Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are celebrating our 150th Auction by offering highlights of the John W. Adams numismatic libraryon July 14, 2018.

The Adams Library is well known for including one of the finest collections of American numismatic auction catalogues ever assembled. Indeed,Adams is the author of the two-volume standard work on these classic catalogues: United States Numismatic Literature, Volumes I & II. The July 14sale is, however, not limited to auction catalogues, and includes a number of rare and exceptional books, periodicals, and other items.

A few noteworthy lots include:

Lot 14: J.A. Bolen's rare 1905 catalogue of his medals, cards and facsimiles

Lot 15: the very rare Bowers Coin Company Catalog of Rare United States Coins, a virtually unknown Bowers publication from early 1957

Lot 18: the 1708 Act of Queen Anne regulating the value of coins in America, one of the most important governmental attempts to control Americancoinage during the colonial period

Lot 118: a beautifully bound set of the first seven original issues of the Colonial Newsletter

Lot 119: an original 1875 Crosby in a Nova Constellatio binding, one of a small number of copies specially bound by the author

Lots 196-198: store cards issued by Tom Elder, including one commemorating the 1910 ANA Convention and his sale of the Peter Mougey collectionheld around the same time

Lot 277: a deluxe leatherbound copy of Howard Newcomb's United States Cents of the Years 1801-1802-1803

Lot 282: an entirely complete set of the rare Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal

Lot 349: the rare second series of Wayte Raymond's Coin and Medal Bulletin (1923-1933), complete

Lot 355: an original copy of the very rare separate bound offprint of Edmund Slafter's The Vermont Coinage.

The extensive, full-color catalogue is now available at bid.numislit.com. The sale will feature liveonline bidding using Kolbe & Fanning's custom third-party online bidding platform. Printed catalogues are being mailed to established customers.Bidders wishing to make an appointment to view auction lots are invited to contact David Fanning at df@numislit.com.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC is a licensed and bonded auction firm in the State of Ohio. For more information, please see theKolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com or email David Fanning at df@numislit.com.