Kolbe & Fanning
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Kolbe, George Frederick. 1981 CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATICS. AUCTION SALE NINE. IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC BOOKS, FEATURING THE NUMISMATIC LIBRARY OF THE LATE KENNETH W. LEE, IMPORTANT DUPLICATES FROM THE ARMAND CHAMPA LIBRARY AND THE NOTEWORTHY HOLDINGS OF A PROMINENT HISTORICAL INSTITUTION. Los Angeles, June 12-13, 1981. 4to, original white cowhide, gilt; original gilt-printed card covers bound in. 120, (2) pages; 1025 lots; 8 color and 12 black and white plates; prices realized list bound in. Signed by George Kolbe on the title page. Leather lightly scuffed, as usual, else fine. The leatherbound edition of this important sale, Kolbe's first special edition available on a subscription basis. One of 40 copies thus bound (five additional copies were issued in half morocco clamshell boxes for presentation purposes). The soft leather used is easily marked, with unblemished copies being infrequently encountered. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $150)
Kolbe, George Frederick. 1981 CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATICS. AUCTION SALE NINE. IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC BOOKS, FEATURING THE NUMISMATIC LIBRARY OF THE LATE KENNETH W. LEE, IMPORTANT DUPLICATES FROM THE ARMAND CHAMPA LIBRARY AND THE NOTEWORTHY HOLDINGS OF A PROMINENT HISTORICAL INSTITUTION. Los Angeles, June 12-13, 1981. 4to, original white cowhide, gilt; original gilt-printed card covers bound in. 120, (2) pages; 1025 lots; 8 color and 12 black and white plates; prices realized list bound in. Signed by George Kolbe on the title page. Leather lightly scuffed, as usual, else fine. The leatherbound edition of this important sale, Kolbe's first special edition available on a subscription basis. One of 40 copies thus bound (five additional copies were issued in half morocco clamshell boxes for presentation purposes). The soft leather used is easily marked, with unblemished copies being infrequently encountered. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $150)