The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 43, October 9, 2005, Article 16

MANDEL, JAVON WORKS DONATED TO ANS LIBRARY

Roger deWardt Lane writes: "I'm disposing of my numismatic
library, slowly. Some time ago I set aside two books to donate
to Frank Campbell and the American Numismatic Society library
(they were moving at the time, so I put them aside). [These will
soon be on their way to the ANS - Editor]

One came from the personal library of London Haynes. He was
a member of the ANS . He endorsed my membership in both
the ANS and RNS. I met him a several times (took him to lunch
at the hotel the first time to get the endorsements, met him at a
flea market next) and found him to be an expert on Asian coinage.
He passed on a number of years ago. Unfortunately he did not
dispose of his numismatic library, so parts ended at a flea market
and some at a used book dealer in Ft.Lauderdale, where I got
this volume. It is of interest for several reasons - It is signed to
Mr.Haynes by the author - Edgar J. Mandel. Has his two
personal 'Chinese type' red ink stamps and dated Oct. 5, 1972.
The unique part is that it is a library bound copy of 'printers proofs'
reproduced by the pre-Xerox wet-copy method of Mandel's
book "Cast Coinage of Korea".

Bound in the same volume is another pre-Xerox type copy of
the 1963 reprint of The Coinage of Corea by C.T. Gardner,
from the Journal of China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Vol. XXVII (1892-93). I think Mandel used an earlier copy to
cross-reference numbers between the two book, some of the
plates have additional numbers penned on them.

The second book - Money and The Mechanism of Exchange
by W.Stanley Javons 1876., set me on a research project
which has kept me busy for four hours so far. The ANS has
a copy noted as year 1900, mine is 1876.

[Be sure to keep the ANS, ANA, and other numismatic
organization libraries in mind as you weed out of dispose of
your numismatic libraries. Even the best libraries in the world
have holes in their collections, and some of the missing items
are surprisingly common. I would encourage the librarians
among our readers to alert us to the items on your want lists.
Perhaps one of our readers can help. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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