Bowers & Ruddy Galleries. THE CELEBRATED JOHN W. ADAMS COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794. Los Angeles, 1982. 4to, original grained cream cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 134 pages; portrait; enlarged text illustrations; 2 photographic plates of large cents in color. Inscribed to Myron Xenos from John Burns and John Adams on front flyleaf. Fine or nearly so. Special Limited Library Edition. Number 252 of 256 numbered copies, signed by the authors. A superb collection, mostly comprised of coins with remarkable pedigrees extending into the nineteenth century. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.