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Kolbe, George Frederick. THE LESTER MERKIN LIBRARY. A CATALOGUE OF RARE AND IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC BOOKS ON AMERICAN COINS, TOKENS AND MEDALS, ANCIENT AND FOREIGN NUMISMATICS. ALSO INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE IMPORTANT LIBRARY OF THE LATE RICHARD PICKER FEATURING WORKS ON COLONIAL AMERICAN NUMISMATICS. New York, June 15, 1984. Small 4to, original dark green full morocco, stamped in copper and black. 68, (4), (2) pages; 350 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The leatherbound edition of this important sale, number 40 of only 42 copies issued (some numbers over 42 were assigned to copies). Printed on acid-free paper. A very significant sale, Kolbe's 18th, featuring Merkin's collection of plated Chapman sales (complete large format catalogues and a number of small format ones), among other desiderata. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.