Humphrey's Coin Collectors Manual (Two Volumes)
PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
George Bell and Sons, London.
BINDING
Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and embossed stamp.
BOOK CONDITION
Boards have some scuffing and bumping at edges, a few marks. Front hinge split in vol. I, but otherwise binding secure. A little foxing and browning to printed pages and illustrations.
DUST JACKET
No.
EDITION
Believed first edition, 1891. Of the Bohn's Reference Libraries series.
DESCRIPTION
Illustrated throughout with over 150 wood and steel engravings of the coins described. 12mo. 726 pp in total.
SYNOPSIS
Subtitled "Or guide to the Numismatic Student in the formation of a Cabinet of Coins." A historical guide to coinage from the Roman Empire, to Modern Europe and Great Britain.