Watch List notes:

Medina, J.T. LAS MEDALLAS DEL ALMIRANTE VERNON. Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana, 1919. 4to [30.5 by 22.5 cm], original printed card covers. Frontispiece portrait of Vernon; (2), xxii, 110, (2) pages; halftone text illustrations of medals. Covers and opening/closing leaves a bit foxed; most of volume clean. Very good. A rare work, of which only 100 copies were printed. Until the modern work published by John W. Adams and Fernando Chao, this was the best work on this fascinating and extensive series. Adams has praised Medina's work for its balanced presentation of the historical background to these medals, stating that "more than any other author on the Vernon series up to this point, Medina immersed himself in relevant primary sources." Behar 3521. Burzio Centenario 77. Clain-Stefanelli 14694. Mateu y Llopis 334. Roberts 150. Schaible 259.