Watch List notes:

Frossard, Ed. [editor]. NUMISMA. Minneapolis: Ramm Communications, 1983 reprint. Small 4to, original comb-bound printed card covers. 500 pages; occasional illustrations. Fore-edge a bit spotted; near fine. Copy No. 5 of 100 copies printed and bound in 1983 (the first printing). John W. Adams page 68: "Frossard opened his own business in 1877 and initiated his own periodical, Numisma. This latter, undoubtedly the most lively publication of its kind, provides us with an intimate glimpse into the hobby as it and its personalities then existed." A decent reprint of this rare publication, originally issued from 1877 to 1891 by one of America's most colorful and outspoken early coin dealers. Ex M. Bourne Library.