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A Complete Set of the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine
Hewitt, Lee F., et al. [publishers]. THE NUMISMATIC SCRAPBOOK MAGAZINE. Volumes 1-42 (Chicago & Sidney, January 1935-February 1976), complete in 480 issues. 24mo, 12mo and 8vo, as issued in original printed card or paper covers. Also present is the Title Index to the First 30 Years of the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine and a handwritten notebook index maintained by Charles M. Johnson through 1959 listing articles of interest to him arranged by subject. Generally very good or better, with some spotting to page edges and other signs of wear. Bourne 1930-9. A complete set of this important and underappreciated publication. At its peak, the Scrapbook was the voice of commercial American numismatics. It also served as a sounding board for serious American numismatic research and piquant observations by Walter Breen, Robert Julian, Arlie Slabaugh, and many others (Breen preferred publishing in the Scrapbook for much of the 1950s and 1960s because, unlike The Numismatist at the time, the Scrapbook paid for articles). The early issues have long been difficult to obtain and complete sets are legitimately scarce. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $500)
Hewitt, Lee F., et al. [publishers]. THE NUMISMATIC SCRAPBOOK MAGAZINE. Volumes 1-42 (Chicago & Sidney, January 1935-February 1976), complete in 480 issues. 24mo, 12mo and 8vo, as issued in original printed card or paper covers. Also present is the Title Index to the First 30 Years of the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine and a handwritten notebook index maintained by Charles M. Johnson through 1959 listing articles of interest to him arranged by subject. Generally very good or better, with some spotting to page edges and other signs of wear. Bourne 1930-9. A complete set of this important and underappreciated publication. At its peak, the Scrapbook was the voice of commercial American numismatics. It also served as a sounding board for serious American numismatic research and piquant observations by Walter Breen, Robert Julian, Arlie Slabaugh, and many others (Breen preferred publishing in the Scrapbook for much of the 1950s and 1960s because, unlike The Numismatist at the time, the Scrapbook paid for articles). The early issues have long been difficult to obtain and complete sets are legitimately scarce. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $500)