Illustrated History of the U.S. Mint
Philadelphia: A.M. Smith, 1881. Good +. Item #32259
Philadelphia: A.M. Smith, 1881. Fourth Revised Edition. Slim 12mo (19cm); 120pp. Illus. throughout with seven (7) full size plates. Thin boards with pink pictorial paper pasted to covers and leather spine. Front cover printed in black. Boards worn at extremities with minor loss to spine ends. Generally soiled and scuffed. First free endsheet attached only at tail. Endsheets heavily foxed with previous owner names in both pen and pencil, one of which is scratched out. A previous owner also seemingly had a vendetta against the publisher and scratched out his name and place of publication on the front cover, title page, and page 115. Dampstaining to interior fore edge and minor foxing throughout. A Good or better copy of how money was made as well as valuations on certain rare coins and bills.
Price: $150.00