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Auction 167  10 Jun 2023
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Lot 286

Starting price: 1000 USD
Price realized: 1800 USD
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Browning, A.W. THE EARLY QUARTER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES 1796–1838. WITH A FEW REMARKS CONCERNING THEIR TYPES, VARIETIES AND RARITY. ILLUSTRATED ON EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. New York: Wayte Raymond, 1925. 8vo, original crimson cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt. 36 pages; 8 fine photographic plates. Hand-lettered spine label taped in place; cover a bit spotted; near fine. One of only fifty copies issued of this classic work, one which Walter Breen considered to be "the most perfect numismatic book written on the first try." A well-preserved example with a great provenance. Clain-Stefanelli 12269. Davis 149. Sigler 352. Ex Louis E. Elisaberg, Sr. Library; ex Richard A. Eliasberg Library.
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