New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 8vo. xix, 374 pp, preface, list of 35 plates with 206 b&w illustrations, I. The Science of Coins; II. The Scinece of Coins (continued); III. Coins of Ancient Greece; IV. Coind of Ancient Greece (continued); V. Coins of Ancient Rome; VI. Coins of Medieval Europe; VII. Coins of Ancient Britain; VIII. Coins of England; IX. Coins of Ireland; X. Coins of Scotland; XI. Coins of the British Possessions and Colonies; XII. Coins of the United States; XXIII. Tokens; Appendices: 1. Select bibliography, 2. The Value of coins, 3. tables of value; Indices: 1. Index of Greek and Roman Types, &c., 2. General index. [no date: probable First American Edition] Lightly age-toned text block edges with only the slightest edge wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with blind-stamped gilt coin on front board and gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001158
Title: Coins and How to Know Them
Author: Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Place of Publication: New York
Keywords: COLLECTING NUMISMATICS SCINECE OF COINS COIN COLLECTING ANCIENT COINAGES RAWLINGS GERTRUDE BURFORD
Bookseller catalogs: COLLECTING;
Size: 8vo

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