Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Deluxe Leatherbound Edition
Kosoff, Abe. ABE KOSOFF REMEMBERS ... 50 YEARS OF NUMISMATIC REFLECTIONS. New York, 1981. Small 4to, original brown full cowhide, gilt; spine with seven raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; red spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers; silk marker. (8), 392 pages; portrait; text illustrations. Page edges spotted; near fine. Special Autographed Leatherbound Edition, infrequently seen. No. 22 of 100 thus bound. The numismatic world according to Kosoff, comprising a reprint of a series of entertaining and informative articles which originally appeared in Coin World over a thirteen-year span, rearranged here by Kosoff "to present the reader with an orderly presentation of numismatic history in the twentieth century." Very entertaining if a bit one-sided at times. Abner Kreisberg's longtime secretary Harriet once expressed the Kreisberg perspective in an amusing aside to Jack Collins, quipping that maybe her boss would write a sequel entitled Kreisberg Can't Forget. Inscribed by Kosoff to Michael Bourne. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $100)
Kosoff, Abe. ABE KOSOFF REMEMBERS ... 50 YEARS OF NUMISMATIC REFLECTIONS. New York, 1981. Small 4to, original brown full cowhide, gilt; spine with seven raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; red spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers; silk marker. (8), 392 pages; portrait; text illustrations. Page edges spotted; near fine. Special Autographed Leatherbound Edition, infrequently seen. No. 22 of 100 thus bound. The numismatic world according to Kosoff, comprising a reprint of a series of entertaining and informative articles which originally appeared in Coin World over a thirteen-year span, rearranged here by Kosoff "to present the reader with an orderly presentation of numismatic history in the twentieth century." Very entertaining if a bit one-sided at times. Abner Kreisberg's longtime secretary Harriet once expressed the Kreisberg perspective in an amusing aside to Jack Collins, quipping that maybe her boss would write a sequel entitled Kreisberg Can't Forget. Inscribed by Kosoff to Michael Bourne. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $100)