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Kolbe, George Frederick. AUCTION SALE 44. IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN W. ADAMS LIBRARY. Crestline, June 1 & 18, 1990. Issued with Kolbe's bookseller token affixed to back cover and visible through die-cut holes in the catalogue's pages. 4to, original teal cloth, gilt; original card covers bound in. Frontispiece portrait of Adams; 79, (1) pages; 517 lots; illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. The hardbound edition. The sale included extremely important correspondence pertaining to U.S. large cents, which brought very strong prices. One of two hardcover editions prepared for this sale, both of which incorporate a token Kolbe had made featuring his logo (as do some softcovers). A very attractive production, featuring different card covers than the regular softcover edition: as the regular card covers proved too dark to make the cover's illustration adequately stand out, white card covers were used instead when preparing the hardcovers. Number 28 of only 50 copies thus bound. Kolbe 1065. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.