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Mehl's Set of Geoffrey Charlton Adams's Periodical
Adams, Geoffrey Charlton. THE COIN CABINET. A MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS. Volume I, Nos. 1-4, complete. New York, November 1905-May 1906. 8vo, later green cloth, title and publication information clipped from a copy not in this volume and affixed to front board; original printed card covers bound in. 62, (2) pages. Very good. Bourne 1900-19. A complete set of this very scarce periodical, published for only six months. The opening lines of the first issue suggest a man with gumption: "We don't know whether there is room for another Numismatic Journal or not and WE DON'T CARE: we are going to print one anyway..." The Coin Cabinet published and reprinted articles on a wide variety of numismatic subjects, mostly of American interest. The March 1906 issue included an article by "Perfect S. Wine" on "Auction Room Ethics," an article which deserves to be better remembered. Adams conducted an active business for a few years, until it came crashing down and he disappeared from the numismatic scene. As John Adams notes: "Three years after he surfaces--in October of 1906, to be exact--he earns the rare honor of being expelled from the American Numismatic Association." Ex B. Max Mehl Library, though not so marked; ex Ron Stocker Library (Kolbe Sale 14, lot 835); ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $250)
Adams, Geoffrey Charlton. THE COIN CABINET. A MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS. Volume I, Nos. 1-4, complete. New York, November 1905-May 1906. 8vo, later green cloth, title and publication information clipped from a copy not in this volume and affixed to front board; original printed card covers bound in. 62, (2) pages. Very good. Bourne 1900-19. A complete set of this very scarce periodical, published for only six months. The opening lines of the first issue suggest a man with gumption: "We don't know whether there is room for another Numismatic Journal or not and WE DON'T CARE: we are going to print one anyway..." The Coin Cabinet published and reprinted articles on a wide variety of numismatic subjects, mostly of American interest. The March 1906 issue included an article by "Perfect S. Wine" on "Auction Room Ethics," an article which deserves to be better remembered. Adams conducted an active business for a few years, until it came crashing down and he disappeared from the numismatic scene. As John Adams notes: "Three years after he surfaces--in October of 1906, to be exact--he earns the rare honor of being expelled from the American Numismatic Association." Ex B. Max Mehl Library, though not so marked; ex Ron Stocker Library (Kolbe Sale 14, lot 835); ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $250)