Kolbe & Fanning
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All Three Versions of the 1984 Merkin Sale
Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY. A CATALOGUE OF RARE AND IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC BOOKS ON AMERICAN COINS, TOKENS AND MEDALS, ANCIENT AND FOREIGN NUMISMATICS. ALSO INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE IMPORTANT LIBRARY OF THE LATE RICHARD PICKER FEATURING WORKS ON COLONIAL AMERICAN NUMISMATICS. New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original dark green full morocco, stamped in copper and black. 68, (4), (2) pages; 350 lots; prices realized list bound in. Inscribed by Kolbe to Dennis Mendelson. Fine. [with] Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY... New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; dust wrapper. 68, (4) pages; 350 lots. Prices realized list and estimates list laid in. Inscribed by Kolbe to John J. Ford, Jr. ("JJF"); Ford's name impressed in gilt on the front cover. Fine. [with] Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY... New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original brown cloth, lettered in black; dust wrapper. 68, (4) pages; 350 lots. Prices realized list and estimates list laid in. Fine. Dennis Mendelson's copy of the leatherbound edition of this important sale, number 34 of only 42 copies issued (some numbers over 42 were assigned to copies). Also included is John J. Ford, Jr.'s copy of the gilt-printed Presentation Edition, being No. 6 of 250 numbered copies thus bound, plus No. 933 of the regular edition. Printed on acid-free paper. A very significant sale, Kolbe's 18th, featuring Merkin's collection of plated Chapman sales (complete large format catalogues and a number of small format ones), as well as selections from the Richard Picker Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY. A CATALOGUE OF RARE AND IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC BOOKS ON AMERICAN COINS, TOKENS AND MEDALS, ANCIENT AND FOREIGN NUMISMATICS. ALSO INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE IMPORTANT LIBRARY OF THE LATE RICHARD PICKER FEATURING WORKS ON COLONIAL AMERICAN NUMISMATICS. New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original dark green full morocco, stamped in copper and black. 68, (4), (2) pages; 350 lots; prices realized list bound in. Inscribed by Kolbe to Dennis Mendelson. Fine. [with] Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY... New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; dust wrapper. 68, (4) pages; 350 lots. Prices realized list and estimates list laid in. Inscribed by Kolbe to John J. Ford, Jr. ("JJF"); Ford's name impressed in gilt on the front cover. Fine. [with] Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY... New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original brown cloth, lettered in black; dust wrapper. 68, (4) pages; 350 lots. Prices realized list and estimates list laid in. Fine. Dennis Mendelson's copy of the leatherbound edition of this important sale, number 34 of only 42 copies issued (some numbers over 42 were assigned to copies). Also included is John J. Ford, Jr.'s copy of the gilt-printed Presentation Edition, being No. 6 of 250 numbered copies thus bound, plus No. 933 of the regular edition. Printed on acid-free paper. A very significant sale, Kolbe's 18th, featuring Merkin's collection of plated Chapman sales (complete large format catalogues and a number of small format ones), as well as selections from the Richard Picker Library.
(Estimate: $200)