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Venn Monograph on Large Cents
Venn, Theodore J. LARGE UNITED STATES CENTS. A MONOGRAPH ON THE BIG COPPER "PENNIES" COINED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM 1793 TO 1857. Chicago: published by the author, 1915. 8vo, original card covers decoratively tied at the spine as issued. 31, (1) pages. Near fine. The first edition; one of only 300 copies issued. Of these, according to a 1931 letter from Venn to Michael Powills: "150 were distributed gratuitously to public libraries and book reviewers. Publication price was $1 per copy and the edition was exhausted by 1916." Ex John J. Ford, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 96), lot 1599; ex Kolbe Sale 106, lot 488; ex Jim Neiswinter Library.
(Estimate: $100)
Venn, Theodore J. LARGE UNITED STATES CENTS. A MONOGRAPH ON THE BIG COPPER "PENNIES" COINED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM 1793 TO 1857. Chicago: published by the author, 1915. 8vo, original card covers decoratively tied at the spine as issued. 31, (1) pages. Near fine. The first edition; one of only 300 copies issued. Of these, according to a 1931 letter from Venn to Michael Powills: "150 were distributed gratuitously to public libraries and book reviewers. Publication price was $1 per copy and the edition was exhausted by 1916." Ex John J. Ford, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 96), lot 1599; ex Kolbe Sale 106, lot 488; ex Jim Neiswinter Library.
(Estimate: $100)