THE ASYLUM
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“At the ANA Convention last year in St. Louis [1979], about a dozen fellow bibliomaniacs gathered together for an informal dinner and agreed to form an organization for numismatic book and catalogue collectors,” wrote editors Jack Collins and George Kolbe in the inaugural issue of The Asylum. The remainder of the issue covered topics which nearly thirty years later still prove timeless – John Adams on literature of the large cent, or George Kolbe on Crosby (#2 on our list, arguably #1 at the time as Breen did not yet exist). In between there and here The Asylum has served as the platform for core studies, esoterica, and more than a few pointed comments on the state of American numismatics. William Malkmus’ cumulative index of volumes I-XXV, published in 2007, is a mandatory guide to the content and published record of The Numismatic Bibliomania Society.
Volume 1
No. 1: Summer, 1980
Nos. 2 & 3: Fall-Winter, 1980
No. 4: Summer, 1981
Volume 2
No. 1: Spring, 1982
No. 2: Spring, 1983
No. 3: Summer, 1984
No. 4: Fall, 1984
Volume 3
No. 1: Spring, 1985
No. 2: Summer, 1985
Nos. 3 & 4: Fall-Winter, 1985
Volume 4
Nos. 1 & 2: Spring-Summer, 1986
No. 3: Autumn, 1986
No. 4: Winter, 1986
Volume 5
No. 1: Spring, 1987
No. 2: Summer, 1987
No. 3: Autumn, 1987
No. 4: Winter, 1987
Volume 6
No. 1: Spring, 1988
No. 2: Summer, 1988
No. 3: Autumn, 1988
No. 4: Winter, 1988
Volume 7
No. 1: Spring, 1989
No. 2: Summer, 1989
No. 3: Autumn, 1989
No. 4: Winter, 1989
Volume 8
No. 1: Spring, 1990
No. 2: Summer, 1990
No. 3: Autumn, 1990
No. 4: Winter, 1990
Volume 9
No. 1: Spring, 1991
No. 2: Summer, 1991
No. 3: ANA Centennial, 1991
No. 4: Fall, 1991
Volume 10
No. 1: Winter, 1992
No. 2: Spring, 1992
No. 3: Summer, 1992
No. 4: Fall, 1992
Volume 11
No. 1: Winter, 1993
No. 2: Spring, 1993
No. 3: Summer, 1993
No. 4: Fall, 1993
Volume 12
No. 1: Winter, 1994
No. 2: Spring, 1994
No. 3: Summer, 1994
No. 4: Fall, 1994
Volume 13
No. 1: Winter, 1995
No. 2: Spring, 1995
No. 3: Fall, 1995
No. 4: Early Summer, 1996
Volume 14
No. 1: Summer, 1996
Nos. 2-4: Fall, 1996
Volume 15
No. 1: Winter, 1997
Two varieties, one missing pp 3-4, the other complete.
No. 2: Spring, 1997
No. 3: Summer-Fall, 1997
No. 4: Fall, 1997
Volume 16
No. 1: Winter, 1998
No. 2: Spring, 1998
No. 3: Summer, 1998
No. 4: Fall, 1998
Volume 17
No. 1: Spring, 1999
No. 2: Summer, 1999
No. 3: Fall, 1999
No. 4: Winter, 1999
Volume 18
No. 1: Winter, 2000
No. 2: Spring, 2000
No. 3: Summer, 2000
No. 4: Fall, 2000
Volume 19
No. 1: Winter, 2001
No. 2: Spring, 2001
No. 3: Summer, 2001
No. 4: Fall, 2001
Volume 20
No. 1: Winter, 2002
No. 2: Spring, 2002
No. 3: Summer, 2002
No. 4: Fall, 2002
Volume 21
No. 1: Winter, 2003
No. 2: Spring, 2003
No. 3: Summer, 2003
No. 4: Fall, 2003
Volume 22
No. 1: Winter, 2004
No. 2: Spring, 2004 (consecutive issue #86)
No. 3: ????
No. 4: Fall, 2004 (consecutive issue # 88)
Volume 23
No. 1: Winter, 2005
No. 2: Spring, 2005
No. 3: Summer, 2005
No. 4: Fall, 2005 (consecutive issue #92)
Volume 24
No. 1: (no season recorded) 2006 (consecutive issue #93)
No. 2: (no season recorded) 2006 (consecutive issue #94)
Volume 25
No. 1: Winter, 2007 (consecutive issue #95)
No. 2: Spring, 2007
No. 3: Summer, 2007
No. 4: Fall, 2007
Volume 25 Supplement: Cumulative Index
Volume 26
No. 1: January-March, 2008
No. 2: April-June, 2008
No. 3: July-September, 2008
No. 4: October-December, 2008
Volume 27
No. 1: January-March, 2009
No. 2: April-June, 2009
No. 3: July-September, 2009
No. 4: October-December, 2009
Volume 28
No. 1: January–March 2010
No. 2: April-June, 2010
No. 3-4: July-December, 2010
Volume 29
No. 1: January-March, 2011
No. 2: April-June, 2011
References
OROSZ, Joel. THE ASYLUM, Volume 29 Number 2, pages 48-51. Pittsburgh, PA: 2011