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STACKS SPRING 2019 SULLIVAN LITERATURE SELECTIONSAdditional numismatic literature lots from the Sullivan library are coming up this Wednesday in the Stack's Bowers Spring 2019 Baltimore internet-only sale (lots 14252-14337). Here are a few that caught my eye. -Editor
Lot 14256: 1891 Rook's Our Paper Currency
Titles and Specifications: Rooks, Byron N. Our Paper Currency. The Most Complete, Accurate and Reliable Instruction Extant in Regard to All the Safeguards found on Genuine Paper Currency Which Furnish Infallible Information. [Pocket Edition]. Portland, OR: Rutherford & Smith, 1891. 92 pages. Original green cloth, panels embossed in blind, gilt cover titles.12to, 13.5 x 18 cm. Printed agreement slip inside back cover signed by Wise. Gorgeous condition and unusual color (most are burgundy). This is ex Ford with his bookplate. Bold example. Ex: Kolbe-Stack's Ford Library Part I sale, June 1, 2004, lot 820. Notes: A printed slip pasted to the rear endpaper required the recipient to sign in agreement that he would not loan "to any person excepting to those in whose loss our pecuniary interests are affected, and that a copy of any part of the same shall not be furnished to anyone." The book includes endorsements and recommendations at the end. Interesting item - I don't believe I've ever seen one of these. -Editor
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Lot 14265: 1870 Third Edition Heath's Pocket Detector
 
Heath's Pocket Detector - 1870 Third Edition. Unlisted Newman 3-P-3.5. About Fine. hird Edition, Revised and Corrected. Boston, Mass. and Washington, D.C.: Published by Laban Heath & Co., No. 30 Hanover St., Boston, to whom all orders should be addressed, 1870. 40 pages includes 2 pages of magnifying glass illustrations, 1 page insert describing the unfinished counterfeit $20 City of New York, 1 page insert describing the unfinished counterfeit $10 Merchants NB of Chicago, 14 plates includes a double page fractional currency plate, counterfeit $100 First National Bank of Boston, unfinished counterfeit $20 City of New York, and unfinished counterfeit $10 Merchants NB of Chicago. Brown cloth, lettered in gilt, blind stamping, 12 mo. Distinguishing Features: Three counterfeit National Bank Notes ($100 FNB Boston, unfinished $20 City of New York, and unfinished $10 Merchants NB of Chicago). Plates have been renumbered with printing vs. ink per Newman 3-P-3 with the exception of Plate 17. Unknown to Newman was the unfinished $20 FNB of New York City plate replacing the $50 Legal Tender plate that appears in Newman 3-P-3. A pretty solid book. Any internal foxing is light. Attractive and important. The sale includes numerous Heath editions not included in the public sale - no duplication - including versions unlisted in Newman like this one. -Editor
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Lot 14278: 1878 Thirteenth Edition Banking House Detector
Thirteenth Edition. Washington, D.C. and Boston, Mass.: Address: Laban Heath & Company, Nos. 30 and 48 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., 1878, Copyright, 1877. 45, [5] pages including one page on Heath folding magnifying glasses. 12 plates including an elaborately engraved title page frontis. Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, blind ruled, small quarto. Distinguishing Features: Thirteenth edition, 1878 on the title page; copyright 1877 on page verso. While Newman calls for "2 pages of microscope illustrations," all of the Thirteenth editions only include one page with two illustrations of microscopes. To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 14286: Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector Receipt
1892 Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector Vignetted Receipt. Fine. Dye, John S. Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector. Philadelphia, 1892. Subscriptions receipt with a "RECIPE" to execute a COIN TEST on the back side. Overprinted in blue ink. Blue under tint of a bald eagle holding coins in its mouth on the face, but the vignette shifted left of center compared to earlier receipts. 16.5 x 7.5 cm. Paper residue at far left of face and small tack hole. In custom, acid-free archival paper display folder. The sale includes a great array of counterfeit-detector related ephemera. These are by nature quite rare today and make interesting companions to a collection or display of the associated numismatic books. -Editor
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Lot 14308: 1868 Beazell's Instantaneous Detection
 
1868 Beazell's Instantaneous Detection of all American Counterfeits with Plate. Near Fine. 1868 edition printed by Vogt. (3), 4-16. Octavo, 14.5 x 23 cm. Pictorial front cover wrapper with eagle. Back wrapper complete. Perpendicular inserted plate tipped in before introduction Intaglio engraved plate printed by Continental Bank Note Company. The plate is choice with natural folds. Some cover wear, minor fold wrapper splits, and library stamp near top. Complete and attractive. Housed in custom sized mylar in acid-free paper archival display folder. Check out the engraved broadside. -Editor
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Lot 14315: Hawxhurst's Instantaneous Counterfeit Detector Card
Hawxhurst, G.W. - Washington, 1873 patent. Uniface. Small card on buff paper stock. 7 x 11 cm. Vignette of eagle within titles. Text includes description of Stanton fractional note. Choice and bright. Ex Sklow Mail Bid Sale #6, February 2009, lot 668. Housed in custom sized mylar in acid-free paper archival display folder. Great piece of ephemera - I've never seen one of these. -Editor
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Lot 14320: Heath's Microscope Advertising Brochure
 
(Ca. 1870s) Laban Heath's Microscope Advertising Brochure. Very Fine. An impressive and rare circular. White paper. 4pp. Large quarto, 21 x 28.5 cm. Titles, page with illustration of microscopes. Facing page refers to plates numbered in Banking & Counting House editions by Heath. The back page with prices and testimonials. Natural folds, but otherwise quite choice and bright. Rare items. Beautifully folded out within its custom made archival acid-free paper display folder in mylar. Essential to any Heath's collection of high caliber. Its preservation is nothing short of spectacular. The estimate may be conservative. What a GREAT piece of numismatic ephemera. Quite rare - does another exist? -Editor
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Lot 14330: 1887 Counterfeiter Mugshot
 
1887 Vintage Photograph of Counterfeiter's "Mugshot." Fine. Fascinating period photo card for official use of this "Criminal Occupation" and handwritten on the verso, "Counterfeiter. Otherwise he was a farmer." 6 x 11 cm. Small spot in the upper left field. Housed in custom sized mylar in acid-free paper archival display folder. Numismatic ephemera doesn't get much cooler than this. Meet the counterfeiter! -Editor
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Lot 14333: Currency Counterfeit Warning Notice
(Ca. 1930s) Small size Currency Counterfeit Warning Notice for Retailers from the Denver Clearing House. Very Fine. White paper. 4pp. Small octavo, 16 x 21 cm. Two pages with line drawings and diagnostics of counterfeit small size legal tenders and FRN. Back page with warnings and advice such as "delay the person [passing]." Interesting. Housed in custom sized mylar in acid-free paper archival display folder. More great ephemera. -Editor
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