| Description |
1859 First Edition of Gwynne & Day's Descriptive Registerfor the Detection of Spurious and Altered Bills, Containing Accurate, Elaborate and Plain Descriptions of the Notes Issued by Every Bank in the United States and Canada, Conveniently Arranged for Reference, Prepared under the Supervision of the Publishers, Who Acknowledge Their Indebtedness to the Several Firms Now Comprising the American Bank Note Company for Much Valuable Information. New York, 1859. First edition. 4to, original intricately blindstamped brown cloth, gilt. 142; (145)-152 pages, the second pagination being a Supplement bound in; a later Supplement, paginated (145)-160 and entirely different, laid in. Some spotting and browning. Very good or better. The first edition of John A. Gwynne and Clarence S. Day's useful work describing genuine notes issued by over 1400 different banks. Quite scarce, though the rarity of subsequent editions makes this one appear deceptively available. The various Supplements issued for these works are bibliographically complex. Clain-Stefanelli 13627. Dillistin 148. McKerchar 2076. Estimate $300 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15229 (realized $156).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11349 |
