Watch List notes:

Kosoff, A. THE OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS FORMED BY MR. OSCAR J. PEARL, NEW YORK CITY. FOR SALE AT FIXED PRICES. New York: Numismatic Gallery, 1944. 4to [28.5 by 22.5 cm], original cream-white full baby calf; upper cover and spine lettered in gilt. 24, xl pages; 479 listings; 16 plates of Pearl large cents; 7 other plates of large cents. Spine and extremities worn, with head of spine chipped; endpapers toned. Very good or so. Louis Eliasberg's copy of the Deluxe Leatherbound Edition. Inscribed in black ink on the front free flyleaf: "To Louis Eliasberg with the Compliments of the Numismatic Gallery. New York City, Apr. 1945." An important catalogue, produced with the usual Kosoff flair. After listing 479 large cents of overall exceptionally fine quality and depicting both sides of 288 of them, Kosoff appended illustrated reprints of Crosby on 1793s and Chapman on 1794s. This famous catalogue is virtually unknown in this deluxe binding. The only examples we recall ever having seen are Homer K. Downing's, sold in our June 1, 2004 Ford Library sale, W.W. Neil's, sold in our 2015 New York Book Auction (and earlier in the Stack Library sale), and Sol Kaplan's copy in our Sale 164. Suave and debonair, Abe Kosoff carefully cultivated his best clients, hoping ultimately one day to handle their collections. Some of his competitors and contemporaries, perhaps in envy, are known to have termed him "the widow's friend." Ex Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Library; ex Richard A. Eliasberg Library.