NUMISMATICA AMERICANA: THE JOHN J. FORD, JR. REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Indispensable, informative, and important, George F. Kolbe offers another glimpse into the complexities of John Ford, this time through the eyes of Ford’s reference library. As Kolbe puts it, according to Ford, “the condition of one’s library was the barometer of one’s character.” He might have added the content of one’s library as well, for in this case it tells us a good deal about Ford, who often remarked that among all his collections, his reference library was the favorite. Ford pursued many sources outside the numismatic mainstream, including city directories, mining and banking, regional histories - in short, anything to get an edge on the competition. And while he did not personally collect federal coinage, he certainly dealt in it and had the library to back it up, including a superb run of Chapman bid books and plated catalogs, the Newcomer inventory, E. H. R. Green inventory, and hundreds of other items, all here meticulously described by the copious California cataloguer Kolbe.
Part 1
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KOLBE, George Frederick. NUMISMATICA AMERICANA: THE JOHN J. FORD, JR. REFERENCE LIBRARY. PART I.
Riverside, CA: Kolbe, George Frederick, Jun 1, 2004
308pp, 1,000 lots
Quarto
Softbound: Pictorial card covers
Part 2
Photo courtesy of Thomas Wetter Numismatic Library.
KOLBE, George Frederick. NUMISMATICA AMERICANA: THE JOHN J. FORD, JR. REFERENCE LIBRARY. PART TWO (sic).
Riverside, CA: Kolbe, George Frederick, Jun 4-5, 2005
172pp, 750 lots
Quarto
Softbound: Pictorial card covers
Hardbound Catalogs
Photo courtesy of Thomas Wetter Numismatic Library.
Crestline & Long Beach, CA: Kolbe, George Frederick, 1998-2000
480pp, 1,750 lots
Quarto
Hardbound: 2 Volumes, tan cloth, lettered in gilt
Subscribers hardbound set
Deluxe Hardbound Catalogs
Photo courtesy of George Frederick Kolbe - Fine Numismatic Books.
Photo courtesy of George Frederick Kolbe - Fine Numismatic Books.
Crestline & Long Beach, CA: Kolbe, George Frederick, 1998-2000
480pp, 1,750 lots
Quarto
Hardbound: 2 Volumes, black cloth, lettered in gilt, illustration mounted on cover
Deluxe Leatherbound Catalogs
Crestline, CA: Kolbe, George Frederick, 1998-2000
633pp, 2,401 lots
Quarto
Hardbound: 2 Volumes, Brown (Sale 1) & Green (Sale 2) quarter morocco, lettered in gilt, page edges gilt
Deluxe Limited Edition Catalog
Photo courtesy of George Frederick Kolbe - Fine Numismatic Books.
Crestline, CA: Kolbe, George Frederick, 1998-2000
633pp, 2,401 lots
Quarto
Hardbound: 2 volumes, bound as one. Plum quarter morocco, black Japanese cloth sides, lettered in gilt, page edges gilt, matching slipcase
Limited to 20 copies