Watch List notes:

Baker, W.S. MEDALLIC PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON, WITH HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES AND A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COINS MEDALS TOKENS AND CARDS. Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885. First edition. Small 4to, later black and maroon cloth, gilt; spine label made from original binding. Finely engraved frontispiece depicting Wright medal of Washington; (6), 252 pages. A number of leaves are repaired at the gutter; at least one leaf with repaired tear. Very good or so. A foundational work on the subject, and an enduring classic. Very scarce, partly due to the fragile nature of the paper employed (which accounts for most of the repairs in this copy). Clain-Stefanelli 15020*.