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Leatherbound Special Edition on Thick Paper
Newcomb, Howard R. UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS, 1816-1857. First edition. New York: Numismatic Review, 1944. 4to, original full red processed leather, gilt. 284 pages; 11 plates. Addendum laid in. Printed on thick paper. Photocopy of April 26, 1941 letter from Newcomb to Henry Hines laid in, in which he mentions that the book is finished except for a possible new variety on which he was awaiting word. Extremities rubbed, as usual (see comments); very good or better. The deluxe leatherbound special edition, printed on thick paper. Only 75 copies of this version was printed. The leather used, however, was of poor quality, and scuffs easily: this copy, while not perfect, is in above-average condition. Completed three years earlier, Newcomb's work was not published until 1944 due to the war. One thousand copies of the regular edition were printed. It marked a great improvement over the pioneering work of Frank Andrews, nearly doubling the variety listings, and stood as the standard work for half a century. The result of many years of painstaking study, relatively few new varieties were discovered in the intervening years. Dr. Sheldon noted that "Newcomb's book doubtless achieves the highest pinnacle for numismatic completeness." His contemporary and collaborator George H. Clapp wrote: "In his line,--the Large Cents,--he can well be classed with the late Edward T. Newell in his line of Greece and Rome." Voted as one of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's "One Hundred Greatest Items of United States Numismatic Literature." Clain-Stefanelli 12326. Ex Jim Neiswinter Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Newcomb, Howard R. UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS, 1816-1857. First edition. New York: Numismatic Review, 1944. 4to, original full red processed leather, gilt. 284 pages; 11 plates. Addendum laid in. Printed on thick paper. Photocopy of April 26, 1941 letter from Newcomb to Henry Hines laid in, in which he mentions that the book is finished except for a possible new variety on which he was awaiting word. Extremities rubbed, as usual (see comments); very good or better. The deluxe leatherbound special edition, printed on thick paper. Only 75 copies of this version was printed. The leather used, however, was of poor quality, and scuffs easily: this copy, while not perfect, is in above-average condition. Completed three years earlier, Newcomb's work was not published until 1944 due to the war. One thousand copies of the regular edition were printed. It marked a great improvement over the pioneering work of Frank Andrews, nearly doubling the variety listings, and stood as the standard work for half a century. The result of many years of painstaking study, relatively few new varieties were discovered in the intervening years. Dr. Sheldon noted that "Newcomb's book doubtless achieves the highest pinnacle for numismatic completeness." His contemporary and collaborator George H. Clapp wrote: "In his line,--the Large Cents,--he can well be classed with the late Edward T. Newell in his line of Greece and Rome." Voted as one of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's "One Hundred Greatest Items of United States Numismatic Literature." Clain-Stefanelli 12326. Ex Jim Neiswinter Library.
(Estimate: $200)