every single page of the main text is heavily annotated, generally in pencil but with a few additions in ink. The annotations provide additional observations regarding specific dies, notes on die cracks and other phenomena relevant to die state studies, estimations of rarity, the presence of notable examples in various auctions, cross-references to other publications, revised mintages, and so on. Rubbings have been taken of four coins in the margins. Seven items are laid in, including handwritten notes regarding specific varieties, a copy of Breen's article "Notes on Early Quarter Dollars" (published in the February 1954 issue of the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine), a full description of the post-Browning B-10 variety, first described in New Netherlands Sale 33; typewritten comments on quarters of the later 1810s; and an ANACS photo card depicting the discovery "B-6" 1821 quarter. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]
Browning, A.W. THE EARLY QUARTER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES 1796–1838. WITH A FEW REMARKS CONCERNING THEIR TYPES, VARIETIES AND RARITY. ILLUSTRATED ON EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. New York: Wayte Raymond, 1925 & (John J. Ford, Jr., 1950). 8vo, original crimson cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt. 36 pages; 8 fine linen-backed photographic plates of coins. Extensively annotated throughout by Walter Breen, with various inserts. Inscribed to Breen by John J. Ford, Jr. in 1951. What appears to be a signature of E.H.R. Green appears on the title page (see comments). Very good. An extraordinary copy of the 1950 reissue of the classic work on early quarter dollars by Ard W. Browning (1869–1933), originally published in 1925 by Wayte Raymond. As with some of the other Breen-associated items in this sale, the extent of the annotations is difficult to overstate. While the introduction is left alone, every single page of the main text is heavily annotated, generally in pencil but with a few additions in ink. The annotations provide additional observations regarding specific dies, notes on die cracks and other phenomena relevant to die state studies, estimations of rarity, the presence of notable examples in various auctions, cross-references to other publications, revised mintages, and so on. Rubbings have been taken of four coins in the margins. Seven items are laid in, including handwritten notes regarding specific varieties, a copy of Breen's article "Notes on Early Quarter Dollars" (published in the February 1954 issue of the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine), a full description of the post-Browning B-10 variety, first described in New Netherlands Sale 33; typewritten comments on quarters of the later 1810s; and an ANACS photo card depicting the discovery "B-6" 1821 quarter. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]