David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature will hold their third mail-bid auction of numismatic literature, closing on Thursday, December 3. The auction features a wide variety of material from around the world, including works from the libraries of John J. Ford, Jr. and Douglas Ball. Some highlights of the nearly 700 lots include:

F.C.C. Boyd Inventories of His Connecticut and New Jersey Coppers, with Additional Notes Pertaining to Continental Currency Dollars and Immune Columbia Pieces

1836 Manuscript Court Records of a Counterfeiting Case with the Bad Bill in Question Attached

Correspondence from John J. Ford and Paul Franklin

1795 Supplementary Mint Act Signed in Ink by Secretary of State Edmund Randolph, Establishing Position of Melter and Refiner, Authorizing Reduction in Weight of Cents and Half Cents, and Providing for Their Distribution

Third and Fifth Edition Red Books Inscribed by Yeoman to Contributor Hubert Polzer

John J. Ford, Jr.’s Set of Inscribed Red Books

The Very Scarce 1917 ANA Sale, Signed by Cataloguer Wayte Raymond

A Complete Set of Hardcover Ford Catalogues (Stack’s)

ANS Library Catalogue, Complete in 11 Volumes, Including the Rare Third Supplement

The First 40 Volumes of the Canadian Numismatic Journal

A Substantial Run of Spink’s Numismatic Circular

Quarto Charpentier on the Medals of Louis XIV (more…)

The sale includes a wide variety of material on ancient, medieval, foreign and U.S. numismatics, and features a number of rare and important works. Selected highlights include:

* The Journal of the Senate, First Session, Second Congress (1791–1792), featuring the complete text of “An Act Establishing a Mint, and Regulating the Coins of the United States,” with the discussion leading up to its passage and other important historical context: the foundation of U.S. coinage.

* Antiquarian titles dating back to the 1570s.

* An original Crosby in a Nova Constellatio binding

* A fine leather-bound set of Loubat

* A number of 19th-century American auction sales with photographic plates, including a plated copy of the 1886 Maris sale

* A plated copy of Elder’s 1908 Gschwend sale

* A plated copy of the Malcolm N. Jackson sale (US Coin Co., 1913)

* 18th-century American almanacs, newspapers and mercantile publications discussing coinage

* Important European catalogues of the 19th and 20th centuries

* A large paper copy of Hickcox on the paper money of New York

* Copy number 1 of Hough on Washingtonia, published by Woodward

A printed catalogue will be sent to established customers and to those requesting a copy. The catalogue can also be downloaded from the company’s Web site at www.fanningbooks.com. International bidders are welcome: the auction includes works in at least a dozen languages and we are pleased to conduct business with overseas customers. Contact us today to be added to the mailing list. (more…)