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OUR BOOK AND REFERENCE INDEX:

ARCHITECTURE and CONSTRUCTION

BULLION

BUSINESS and LAW

COINS

Beginner Books

Intermediate Books

Advanced Books (Specialties)

WORLD COINS

Source for Numismatic Books

EXONUMIA AND TOKENS

EPHEMERA and SCRIPOPHILY

PAPER CURRENCY

ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT

FINANCE

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, ASSET FORFEITURE AND SEIZURE

FRUGALITY, HOME ECONOMICS, PREPARATION AND SUFFICIENCY

INTERNET and TECHNOLOGY

MINING, METALS and MINERALS

MINING ENGINEERING

California Mining, Life and Natural History

Nevada Mining, Life and Natural History

Ghost Towns

NEWS and INFORMATION

REAL ESTATE

STOCKS, BONDS, FUTURES and SECURITIES

COLLECTIBLES

OUR INVENTORY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ARCHITECTURE and CONSTRUCTION

Addendum to the ATC-20 post earthquake building safety evaluation procedures.  ATC Technology Council. 1995. 94 pages. Light wear and dog-eared pages. Good+. $12

Complete Fix-it-Yourself Manual. .Time Life Books. Prentice Hall Press. New York. Hardcover with dustjacket. 448 Pages. Very Good, light fading on dustjacket.. $4

Dictionary of Glass – Ceramic Insulators; Reprint Telephones and History. A Catalog  and Reference to Insulators and Other Related Materials.  Greg Kareofellas, Gary Cranfill and John Fountain.  Ole Empty Bottle House Publishing Co. Amador, Ca. 1969. Softcover. 168 pages. Well worn, but Scarce! $25

The Handyman's Guide to Repairing Small Appliances.  Michael Squeglia. Hawthorn Books. New York. Book One. 1973. Paperback. 10.5 x 8:". 187 pages. Well worn cover and some pages but overall Good. $ 9

 Library of Practical Electricity. Part One. Terrell Croft. 4th edition, 6th impression. . McGraw Hill . New York and London. 1940. Hard Cover. 344 pages. Wear commensurate with age. Some light exterior soiling but pages still fairly nice and clean. Good condition. $5

Library of Practical Electricity. Part Two. Terrell Croft. 4th edition. McGraw Hill . New York and London. 1940. Hard Cover. 701 pages. Wear commensurate with age. Some light exterior soiling but pages still fairly nice and clean; pencil inscription on inside cover. Good condition. $5

Library of Practical Electricity - Central Stations. Terrell Croft. 3rd edition, 4th impression. McGraw Hill . New York and London. 1937. Hard Cover. 360 pages. Wear commensurate with age. Some light exterior soiling but pages still fairly nice and clean cover. Good condition. $5

Library of Practical Electricity - Practical Electric Wiring. H.P Richter. 2nd edition, 3rd impression. McGraw Hill . New York and London. 1941. Hard Cover. 513 pages. Wear commensurate with age. Some light exterior soiling but pages still fairly nice and clean cover. Good condition. $5

Library of Practical Electricity - Illumination and Signal Wiring. Terrell Croft. 3rd edition, 3rd impression. McGraw Hill . New York and London. 1939. Hard Cover. 351 pages. Wear commensurate with age. Some light exterior soiling but pages still fairly nice and clean cover. Good condition. $5

Library of Practical Electricity - Electrical Machinery. Terrell Croft. 4th edition, 4th impression. McGraw Hill . New York and London. 1938. Hard Cover. 394 pages. Wear commensurate with age. Some light exterior soiling, There is light water spotting on the exterior but no odor, Some interior pages display damage but most pages still fairly nice. Good- condition. $5

The Practical Handbook of Furniture Refinishing, Restyling and Repair. John H. Savage. Fawcett Publications. 1971. Hardcover, no dust jacket.. 129 pages. Very Good. $4

Sunset Series. Flooring, How to Plan, Install and Repair. Sunset Book, Fourth Printing. 1987. 112 pages. Softcover  10.5 x 6.5". Very Good. $4

Sunset Series. Windows and Skylights.. David E. Clark, Editor. Sunset Book, First Printing. 1982. 112 pages. Softcover  10.5 x 6.5". Very Good. $4

Walls and Ceilings. Time-Life Books. Alexandria Virginia; Chicago, Il. 1980. 136 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket.. Very Good, small pencil inscription.. $2.50

BULLION

Guide to Marks of Origin on and Irish Silver Plate and Old Sheffield Plat Makers' Marks. Frederick Bradbury and Stanley Leslie. J.W Northend Publishing. Ltd. Sheffield, England. 12th Edition. 5.5 x 3.25 inches. Illustrated1968. Small stiffboard. 92 pages. Cover is worn and moderately soiled. Good. $12.50

BUSINESS and LAW

The Age of Access. Jeremy Rifkin.  Penguin Putnam, 2000. One of Rifkin's better researched and more interesting tomes. Hardcover with dust jacket. 312 pages. Used, ex-library with pencil marks and some soiling. Good-.$2.95

The Art of War.  Sun Tzu

Beating the Street.  Peter Lynch. ISBN 0671759159.  Simon and Schuster, Ny. 1993 Light wear on dust jacket. Pages have some wear and a couple of spots. Used. Very Good+. $11.00.

Buckets of Money: How to Retire in Comfort and Safety.  Raymond J. Lucia. A fine study in how to set up your retirement vehicles to fund your retirement goals. 

Building Wealth. Russ Whitney. Simon and Schuster. 1995.  283 pages. A light read, but a few decent tips in there.  Well used paperback. $3.00

Creative Destruction: Why Companies That Are Built to Last Under-perform the Market--And How to Successfully Transform Them.  Richard Foster, Sarah Kaplan 

Devil Take the Hindmost. Edward Chancellor

The New Business Encyclopedia for Home and Office. Henry Marshall, editor. Garden City Books, (Doubleday) Garden City, New York.  1952 edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 592 pages. Cover is torn and taped and well worn. Book itself is Good+. $ 2.99

http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/ifdp/1997/582/ifdp582.pdf

First Things First. Stephen R. Covey. Simon and Schuster. 1994. Softcover 363 pages. Used; doge-eared and worn. Good+. $3.00

Getting Started in Consulting. Alan Weiss. John Wiley and Sons. 2000. 272 Pages. Softcover. Fine. $3.00

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't.  Jim Collins.

ISBN: 06945 26076

The Great Game, John Steele Gordon

Guerrilla Advertising. Guerilla Marketing.  Jay Conrad Levinson. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1993. ISBN 039564496. 327 pages. Cover and a couple pages have a small bend. A few pages are dog-eared. Good +. $4.00 

Handbook of Business Letters. L.E. Frailey.  Hardcover with dust jacket. Prentice-Hall. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1965. 918 pages. Very Good condition. $8

The AMA Handbook of Business Letter. Jeffrey L. Seglin. Amacom. , 1989. New York. 353 Pages. Ex-library. Hardcover with dust jacket. Good+ condition; some tape, pencil inscriptions, old price tag etc. $9.99

A History of the American People, Paul Johnson

Honey, I Want to Start My Own Business.  Azriela Jaffe.  Harper Business. First Paperback edition. 302 pages. 1997. Some very useful and grounded information in this book. A valuable guide for those going on their own, from home. Well used paperback. Good. $4.50

How to Lead Work Teams: Facilitation Skills. Fran Rees. Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. 2nd Edition. Paperback, 227 pages. 2001. Very useful book. Very Good. $15.00 [SOLD]

How to Run a Successful Meeting in Half the Time. Milo O. Frank. Simon and Schuster, 1989. Ex library. Hardcover with Dust jacket. 155 pages. Light wear and soiling, Good. 1$.

How to Start and Manage Your Own Business. Gardiner G. Greene. First Mentor Publishing. Third Edition. 1987.  Well used paperback. Good. $3.50

How Wall Street Works, The Basics and Beyond. David L. Scott. Irwin Publishing. 1992. Paperback, 211 Pages. Like new. $3.50

How to Win Friends and Influence People.  Dale Carnegie, et al

The HP Way.  David Packard

The Intelligent Investor. Benjamin Graham.  1973. Harper and Row, Fourth revised edition (1984). The bible of value investing (which never goes out of favor). Graham tutored Warren Buffet, who has followed the school of thought since.  Hardcover 340 pages. Dustcover is worn, torn and marked but book, spine and pages are in great shape. Very Good +/Fine. $12.50

Making the Law Work for You: A Guide for Small Business. Jerome S. Rice and Keith Libber. Contemporary Books, Inc. Chicago, Il.  1980. Hardcover with worn and torn dustcover. Pencil markings on the inside cover but otherwise in Good shape. ISBN 0-8092-7111-7. 131 pages. Interesting, could find no trace of this book mentioned anywhere. $9.99

Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Charles Kindleberger

Market Wizards (1989), Stock Market Wizards (1992). Jack Schwager. HarperColllins Publishers.

Money, Greed and Risk, Charles Morris

The Money Game. Adam Smith. Random house, New Your. 1967, 1968. Hardcover with Dust jacket. 306 pages. Moderate wear and soiling, Good. $2.50.

Multiple Streams of Income.  Robert Allen

Nine Steps to Financial Freedom. Suze Orman. Crown Publishing. 1997. 290 pages. (How the little people are told to build wealth). Hardback. ISBN 0517707918. Dust jacket is worn. Very Good. $4.50.

The One Minute Manager.  Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. Berkley Books. Ninth printing. 1994. Very well used - Poor. $2.00

One Up On Wall Street.   Peter Lynch.

Own Your Own Corporation.    Garrett Sutton.

The Presidents, edited by Henry Graff

Principle Centered Leadership.  Stephen Covey

Routledge’s Business Letter Writer, Routledge and Kegal Paul Ltd. London. 1951. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 176 pages. Very Good condition. $ 5

Secrets of Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets. Stan Weinstein

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.  Stephen Covey

Tax Loopholes of the Rich and Famous. Diane Kennedy.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.  Deepak Chopra

Stay at Home Mom's Guide to Making Money. Liz Folger. 2000.  Paperback. 290 pages. Cover and a couple pages have a small bend. A few pages are dog-eared. Good +. $5.00 

Target Marketing for the Small Business. Linda Pinson and Jerry Jinett. Second Edition. 1993. Upstart Publishing, Dover, NH. ISBN 0936894-512. Softcover. 162 pages. Very Good. $2.95 [SOLD]

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing.  Al Ries and Jack Trout

Wall Street: A History. Charles Geisst

The 2006 What Color is Your Parachute. Richard Nelson Bolles. Ex-library. Softcover 402 pages. Used and well worn with standard library fixings. Good. $4.00

COINS

Books for Those Beginning in Coins

All About Coin Collecting, a Complete Guide to Numismatics. J. Wunderman. Don Hirschhorn, NY.,NY. ISBN 0-930312-00-7. Soft Cover. ($1.50)

Official A.N.A Grading Standards for United States Coins. American Numismatic Association. Bressett and Kosoff. 1977..352 pages. Hardcover. Binding and original staples are good; interior pages clean except minor pencil inscriptions inside cover. Good+. $6

Official A.N.A Grading Standards for US Coins. Third Edition. American Numismatic Association. Colorado Springs, Co. 1987. 247 pages. ISBN 0307198731. Softcover. Fine -. Original sales receipt (1988) included. $4.50.

The Official Guide to Coin Collecting. Brad Mills. 192 pages. Copyright 1974, House of Collectibles, NY Hard Cover Good; Size: 5.5" x 7.25. $6

Checklist and Grading Guide, US Coins. H.G. Treacher. Fullerton, Ca.1979. ISBN 0-930312-12-0. Soft Cover. ($1.50)

The Coin Collector's Survival Manual.  Scott Travers.

Consumer Guide Coin Finder. 1980. Various. Publications International. Soft Cover. ($2.25)

Guidebook ("Redbook"):

Guidebook of United States Coins. (Redbook). R.S Yeoman. 19th Edition, 1976. Hardcover. Original sticker on cover. Very fine, like new. [SOLD]

A Guide Book of United States Coins – Yeoman. ‘Red Book- 18th Edition - 1965. Spine, cover and shelf wear; some minor paper loss on cover, minor pencil inscription, yellowing and faded pages; dogear and minor creasing. Fair condition. $3

Guidebook of United States Coins. (Redbook). R.S Yeoman. 11th Edition, 1958. Hardcover. Light spine wear, some yellowed and dog-eared pages. Very Good. $7.00.

Modern US Currency. Western Publishing. Neil Shafter. 1968. Third Edition, 1969. [SOLD]

1979 Coin Prices. Norman Stack. Dell Publishing; NY., NY. 1979. Soft Cover. [SOLD]

About Those Coins – A Catalog of Books On Numismatics. Spank and Sons, Ltd. 1972. Softcover. Minor cover tears. Good. Hard book to find! $18.50

A Mercenary’s Guide to the Rate Coin Market. David Hall. American Bureau of Economic Research. Fort Worth, Tx.  1987. 4 small rodent bites on spine. ISBN0930462572. $5.50

Money and Banking – A Survey Including Contemporary Developments, Questions and Answers. Herbert Spero.  Fifth Printing. Barnes and Noble, New York. 1957. ISBN: 0389000825. 265 Pages. Small tears on spine. Good.  $3.00 

Money, Money, Money. Laura Dargie and John Parsons.2001. Rigby/John Parsons Publishing. Softcover, 32 Pages. Great book introducing children to the concepts of barter, trade and money. Fine condition. $2.95

Picture Book of Ancient Coins. Second Printing. Sterling Publishing. 1963. 64 pages. Great introduction to ancient history and world coins for the young numismatist. Glossy Softcover. [SOLD]

Coins through the Ages. Laurence Brown. Bonanza Books. New York. 1961. 184 pages. Hardcover. Light wear on dust jacket, great shape. Fine-. $10.00

Coin World Almanac – A Handbook for Coin Collectors. Coin World Staff. 1975. First Edition. Amos Press Inc. 833 pages. Stiffened jacket. Good. Very small bite on bottom of spine.  $10.00

The Complete Coin Collector’s Guide. Robert Svensson. Avon Books. NY. 1965. 179 pages. Good. $5.50

Coin Collecting. T. Hanson. William Collins and Sons. London. 1965. 128 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket in good, book in Fine -. $4.00.

Our American Coins. US Department of the Treasury. 1972. 23 pages. Paper softcover. [SOLD]

A National Historic Landmark – US Department of the Treasury. 1972. 38 pages. Paper softcover. [SOLD]

1990 Handbook of United States Coins – Dealers buying prices. (Bluebook). R. S Yeoman. 47^th edition. Western Publishing. 1989. [SOLD]

Acme’ Authentic Coin Price Book of United States and Canadian Coins. Acme News, Inc. 1968. Softcover.  [SOLD]

US Coins of Value. Norman Stack. Dell Publishing. 1974. 224 pages. Softcover. Fine. $3.00

The Official 1982 Blackbook Price Guide of United States Paper Money – 20th Anniversary Edition. Marc Hudgeons. (1982). House of Collectibles. Softcover. ISBN 0876371756.  Softcover. Clean pages, slight edgewear to cover. [SOLD]

United States Mint. Annual Report of the Director of the Mint for the Year 1965. U.S. Government Printing Office. May 1966. Softcover. Damaged Cover and Spine. Good. $2.50

United States Mint. Annual Report of the Mint for the Year 1966. U.S. Government Printing Office. February 1967. Softcover. Very Good. $3.50

United States Mint. Annual Report of the Director of the Mint for the Year1968. U.S. Government Printing Office. December 1968. Softcover. Very Good. $3.50 [SOLD]

United States Mint. Annual Report of the Director of the Mint for the Year 1969. U.S. Government Printing Office. March 1970. Softcover. Damaged Cover. Good. $2.50 [SOLD]

United States Mint. Annual Report of the Director of the Mint. U.S. Government Printing Office. June 1966. Softcover. Good. $2.50

Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the Unites States, 1792-1965. U.S. Government Printing Office. June 1966. [SOLD]

Coin Collector’s Handbook. Fred Reinfeld. 1966 edition. Doubleday and Company, Inc. [SOLD]

How to Build a Coin Collection. Fred Reinfeld. Revised (7^th) edition. Barnes and Noble – Sterling. . 1965. Softcover. 159 pages. Minor sun fading on spine. Very good+. $4.50

Coin Collector’s Digest. Volume I, Number 4. Saul Jacobs, Publisher. Betterment Books. 1964. $4.50

Guidebook of United States Coins. (Redbook). R.S Yeoman. 43^rd Edition, 1990. Hardcover. Original sticker on cover. Very fine, like new. $3.00

The Numismatist for Collectors of Coins, Medals and Paper Money. January 1960. Interior pages generally in good shape ; minor pencil inscriptions on the inside first cover page; some age fading . Paper cover, 128 pages. Good. $3

The Numismatist. December 1967.ANA Volume 80, Number 12. Fine. $1.50.

The Numismatist. September 1968.ANA Volume 81, Number 9. Fine. $1.50.

United States Coins Premium Guide Check List: Average prices paid for old U.S. coins by America’s leading coin dealers. Complete listing copper, nickel, and silver coins. Prices paid for gold. (1960) McCoy C.C. Publishers. Softcover. $3.50.

Rarcoa Choice United States Coins - World Crowns Paper Money No. 67-A. (1967) Rare Coin Company of America, Inc. Softcover. $3.50.

M&S Hirschhorn, Inc. Price sheet. (1969). Newsletter. $3.50.

World Coins Numismatic Christmas Carol. Sidney Printing and Publishing. (1964). Magazine. $3.50.[SOLD]

Coin Collecting: The Hobby of Intelligent People. Krause Publications (1966). Softcover. Small paper booklet. Very good, discolored edges. $2.50.

Sixth Edition- A Guide of Modern United States Currency. Neil Shafer (1973), Western Publishing Company. Hardcover. [SOLD]

Fourth Edition - A Guidebook of Modern United States Currency. Neil Shafer (1973), Western Publishing Company. Hardcover. $5.50

United States Canadian and Confederate Paper Money: Large Small Fractional. Robert Werlich (1965). Quaker Currency Company. Softcover. $8.00. Good. Front cover and a few pages are bent.

Standard Handbook of Modern U.S. Paper Money. Leon J. Goodman, John L. Schwartz, and Chuck O’Donnell (1968). Fleetwood Letter Service. Softcover. $7.50.

United States Large Size Paper Money 1861 to 1923. William Donlon (1968). Krause Publications. Softcover. $13.50.

Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the United States 1793-1970. Department of the Treasury (1972). Softcover. [SOLD]

 A Guide to Coin Values – Second Edition. Betterment Books (1964). Soft Cover. Discolored spine and most pages are discolored, more so on the edges. $2.00

The Official 1979 Blackbook Price Guide of United States Paper Money – Eleventh Edition. Theodore Kemm (1978). House of Collectibles. Softcover. ISBN 0876371098. [SOLD]

Whitman Classic Presidential Dollars 2007 - ????.  A complete book for both Philadelphia and Denver Mint coins. New in original shrink-wrap. $17.50

The Most Authentic United States Paper Money Catalog - 1972. Theodore Kemm (1971). HC Publications. Softcover. $3.00.

1985 Green Coin Book. Robert, Arthur and Ira Friedberg. Bell Publishing. ISBN 0-517-461242. [SOLD]

Hewitt Donlon Catalog. United States Small Size Paper Money.  11^th Edition. 1975. Original matching printed brown card covers. Very fine condition, like new. $8.50

Books for Intermediate Collectors

Adventures in Rare Coins. Q. David Bowers

Alaska’s Coinage Through the Years. Maurice M. Gould and Kenneth Bressett.  Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wi. 1960. Illustrated. 46 pages. Stiffened hard cover. Fine, like new. $11.50.

ANA Grading Standards. Bressett (and previously Kosoff). ANA official Grading Book. 1977 (and on). 352 pages. 5" x 7.75

An Outline of Ancient Greek Coins. Zander H. Klawans. Whitman Publishing, 1964. Second Edition. Interior pages generally in very good shape ; minor pencil inscriptions on the inside first cover page. Hardcover. 206 Pages. Very Good $12

Ancient Greek and Roman Coins. Zander H. Klawans. Whitman Coin Products Publishing, 1995. Interior pages generally in very good shape ; minor pencil inscriptions on the inside first cover page. Softcover. 288 Pages. Very Good $8

The Art and Craft of Coinmaking. Denis Cooper.

Byzantine Coin Values. Paul Rynearson. Matter Westerfield Publishing Co, Second Edition, 1971. Yellow Hardcover. Cover is dogeared with some wear. Interior pages great shape with minor pencil inscription on first page. 112 pages, Good. $17

The Canadian Paper Money Journal. Official Publication of The Canadian Paper Money Society. Vol Xii, No. 1. January 1976. Thinstock cover. 40 pages. Minor pencil inscription inside cover. Good. Uncommon - $8

Complete Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins, Walter Breen

Cherry Pickers Guide to Rare Die varieties. Third Edition. Bill Fivaz et. al. Softcover. Used; Good. Third Printing. 1997. 305 pages.

The Coin Collector's Survival Manual. Scott Travers.

The Complete Guide To Liberty Seated Half Dollars.  Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert. [We are looking to buy this book.]

The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes. David W. Lange

Confederate and Southern States Currency. Grover C. Criswell. 1976 Edition Vol. 1 2nd Revised ed. Interior pages generally in good shape ; minor pencil inscriptions on the inside first cover page. Hardcover 294 Pages. Very Good+. $25

Confederate States Paper Money. Arlie R. Slabaugh. Centennial Edition. . Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wi. 1961. Illustrated. 64 pages. Stiffened hard cover. Fine, like new. $11.50.

Copper Coins of Sweden. O.P. Eklund.

Counterfeit, Mis-Struck and Unofficial U.S. Coins. Don Taxay. Arco Publishing Company.1963. (Second printing.) [SOLD]

Criswell’s Currency Series Vol. 1 Confederate and Southern State Currency: An Illustrated Work on Currency that no Library, College, School, Historical Society or Collector can afford to be without. Grover C. and Clarence L. Criswell (1957) Criswell’s Publications. Hardcover $37.50.

Detecting Altered Coins. Bert Harsche.  5th Edition, Anco Publishing, Florence, Alabama. 1973.  Cardstock cover. Illustrated (lots of great and informative pictures). 48 pages. Condition: Used, minor dogeared corners, especially the lower right. Still pretty nice, especially the inner pages.  Scarce book, still an important reference.  Signed by Author. $13.00

Early Coins of America. Sylvester Crosby

The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing In Rare Coins. Q. David Bowers

A Guide to the Grading of US Coins. Martin R. Brown and John W. Dunn.  Whitman Publishing. 206 pages.1964. Hardcover. Minor sulfur stain from old paper stored inside cover. Almost Fine. $4.00

Gold Regulations. Department of the Treasury (1969). Softcover booklet. $3.00

Hawaiian Money, Donald Medcalf and Ronald Russell

The Hibernia Coinage of William Wood, Sydney F. Martin

History of the National Numismatic Collections. Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli. The Museum of History and Technology, Volume 31. US Govt. Printing Office. 1965. Slight dogear and cover wear. Black and white glossy. 108 pages. $16.00

How to Grade U.S. Coins. Jim Halperin

The International Monetary Crisis. Committee on Finance, US Senate. Russell B. Long. Chair. May 1973.US Govt. Printing Office. $4.00

Italian Coin Engravers Since 1800. Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli. The Museum of History and Technology, Volume 33. US Govt. Printing Office. 1965.Black and white glossy. Slight dogear and cover wear.  67 pages. $20.00

The Liberty Seated Dollar. Weimar. W. White. Sanford J Durst (1985). Numismatic Publications. Softcover. ISBN 0942666429 Entire book has crease where it was bent over itself. ($5.00).

Michigan Depression Script of the 1930’s. J.J. Curto (1963) American Numismatic Association. Softcover. Reprinted from the Numismatist. [SOLD]

Mistrikes and Oddities in the Lincoln Cent. E.G. Jewett. 3rd Edition. Crown Printing and Lithographing. Fresno, Ca. 1963. Softcover. 64 pages. Illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. [SOLD]

Numismatics: An Ancient Science. Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli. The Museum of History and Technology, Volume 32. US Govt. Printing Office. 1965.Black and white glossy. 132 pages. Upper corner of front cover is damaged. Interior pages in fine. Net Good. $9.50

The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection; Second Edition. Travers and Dannruether. ISBN 0375720502

Photograde – Official Photographic Grading Guide for US Coins. James F. Ruddy. 17th edition.  Bowers and Merina Galleries. 1988.Wolfeboro, NH. 202 pages. Softcover. Very Good. $3.50 [SOLD]

Procedures and Descriptions of Forms Office of Domestic Gold and Silver Operations. Department of the Treasury (1969). Softcover booklet.  $3.00

The Silver Dollars of North and South America. Second Edition. Wayte Raymond (1964). Whitman Publishing Company. Hardcover. Book has some very minor discoloration on the inside of the front cover and the first page. Fine. [SOLD].

Silver Dollar Fortune-Telling. Les and Sue Fox. 1970. Carson City Associates. Closter, New Jersey. First edition. Out of Print. Softcover. 188 pages. A good price reference book and strategy for buying Morgan and Peace Dollars. Well used but still in Good Condition.  Still has a sleeve inside containing a receipt for free admission to the 1978 San Francisco Coin Fair.  $6.00

Small California and Territorial Gold Coins. R.H. Burnie. First printing. The Advertiser Publishing Company. 1955. Pascagoula, Ms. 96 pages. Brownpaper in 3 hole punched green binder with gilt lettering on the cover. Back of binder has paper and glue attached to it from another book. Otherwise no problems other than small price inscription inside cover. Net.Good+. Rare book. $75.00

The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent. Sol Taylor. Self Published, Hollywood Ca., 1983. Limited Edition Hard Cover (brown), #411 of 500, Signed by Author. Fine condition. Tight, mark-free and clean. $20

1967 Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coin, Tokens and Paper Money. J.E. Charlton. 15th edition. Confederation Centennial Edition. Inside cover has old coin store sticker and small pencil price. Hardcover. Cover has minor bend and wear.  Inside pages are black and white glossy in great shape. Many B&W pictures. Very Good. $9.00

Sutler Issues of the Civil War: A Supplemental Listing with Other Related Issues. J.J. Curto (1963) American Numismatic Association. Softcover. Reprinted from the Numismatist. $14.00

US Mint and Coinage. Don Taxay

United States Territorial Coinage for the Philippine Islands. Neil Shafer. Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wi. 1961. Illustrated. 63 pages. Stiffened hard cover. Fine, like new. [SOLD]

Moneys of the Bible. R.S. Yeoman. Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wi. 1961. Illustrated. 61 pages. Stiffened hard cover. Fine, like new. [SOLD]

War Prisoners Money and Medals. Guido Kirsch. American Numismatic Association. Reprinted from The Numismatist, 1963. 24 pages. Pamphlet with stiffened covers. Small penciled price inside cover. Very Good. A scarce and important reference on this relatively unknown sector of finance and numismatics. $22.50

Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonia and Early American Coins, Q. David Bowers

Wooden Nickels (Or, the Decline and Fall of Silver Coins).  William F. Rickenbacker.  Arlington House, Ny., Ny. 1966.  Jacket spine is worn with small tears.  Book binding is tight. Very minor soiling on inside cover; otherwise pages are clean and crisp. Very Good. $6.00 [SOLD]

World War II Allied Military Currency. Raymond S Toy. Second edition. Black and white, illustrated. Monitor Printing, Tuscon, Az. 1965. Softcover. Some soiling and minor writing inside cover. Good+. Important reference document. $12.00

World War II Military Currency. Raymond S Toy. Black and white, illustrated. Monitor Printing, Tuscon, Az. 1964. Softcover.  Some schmoe removed pages 5-10. So, although booklet is in VG+ shape, net Poor. Still, a scarce and important reference document. $8.00

World War II Axis Military Currency. Raymond S Toy and Bob Meyer. Black and white, illustrated. Monitor Offset Printing, Tuscon, Az. 1967. Softcover. 98 pages. Small price writing inside cover. VG+ shape. A scarce and important reference document. $12.00 [SOLD]

United States Copper Coins. Q. David Bowers. 1984. Softcover. 173 pages. Slight dogearing and a couple nicks on the cover. Otherwise Very Good. Now getting scarce. $9.50

United States Three Cent and Five Cent Pieces.  Q. David Bowers. Bowers and Merena, Galleries, Inc. 1985. Softback. 168 pages. Fine.  $7.95

Books for Advanced Collectors (Specialties)

A Bibliography of American Numismatic Auction Catalogues,1828-1875.  Emanuel Joseph Attinelli. ISBN 0880000724  $7.95

California Gold: Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarter Dollars. Kenneth W. Lee. (1970) University Press. Hardcover. Some discoloration on the outside edges. Strong Fine, like new. Hard book to find. $23.50

Coin Preservation Handbook. Charles Frank. Published by Coinguard Industries. 1964. Hardcover. Fine. Very minor sulfur staining inside back cover from where old paper was stored; small old price written on inside cover. Hard book to find, important reference work.  $80 [SOLD]

The Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace Dollars (The 'VAM' book).  Leroy Van Allen and George Mallis.

Counterfeit Gold Coins. Alfred Dieffenbacher. Nachdruck and Austugsweise. 1963 ($80.00)

Counterfeit Mis-struck and Original US Coins. Don Taxay. Second Printing. Arco Publishing, NY. July 1963.  Hardcover. Minor nicks on dust jacket. Very Good. 221 pages. $38.50

Detecting Counterfeit Gold Coins, Book 2. Lonseome John (John Devine). High Company Printing Company, Newbury Park, Ca. 1978. 268 pages. VeryGood+. $24.50

The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins.

American Half Cents. Roger Cohen  (1982)

Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents. Walter Breen (1984)

Half Cent Die States. Ron Manley 

Indian Head Cent Date Varieties. Otto c. Steinberger. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. Illustrated. January, 1964. 15 pages. Original matching printed brown card covers. Very fine condition, like new. $6.50

Major Variety and Oddity Guide. F.G Spadone.. Second Edition. Self Published. East Orange, N.J. 1963. [SOLD]

Major Variety and Oddity Guide. F.G Spadone.. Third Edition. Self Published. East Orange, N.J. 1963. 114 pages. Good+.  $3.95 [SOLD]

Major Varieties of U.S. Gold Dollars. Walter Breen. 1964. 24 pages. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series.  Very fine condition, like new. [SOLD]

Major Varieties of United States Quarter Eagles. Walter Breen. Circa 1966. 32 pages. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. Illustrated.  Original matching printed brown card covers. $9

Morgan and Peace Dollar Varieties. Leroy C. Van Allen. Self-published. Baltimore, Md. 1965.183 pages. Softcover, black. Rodent bites on spine. Good. $15.50.

Nevada Gaming Tokens. Lee F. Hewitt. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. Illustrated. Circa 1964. 20 pages. Illustrated. Original matching printed brown card covers. Very fine condition, like new. $9.50

Numismatic Forgery. Charles M. Larson. 2004.

The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors and Varieties. Alan Herbert. House of Collectibles.  1978. ISBN. 0-87-637-103-9. Paper softcover. Very minor sulfur staining inside front cover from where old paper was receipt has been, and still is stored (since July 1980). $8.00 [SOLD]

Paper Money of the Kingdom and the Republic of Hawaii 1859-1905. Gordon Medcalf and Robert Fong (1966). Numismatics Hawaii Incorporated. Softcover. Very Good. Discoloration on the spine and slightly dogeared. Rare reference book. $18.50

Penny Whimsy. Sheldon.

Price Catalogue of U.S Colonial and Continental Currency. Ted N. Weissbuch and Richard T. Hoober. 1965. 56 pages. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. Illustrated.  Original matching printed brown card covers. Very fine condition, like new. $9.50

Prisoner of War Monies and Medals. Arlie R. Slabaugh. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. Illustrated. January, 1965. 71 pages. Illustrated. Original matching printed brown card covers. Very fine condition, like new. $9.50

Standard Catalog of US Coins Altered and Counterfeit Coins. Virgil Hancock and Larry Spanbauer. Sanford Durst Numismatic Publications. 1979. Hardcover. Very Good+. Minor wrinkling at bottom of first 100 pages. 220 pages. ISBN 0915262266. $27.50

The United States Branch Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia: Its History and Coinage. Clari M. Birdsall. Southern Historical Press. 1984.

United States Copper Coins: An action Guide for the Collector and Investor. Q. David Bowers. Paperback. 1990

United States Large Copper Cents 1816-1857.  Newcomb (Source of the Newcomb Number)

United States Large Cents 1793-1814. Noyes

United States $3 Gold Pieces, 1854-1889. Q. David Bowers and Douglas Winter

United States Pattern, Experimental and Trial Pieces. Judd, J. Hewitt M.D. 7th Edition, A. Kosoff, Western Publishing Co., Racine, Wisconsin.1982.

WORLD COINS

Ancient Chinese Coins. Holger Jorgensen. Self published. 1962. Twenty Pages, all coin diagrams. Very Good condition with minor age yellowing, small tear on cover and dogearing. (W) Uncommon. $8.50

Ancient Coin Collecting - Roman Provincial Coins.  Wayne Sayles. 1998. [SOLD]

Anglo Saxon Pennies. Michael Dolley. Published by the Trustees of the British Museum. London. 1970. 32 pages with 16 black and white glossy plates. Minor marks on cover. Very Good. Scarce. $11.50

British Copper Coins and Their Values. Part II Tokens. 1965. Seaby’s Numismatic Publications. H.A. Seaby and Monica Busell. 236 pages. Stiffened cover pamphlet, brownpaper. [SOLD]

Byzantine Coin Values, A Guide. Paul Rynearson. Pegasus Publishing. San Diego. First Edition. 1967. Glossy black and white. 103 pages. Almost fine. [SOLD]

Byzantine Coinage -  A Medium of Transaction and Manifestation of Imperial Propaganda. Vasso Penna

Canadian Coin Variety Catalog – Including Newfoundland. Hans Zoell. Second edition 1962. Hobby Publishing. Regina. 119 pages. Softcover. Good. [SOLD]

Catalog of Scandinavian Coins. Burton Hobson. Sterling Publishing. New York. 1970. Hardcover. Small penciled price inside cover and minor fading.. 168 pages. Very nice, Almost Fine. $11.00

Coinage of Swedish Plate Money. Berta Holmberg

Coins of British Oceania. Robert L. Clarke. Second Edition. 1964. Published by Dansco. Hard to find second edition, paperback. Photo survey of coins from Australia, Fiji, New Guinea and New Zealand. Front cover is faded from red to orange. Small pencil price mark inside cover. Otherwise Very Good +. $8.50

Coins of England and United Kingdom. Publisher: Spink and Son, London. 40th Edition, 2005. Hardback (no dust jacket). 529 pages, Fine + $7

Coins of the World. Richard Doty

Coins of the World, Third Edition. W.D. Craig.  Western Publishing. 1976. Hardcover.  Dust Jacket is torn.  478 pages. Book is in Good+ Condition. $7.99

Coins of Canada. J.A. Haxby and R.C. Willey. Eighth Edition. 1988. Unitrade Press. Toronto. Paperback. 200 pages. Like new, Fine+. $4.00

The Coins of Mexico: 1536-1963. Neil S.Utberg. Self Published. 1963. Hardcover. 168 pages Small initials inside cover. Very Good. Important Reference. $22.50. [SOLD]

The Coins of Colonial Mexico 1536- 1821 and the Empire of Iturbide. Volume I (blue cover). 1966. Pamphlet with stiffened covers. Small penciled price inside cover; lightly creased. 104 pages. [SOLD]

The Coins of the Republic of Mexico. Neil S Utberg. Volume II (white cover): 1824-1905). 1966. Pamphlet with stiffened covers. Small penciled price inside cover; lightly soiled; slight dog-eared pages. Very Good. $16.00

The Collecting of Roman Coins Made Easy. David R. Doering. Publisher and date unknown. Brown plates. Very minor cover wear on spine and small price inscription on inside cover. 72 pages. Softcover. [SOLD]

The Coinage of the Republic of Ireland. Jerome H. Remick. Compiled and published by Almanzar’s.  San Antonio, Tx. 1967. 59 pages. Stiffened covers and brown paper pages. Light binding wear. [SOLD]

Coins of the British World - Complete from 500 A.D. to the Present. Robert Friedberg. The Coin and Currency Institute. 1962. First edition. Hard cover. [SOLD]

Coins in China’s History. Arthur Coole. Stamped #4667. Intercollegiate Press. Mission, Ks. Fourth Edition, 1965. Black and white and three-color illustrated. Hardcover. Small price inscription inside cover. Pages starting to brown and very light soiling. 8.5 x14 inches. [SOLD]

Coins of Greek Sicily. Kenneth Jenkins. Trustees of the British Museum - University Press. Oxford. 1966. Illustrated black and white with plates. Glossy softcover. Small price writing inside cover. Scarce. [SOLD]

The Coins of Guatemala: 1733-1963. Charles M. Robinson, III.  Self Published. 1964. 31 pages. Stiffened covers. Black and white glossy. Very fine, like new. $11.00

Coins Medals and Tokens of the Philippines. Aldo Basso. Chenby Publishers. Menlo Park, Ca. 1968. 136 pages. Hardcover, black and white linen pages. Small pencil price inside cover.  Scarce. [SOLD]

Coins of the World: 1750-1850. William Craig.  First Edition. 1966.Whitman Publishing. Racine, WI. Hardcover. Small knicks on dust jacket and small ding on faux leather hardcover. Important reference book .755 pages. Black and white glossy illustrations. Almost fine. [SOLD]

Condition Grading of Mexico’s Modern Coins.  H.S. Ulan. First Edition, Self Published. Signed by Author, inside cover. 32 glossy pages of black and white coin photographs.  Awesome photography and great grading reference. Book has minor soiling and dog-ear on pages. 1963. Scarce book. $25.00 [SOLD]

Copper Coins of Italy. O.P. Eklund. American Numismatic Association. Reprinted from The Numismatist, 1963. 65 pages. Pamphlet with stiffened covers. Small penciled price inside cover. Two rodent bites on spine,  good. $10.00

Cornish Tokens. J.A. Williams. D. Bradford Barton Ltd. 46 pages. Glossy cover with black and white illustrated. Couple small marks on cover and minor wrinkling. Very Good. Scarce reference. $26.50

Current Coins of the World. R.S. Yeoman. First Edition. 1966. Whitman  Publishing. Racine, Wi. Glossy black and white. Hardcover. 250 pages. Many illustrations. Small inscription inside cover. Otherwise near fine. [SOLD]

Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World. Carlos Elizondo, Jr. First Edition. Rons’s Coin Center. San Antonio, Tx. 1988. Hardcover, black and white linen pages. 141 pages.  Minor page wrinkling. Good+. $14.00 [SOLD]

Encyclopedia of World Paper Money. George. J. Sten. Universal Publishing Company of Port Washington, NY.  Softcover in bound comb. 1965, 152 pages. Minor staining. Good. Rare reference. (the 1972 edition shows up, but not this original 1965 publication.) $27.00

Fell’s International Coin Book. Third Revised Edition. Jacques Del Monte. Frederick Fell Publishing. Fifth Edition. 1961. Hardcover. Minor stain spots on cover. 194 pages. Pages fine. Net Very Good. $8.00

Foreign Mints and Banks – How to Order Direct. Lee Baker. First Edition. Self Published. 1964. Santa Clara. California. Softcover. Minor fading and wear on binding. Otherwise like new. Fine-. 46 pages. Scarce. $9.00

Gold Coins of the Americas. Robert Harris. 1971.

Gold Coins of the World - Complete from 600A.D to 1958. Robert Friedberg. The Coin and Currency Institute, New York, New York. 1958. ($12.00)

Guide Book of the Rare and Scarce Coins of Latin America. Hemisphere Coin Company, 1969. Dale Allan Seppa. Thinstock cover. 65 pages. Hand illustrations. Some price inscriptions and original price sticker on cover. Good. Scarce. $25

Moneda y Acunacion En Mexico. Manuel Orozco y Berra.

The Guide Book of Canadian Coins, Paper Currency and Tokens: 1659-1965. H.C. Taylor and Somer James. Seventh Edition. 1965.Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute. Winnipeg. 240 pages. Almost fine. [SOLD]

A Guide Book of English Coins. K.E. Bressett. Third Edition. 1964. Whitman Publishing. Racine, WI. Hardcover. Small initials inside cover. 120 pages. Black and white glossy illustrations. Almost fine. $8.00

A Guide Book of European Coins. Robert P. Harris. 1965. Whitman Publishing. Racine, Wi. 202 pages. Red faux leatherbound cover boards with gilt lettering on the front. Contains mintage records & retail market valuations of coins  Small price inscription inside cover. Very Good+. $7.00

A Guide for the Grading of Canadian Coins. Cecil S. Paul and Gerald B. Parker. Hungerford-Holbrook Company, Watertown, Ny. 1964 42 pages. Paper softcover.  [SOLD]

A Guide Book of Latin American Coins. Robert Harris. First Edition. 1966.Whitman Publishing. Racine, WI. Hardcover. Small price sticker on faux leather hardcover with gilt lettering. Has mintage records of Latin America coins from mid-19th century to 1966 .125 pages. Black and white glossy illustrations. Almost fine. $8.50

A Guide Book of Mexican Coins – 1822 to Date. T.V Buttery and Clyde Hubbard. Fourth Edition. Krause Publications. Iola, Wi. ISBN 0873410890. 1986. 286 pages. Softcover. Very Good. $17.50

A Guide Book of Mexican Decimal Coins: 1863-1963. Theodore V. Buttrey. Whitman Publishing. Racine, Wi. 1963. Hardcover. Small initials inside cover. Very Good. $11.50.

A Guide Book to Modern Latin American Coins. Robert Harris. 1966. Whitman Publishing. Racine, Wi. 125 pages. Hardcover; black and white glossy pages and photos. Rodent bites on spine, minor wear on cover and a small price mark on inside. Great condition - Very Good. $6.00

A Guide Book of Philippine Paper Money. Neil Shafer. 1964. Whitman Publishing. Racine, Wi. 128 pages. Faux blue leather bound cover boards with lettering on the front. Small price inscription inside cover. $16.00

International Guide to Coin Collecting. Burton Hobson. First Edition. New American Library. New York. 1966. Softcover. Good+. $2.50

J.W. Scotts’s Standard Catalogue No. 2 - Copper, Nickel, Brass, and Roman Imperial Bronze. 1913 edition reprint (cover as $2.95 on cover).. 200 pages Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. 1 inch section of spine missing, good condition, some staining. $10.00

Modern Australian and New Zealand Coins. Robert Clarke. 1962. First Edition. South Pasadena, Ca. Published by Dansco. Venice, Ca. Stiffened cover pamphlet, brown paper with illustrations. Small rodent bites on spine. $5.00

Modern Chinese Copper Coins. H. A. Ramsden. Reprint from the Numismatist 1962. Minor wear and moderate soiling on the cover. Interior sheets are clean. Black print and sepia wood-block images.  28 pages. Good. $3.50

Modern World Coins. R.S Yeoman. 13^th Edition. 1984. ISBN: 0871847132. Western/Whitman Publishing. Racine, WI. Softcover. Almost fine. [SOLD]

Numismatic History of Mexico. Alberto Francisco Pradeau. New York, 1978 ISBN-0915262-20-7

Numismatic Notes and Monographs. No 97. – The Endicott gift of Greek and Roman Coins. Sawyer McA Mosser. American Numismatic Society. NY. 1941. 53 pages and 19 brown plates. Wear and sticker glue on cover. Good. $7.00

The <Onza> Main Book (The gold Doubloon of Eight) - Spain, Provinces, and Independent Republics of America, Counterstamps and Counterfeits. Perran and Xavier Calico. Distributor: Gabinete Numismatico Calico. Barcelona, 1986. ISBN 84-7588-044-4. Hard Cover. ($75.00)

An Outline of Ancient Greek Coins. Zander H. Klawans. Second Edition. Whitman Publishing. 1964. 206 pages. Glossy black and white. Old price on inside and minor fade on front cover. Otherwise a strong VG+. $5.50

Pageant of World Commemorative Coins – Their Meanings and Symbolism. Thomas Becker. 1962. Whitman  Publishing. Racine, Wi. 197 pages. Hardcover. Covers have wear, and rodent damage to edges. Pages fine. Net Good. Fascinating read! $16.50

Price Catalog of Modern European Gold Coins. Lee F. Hewitt. Hewitt Numismatic Information Series. Illustrated. Circa 1964. 20 pages. Original matching printed brown card covers. Very fine condition, like new. $6.50

Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins. Zander H. Klawans. Third Edition. 1963. Whitman Publishing. Racine, Wi.  127 pages. Black and White glossy. Small price penciled inside cover. Hardcover. Fine. $7.00

Royal Greek Portrait Coins. Edward T. Newell.   [Original Printing by Wayte Raymond. 1937.]  Edition Unknown. Whitman Publishing, Racine Wisconsin. Hardcover. Minor paper stain on inside back cover. Small writing (old price) on inside front cover. Fine-. Scarce. $12.00 [SOLD]

The Royal Mint – An Outline History. Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. 1970. Fifth Edition. Glossy cover and glossy black and white pages. 35 pages. Very Good. $3.00

Rubles of Peter the Great and His Successors. A.E. Kelpsh. American Numismatic Association. 1962 reprint from the Numismatist. Stiffened cover pamphlet, brownpaper.  32 pages. Very minor wear. Very good. $7.00

Russian Wire Money. Frank Lapa. First edition. #996 of 1000. Self Published. 16 page pamphlet. Fine.$9.50.

Selections from the Numismatist – Ancient and Medieval Coins. American Numismatic Association. Whitman Publishing. 1960 reprint. 318 pages. Hardcover. Small writing (old price) on inside front cover. Fine. $8.00

The Silver Dollars of Africa. John S. Davenport.  Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wi. 1959. Illustrated. 42 pages. Stiffened hard cover. Very small price inscription is the only blemish. Almost Fine. [$7.50]

Spanish Dollars Adapted for US Colonial Use (and West Indies and Australia). J.B.Caldecott  and Alfred Chitty. Olympic Press. Salina, KS. 100 pages. Stiffened cover pamphlet. This pamphlet covers pages 285-299 and 180-188. 31 pages total. British Numismatic Journal. Reprint 1963. Small price inside cover. Very good+. $4.00

The Standard Catalogue of Byzantine Coin Values. David R. Doering. Products Research Company. 1967. Paper softcover. Brown plates. Very small stain on cover. 47 pages. Very Good. Hard to find. $9.50.

1969 Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins and Token and Paper Money. Seventeenth Edition. J.E. Charlton. 1968. Western Publishing (Whitman). Racine, Wi.  Black and white glossy. Small penciled price inside cover. 167 pages. Very nice, Almost Fine. $10.00

Standard Grading Guide to Canadian Decimal Coins. James Charlton and Robert Willey. 1965. Western Publishing (Whitman). Racine, Wi. Covers have wear, Good+. A main reference for grading Canadian Coins. $12.50

Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins. Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler. 1985, ISBN 0-87341-031-9. Soft Cover. ($13.50) [SOLD]

Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins. Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler. 1989 1792 pages. Soft Cover. Poor condition. ($9.50)

The Star Rare Coin Encyclopedia and Premium Catalog. B. Max Mehl. Numismatic Company of Texas. Thinstock cover Stamped L 29319 on reverse cover. 1934. Vintage. Worn. Complete except for ½ page book offer sheet was cut out. Pages and cover have noticeable wear, moderate soiling, small edge tears, dogeared, etc. (though very little pen or pencil marks). Fair. $ 9

Strange Money of the World. Col. Phares Sigler. American Numismatic Association. Reprinted from The Numismatist, 1962. 35 pages. Pamphlet with stiffened covers. Small price sticker on cover. Fascinating read. Very Good+. $7.50

Suomen Rahat 1860-1969.  Suomen Postimerkkeily Oy. Helsinki. Written in Finnish. 20 page pamphlet with glossy cover. Minor writings on pages. Good. $4.00

Treasury of the World’s Coins. Fred Reinfeld. Fourth printing, 1955. Sterling Publishing, Hardcover with DJ and plastic DJ protector. 224 pages. Black and White with many illustrations. [SOLD]

Viking Coins of the Danelaw.  Michael Dolley. Published by Trustees of the British Museum, London. 1965. Black and white glossy illustrations. Fine-. Scarce. $14.00

Coin Catalogs

American Numismatic Association. Paramount International Coin Corporation. (1969). Softcover. $4.50.

Ancients, Crowns, and Gold Coins of the World. Superior Stamp and Coin Company. Catalog. Winter 1965. 29 pages. Original mailer included. Cardcover. $ 4.00

Autumn Mail Auction Sale. Paramount International Coin Corporation. (1970). Softcover. Discolored cover and pages .  $2.50

Casa Dinero Coin Co. Winter Sale Items from the estate of Dr. F.E. Patton, MD. Auction Sale. $3.50

Casa Dinero Coin Co. (1964). Softcover. Discolored edges. $3.50.

Classical Numismatics. Joel L. Malter. Encino, Ca. Spring 1968. Black and white illustrations and plates. 56 pages. Good. $5.00

Classical Numismatics. Joel L. Malter. Encino, Ca. Summer/Fall 1968. Black and white illustrations. Good. $5.00

Classical Numismatics. Joel L. Malter. Encino, Ca. Winter 1969. Black and white illustrations. Good. $5.00

Classical Numismatics. Joel L. Malter. Encino, Ca. Autumn/Winter 1969. Black and white illustrations. Good. $5.00

Classical Numismatics. Joel L. Malter. Encino, Ca. Spring 1968. Black and white illustrations. Good. $5.00

Classical Numismatics. Joel L. Malter. Encino, Ca. Spring 1970. Black and white illustrations. Good. $5.00

Eliasberg Collection Catalog. Bowers. 1996

Food and Agricultural Organizations Coins- Links in a Chain of Peace. Paramount International Coin Corporation. (1969). Softcover. Discolored spine. $7.50.

Ford Collection Catalogs. Stack's, 2003-2007

Garrett Collection Catalogs - Three Volumes.  Bowers.  1979 - 1980

The Nunmismatique Auction Sale. Paramount International Coin Corporation. (1968). Softcover. $4.50.

Norweb Collection Catalogs (Three volumes).  Bowers.  1987-1988

Norweb Washingtonia. Stack's. 2006

Rarcoa’s Public & Mail Auction Sale Rare Coins. Rare Coin Company of America, Inc. (1966). Softcover. Very good. Discolored edges. $2.50.

Roper Collection Catalog.  Stack's (Almost complete colonial type collection). 1983

Shoreline Coin Catalog: Listing latest market prices United States and Canadian Coins with complete checklist. (1964) Shore Stamp Co. Softcover. Slight discoloration on the top of the front cover. $4.50.

Tatham Stamp & Coin Company Coin Collector’s Complete Price List: U.S. Coins Canadian Coins. Catalog of Many Unusual and Rare Items Coin Supplies and Information. Tatham Stamp and Coin Company (1968). Softcover.(SOLD $3.50)

COIN ALBUMS and FOLDERS

Unites States Type Set Large Coins, Blue Whitman Slide-Album, #9435, Two Pages, New - still in shrink wrap. $7.75

Jefferson Nickels, Date 1965 -  ???, #9409, Two Pages, New - still in shrink wrap. $4.75

Source for Numismatic Books:

http://www.alibris.com/

http://www.calcoin.org/library/index.html

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=805

http://www.georgemanzcoins.com/books/coins.html

http://www.his.com/~z/MCCC/club_mccclibr.html

http://www.numislit.com

http://www.sharelynx.com/books/goldbook18.php

http://www.stacks.com/

EXONUMIA AND TOKENS

1807 Joseph Sansom American Revolution commemoratives

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876. J.F Loubat

The Medals of Franklin. Phil W. Greenslet

A Preliminary Guide to Nevada Trade Tokens. Len Hoskins, John Schilling and Hal Dunn. First Edition. 1990. Published by Columbus Industries, Reno, Nv.

Softbound. 95 pages. Still the main reference book for Nv. trade tokens.

Ribbons and Medals Naval, Military, Air Force and Civil. George Phillip and Son Limited. London. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Light wear and dogeared pages, some age fading. 301 pages. Light dog-earing, small marks and pencil inscriptions, and page soiling. $10

COLLECTIBLES, EPHEMERA, SCRIPOPHILY and STAMPS

A Checklist of Nevada Post Offices, 1852-1988. Richard Helbock. La Posta Pocket Guide Series. 1989. Hardstock Pamphlet. 24 pages. This guide is a must for purveyors of Nevada paper. Good luck finding one. Very Good+. $15.00

Computers on Stamps and Stationary. Larry Dodson. American Topical Association; Handbook 134. 1998. 160 Pages, Softcover. Just a few minor pen markings, Very Good+. Scarce. $45

Computers on Stamps and Stationary, Volume 2. Larry Dodson. American Topical Association; Handbook 152. 2004. 235 Pages, Softcover. Just a few minor pen markings and light page end soiling, Very Good-. Scarce. $40

Culinary Ephemera an Illustrated History. William Woys Weaver. University California Press. 2010 Hard Cover, 299 pages. Very Good+, lightly used. $11

Gilding and the Making of Gold Leaf.  R. Barnes.1962. Published by Butler and Ferrigno. 39 pages. Hand made and paper bound. This book truly belies the beauty of gold leaf and gilt. The book provides a step by step (photo plates) guide to laying gold leaf. The book itself has gold leaf, visible only upon certain angles and itself is a nice work of art and provides a glimpse into the world of antique bookmaking. Very Scarce. One of only 500 copies made. $19

A Guide to the Collecting and Care of Original Prints. Carl Zigrosser and Christa Gaehde. Crown Publishers, New York, NY. 1965; 7^th Printing 1971. Softcover. 120 Page. Light wear, spine starting to disassociate mildly, age fading. Good+  $2

The Handbook of Historical Documents - A Guide to Owning History. Todd M. Axelrod. TFH Publications. 1992. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Very Good. Originally 49.55. $5

Hawaiian Stamps - and Related Themes.  Emmett Cahill.  Orchid Isle Publishers. 1987 edition, 1995 Reprint. 123 Pages. Light pencil inscription. Very Good+ $11

Historic Stock Certificates Europe - Volume I. Hans Braun. ISBN-10: 3874393968. Verlag Herman Schmidt Mainz. 1996. 326. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Well used with wear on cover especially, old price sticker glue still remains in small location but the interior glossy pages are actually in very nice shape.  Great Reference $9.99

Nevada Post Office An Illustrated History. James Gamett and Stanley Paher. Stanley comes through again with a definitive reference work. 

The Pony Express – the Collection formed by Thurston Twigg-Smith. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries. This is the Auction Catalog for the December 5, 2009 of the Twigg-Smith Pony Express Collection.127 pages, glossy color, with fold out map. Hardback. Minor pencil inscriptions. Very Good+. $16 

This is Ephemera - Collecting printed throwaways. Maurice Rickards. 1977. ISBN:0828903239. Cover has minor wear and spine has faded color. Interior pages generally in good shape with some soiling here and there and minor inscriptions on the inside first page.  Thinstock cover. 64 pages. Good $6

Articles of Incorporation and Range Rules (bylaws)- The Westerners. Los Angeles Corral. 1960. Ex-libris. Cardstock cover. 23 pages. Cardstock cover (tan) and white (now yellow with age) pages.  A neat little booklet, contains numerous little ‘cowboy’ cartoons. Actually a really good example of a non-profit rules of incorporation. Minor dogear, age wear and pencil inscriptions inside the front cover. Scarce. $10

PAPER CURRENCY

Early Paper Money of America. Eric P. Newman

Paper Money of United States. Robert Friedberg. The Coin and Currency Institute, Inc. New York. Fifth Edition. 1964. 305 pages with many picture illustrations. Still the important paper money reference. Nice collector edition. Hard cover, missing jacket. Great shape considering age with just minor spine and cover wear, light soiling, very few problems, nice pages. $12

New Jersey 'proclamation money' printed in March1728 and July 1746

1789 small change notes issued b the Bank of North America

February 17, 1776 Continental Currency

Military Currency WWII - Supplement. Alfred J. Swails. 1961. Monitor Printing, Tucson, Az. Only 1,000 printed. 30 pages. This book is the supplement with corrections to the primary publication. Blue Cardstock. Minor soiling on cover with very small price inscription inside. Black and white illustrations, price guide and rarity Index. Hard to find. Almost Very Good. $12.50.

Military Payment Certificates. Fred Schwan. A military payment certificate reference guide. B N R Press (May 1, 1997) ISBN: 0931960541.

Obsolete Paper Money Issued by Banks in the United States 1782-1866.  Q. David Bowers.

The U.S. Paper Money Guide and Handbook. Carlson R. Chambliss

ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS

ENERGY

Entropy.  Jeremy Rifkin.

Exploratory Wells Drilled Outside of Oil and Gas Fields in California to December 31, 1950. Special Report no. 23, Ca Department of Natural Resource, Division of Mines, Ferry Building, San Francisco. July 1952. 77 pages. Green cardstock cover and white (now yellow with age) interior pages. Well worn, cover loose from booklet, some rips and tears of cover though interior pages still pretty decent. ORIGNIAL MAP! Scarce. $10

The Illustrated Brief History of Time, Updated and Expanded Edition.  Stephen Hawking

Maria Sklodowska Curie. Leon Koczy. Perth, 1968. Proceedings of a speech given on Mdme. Curie’s life (one of the most brilliant scientists ever) and accomplishments given in Perth, Australia in 1968.  11 pages. Cover page is signed by the speaker. Minor soiling and wear. Cardstock cover. (W) Good condition.  Rare. $5

ENVIRONMENT

Achieving Consensus on Water Policy in California. Edmund Brown Institute of Public Affairs CSU-Los Angeles. Hardcover. Like New - Fine. $20.00

California Grasslands and Range Forage Grasses. Sampson, Chase, Hedrick. May, 1951. Bulletin 724. California Agricultural Experiment Station. University of California. Pamphlet/Booklet. 130 pages. Some light wear. Scarce and Important Reference. Good+ $55

 A Brief Pictorial History of Grizzly Island. Joan Frost. Self produced. Brown cardstock cover with glossy black and white interior pages. Mostly pictures with headers and footers. No page numbers, about 52 pages. Neat historical reference; out of stock and Rare. Some light wear. Good+ $11 

The Journal of the New Alchemists. Softcover. Various. Numerous pencil inscriptions inside front cover. 12x 8.5 inches. 148 Pages. Good-. $15

List of Geological Survey, Geologic and Water-Supply Reports and Maps for California.  US Department of The Interior December 1977. US Department of The Interior. US Government Printing Office. 59 Pages. Softcover. Cover has minor wear and very small tears on top edge. Interior pages generally in good shape with some soiling here and there and minor inscriptions on the inside first page.  Now scarce. $11

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Autumn Jauck and Laura Pederson. Exploring by Trail and Shoreline. First Edition. 73 Pages. ISBN: 9780977302703

Used, light wear and dogear. Pretty book. Good. $17.

 The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster. Werner Troesken. MIT Press. 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Great condition, just a few very minor pencil inscriptions. 318 pages. Very Good+ $7

Rocks and Minerals. Richard M. Pearl. Barnes and Noble. New York. 1967 reprint. 275 pages. Softcover. Some typical wear. Good $4

Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Seventh Edition, 1996. 644 pages. Paperback. Worn and wrinkled cover (dogeared pages, etc) but still decent Good- condition. Still the go-to reference guide. $8

Timber - Story of a Timber Sale on a National Forest. US Dept. of Agriculture. PA-545. April 1963. Stiffcover. About 20 pages. Very Good. Hard to find. $4.50

Western Times and Water Wars.  John Walton. University of California Press. 1992. One of the better researched, if stilted and slanted, tells of Owens Valley and the California water battles. Softover. 378 pages. Well Used, ex-student library with pencil marks and some soiling. Good-.$2.95

FICTION

Scorpion Down – The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion.  Ed Offley. Basic Books/Perseus. New York. 2007. 482 Page. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Fine, almost new. $3

The Virgin Fleet. Lewis E. Young. 1985 edition. Paperback. 346 pages. Dogeared pages, small tear on the cove. Good. $3.50

ECONOMICS and FINANCE

American School of Home Economics. The Profession of Home Making Home Course Study. American School of Home Economics, Chicago, Il. September 1916 Bulletin. @86 pages. Softcover. Well worn and dogeared cover with creases and minor tears and rips along the edges and spine but overall complete. The interior pages are in good shape but have minor soiling and pencil inscription. Scarce, could not find another one on the internet. $11

Ask Suze, Suze Orman. Set of Seven Books on financial topics for the beginner. All books almost Fine condition (handled but likely unread). Each book about 120 pages, published by Penguin Putnam in 2000.  The set titles are: Ask Suze...1) About Wills and Trusts 2) About Stocks and Bonds 3) About Mutual Funds and Annuities 4) About Planning for your future 5) About Insurance 6) About Love and Money and 7) About Real Estate. Entire Set: $4.00

Bad Samaritans - The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. Ha-Joon Chang. 2008. Bloombury Press. 276 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor dog eared pages. Very Good. $4

Buried Treasure – Secrets for Living from the Lord’s Language. Rabbi Daniel Lapin. Multnomah Books. 2001.Hardcover with dust jacket.  215 Pages. Fine. $4

Charles Schwab's New Guide to Financial Independence. Three Rivers Press. 2004. Softcover 296 pages. Cover and some pages are bent back. Good+.  $3.00

Elliott Wave Principle. Frost and Prechter. 6th edition. 1990.

Encyclopedia of Estate Planning. Robert Holzman and John Tuozzolo. Bottom Line Books. 2000 edition. 310 pages. Like new. $2.99

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.  Charles Mackay.Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.  1986. Hardcover with dust jacket.  724 Pages. ISBN 0-374-374-15124-5. Fine. $11

Facts on Futures. Jake Bernstein. Probus Publishing Company, Chicago, Il.1992.

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit. Steve Weisman. Pearson Prentice Hall. 2005. Some pretty helpful hint and topics in this book. Paperback, ex-library (discarded). Good. Some Dogear and spine wear but has re-enforced plastic on binding. 232 Pages. $3.00

Financial Market Rates and Flows. James C. Van Horne. Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1978. Softcover. 250 pages. This is the undergrad textbook from 1978. Probably read once, partially.  Moderately worn with standard dogeared corners and creases. The interior pages are in good shape and clean, inside first page has an old price stamp. $4

Financially Free. Marc Garrison. Simon and Schuster. 1986. Hardcover 268 pages. Dustcover is worn. Book and pages are Almost Fine. $3.00

Freakonomics. Seven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.  Great Book. Used Hardcover with dust jacket. Good. Highlights and pencil marks. $2.50

The History of Currency: 1252-1896. W.A. Shaw. 1896. Reprint. Augustus M. Kelly. New York. 1967. Hardcover. 437 pages. Very fine, almost like new. $25.00

How Full is Your Bucket? Tom Rath and Donald Clifton. New York Times Best Seller. Gallup Press. First Printing, 2004. Hardcover.127 pages. Brand new with original inserts.$3.00

How to Read a Financial Report. John A. Tracy.  John Wiley and Sons, NY. 1994. Fourth Edition. Paperback 168 pages. This book is an essential for anybody who holds stocks, or wants to - the basis of fundamental analysis.  Book and pages have been bent back. Some pages are partially crumpled. Well worn but still very usable. Good-. $4.50

Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Peter Drucker. Paperback. 1986. Published by Harpers Business. Handled but likely read just once, minor marks and dog-eared. $1.50

Irrational Exuberance. Robert J. Shiller

Kemmerer on Money. Edwin W. Kemmerer. John Winston Company. Chicago. 1933. Hardcover. 197 pages. ex-library with accompanying marks and stamps. Small date, price and inscription inside cover. Good. $3.00

The Paper Economy. David T. Bazelon. Random House, New York. 1963 First printing. 467 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Light wear and dogeared pages, some age fading. Good+. $3

Readings in Price Theory – Volume VI. Richard D. Irwin. First Printing, April 1952. Stigler and Boulding, editors. 568 pages. Hardcover. No dust jacket. 9” x 6 x 1. Good. Several pen and pencil inscriptions inside cover and one on spine. $9

Security Analysis. Principles and Technique. Benjamin Graham and David Dodd and Sidney Cottle (1962; Fourth Edition) McGraw-Hill, New York. 778 pages. Good- $23

The Silver Crisis. William L. Graham Jr. Hickory Press. Lake Forest. Il. 1964. 134 pages. Softcover. Spine damage - rodent bits in two spots, Minor cover wear, wrinkled back cover. Pages and binding are problem-free. Good. $7.50

Technical Analysis Applications in the Global Currency Markets. Cornelius Luca, New York Institute of Finance, 1997.

A Teenager’s Guide to Money, Banking and Finance. David Spiselman. Simon and Schuster, 1987.  120 pages. Parts are a bit dated (pictures of the room-sized computers!) but overall still a good and topical introduction for young people to our basic financial system. Long out of print and hard to find. Gently used, book spine and cover wear, dogear, etc. Good. $4.99

A Treatise on Coins of the Realm.  Charles Jenkinson. 1805. Reprint. Augustus M. Kelly. New York. 1968. Hardcover. 295 pages. Very fine, almost like new. Scarce. $25.00

Viewpoints of a Commodity Trader. Roy W. Longstreet. Frederick Fell, Inc., New York. 1968.

Your Rights as a Customer – Laws of Buying. Joseph A Hoehlein. Legal Almanac Series, Oceana Publications. 1956. 94 pages. Small book, Paperback. Chock full of great information, legal and code information you never read about in modern disinformation books. . Light dog-earing, small marks and pencil inscriptions, and page soiling. Scarce. $10

The Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith

 The World is Flat. Thomas Friedman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. No dust cover. 2005. Hard Cover. 488 pages. Very Good+ $3

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, ASSET FORFEITURE AND SEIZURE

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice. Self Published. 4x5 inches. New York, 1946. Softbook, 46pages. Blue cover. Cover and spine are worn with small tears. Pages are good but have much underlining and pencil/pen marks. An interesting read today; self evidence why the whole program failed and yet serves as the model of debauchery and failure of our once strong nation. Read it and weep. A scarce original pamphlet. $ 27.50.

The Emperor Wears no Clothes. Jack Herer.  Hemp Publishing. 1985. Softbook, second printing (1990). Softcover 182 pages. Used and yellowed. Dogeared and slightly bent. Still in Good. Wow, prices have really climbed on this one. Too bad, a great expose on how our former Republic of the United States of America has devolved into little more than a police state. Thanks to the failed War on Poverty, Terrorism, Baddies, you and me and - as documented herein - a plant that grows native everywhere in our lower 48. Read it now, while the book is still legal. $20.00

HISTORY

Flying Fortress. Illustrated Biography of B-17s and the Men Who Flew Them. Edward Jablonski. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket is well worn with several small rips and tears. 1965. Doubleday and Company. Garden City, New York. 362 Pages. Good.+ $6

FRUGALITY, HOME ECONOMICS, PREPARATION AND SUFFICIENCY

American Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Safety. Second Edition. Third Printing. Self Published - American Red Cross. Softcover 269 pages. Well worn and dog- eared. Good-. $ 3.00.

Ben Franklins Guide to Wealth. Erin Barett and Jack Mingo. Conari Press. 2004. 121 Pages. [SOLD]

The Complete Indoor Gardener. Michael Wright. Hardcover, with dust jacket. New Leaf Books. 1974. 256 pages. Good condition. Tears on dust jacket, most pages are faded and darkening with age but no other problems and generally in good condition. $4

Cut Your Bills in Half. Rodale Press. Emmaus, Pa. Hardcover. 1989. 393 pages. Like new. Fine. $3.95.

Cut Your Spending in Half. Rodale Press. Emmaus, Pa. Hardcover. 410 pages. Like new. Fine. $3.95.

Department of the Army Field Manual - Survival. FM 21-76. US Army - published. 1957 (October 1970). Softcover 285 pages. This book is no longer easy to find. Very well worn and soiled. Poor. $8.00

Department of the Army Field Manual - Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques - References. TM 31-200-1. US Army - published. 1966 (This is the modern Militaria Press re-print). Softcover 234 pages. Very Good. $8.00

Department of the Army Field Manual - Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques - Incendiaries. TM 31-200-1. US Army - published. 1966 (This is the modern Militaria Press re-print). Softcover 155 pages. Very Good. $8.00

Department of the Army Field Manual - Improvised Munitions Handbook. TM 31-210-1. US Army - published. 1969 (This is the modern Militaria Press re-print). Softcover 256 pages. Very Good. $8.00

Dictionary of Discards. Frank Rich. Avenal Books. New York. 1962. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 143 pages.Good- condition. Tear on binding, a few pages are torn or soiled, writing in some pages but complete and generally in decent condition. $9

Elementary Home Economics - Unit Problem Plan. Second Revision.  Mary Lockwood Matthews.  Little , Brown and Co., Boston. 1932  Hardcover 623 pages. Dog-ear and spine wear cover; wax spots on cover; pages are very good. Several inscriptions inside cover. An incredible book, I learn something new every time I look at it. Amazing that this was a basic text book in US Schools in the 1930s. High school kids today likely know less than 10% of this material and will probably not be able to comprehend more than two-thirds of it. A salient insight into the history of US home economics. Good. $8.95

Firearms Identification. Institute of Applied Science, Chicago Il. 1954. IAS 1954-57, Firearm and Modus Operandi, IAS A-351. Ringbound.  Good Condition, Pages are dog-eared, yellowed and worn but complete with no major tears or other problems.  There is a moderate amount of pen and pencil markings. This is the textbook for the class still taught by IAS, the definitive home-school for gun ID and ballistics. The course today is $287. We found no other book available on the internet; Scarce and important reference guide. $18.95

How to Sell What you Make. Paul Gerhards.  ISBN 0811722449. Stackpole Books. 1990. 54 pages. Softcover. Very minor dog-ear and wear on cover. Very Good+. $1.95

Making the Best of Basics - Family Preparedness Handbook. James Talmage Stevens. Peton Corp. Publishers. SLC, Utah. 6th e. 13th printing, 1977.  A great reference book, many tips you don't need to know - until you really need to know. Worn and very soiled. Poor. $4.00

The Millionaire Next Door.  Dr. Thomas Stanley and Dr. William D. Danko

Money: Who Has How Much and Why. Andrew Hackner. Scribner Press. 1987. Hardback. 254 pages. An example of a politician using statistics to validate his world view; some interesting case study in there.  Lightly used. Very Good. $5.00

Textbook of Pediatrics. Nelson, Vaughan, McKay. 9th Edition. W.B. Saunders, Publisher. 1971.Hardcover. No dust cover. 1589 pages. Good+ condition.  $19

Pfizer Series of Anatomical and Pathological Transparencies. No. 3 – Clinical Anatomy of the Abdomen and Inguinal Region. Pfizer & Company (1953) Very Good Condition. $25

Pfizer Series of Anatomical and Pathological Transparencies: No. 2: Segmental Anatomy of the Lung.  Netter, Frank. Chas. Pfizer & Co. 1957. Very Good Condition. $9

The Physiology of Man. L.L. Langley and E. Cheraskin. Mc Graw – Hill. 1954. Hardcover. No dust cover. Good+ condition. $7

Sierra Bullets Reloading Manual. Published by Sierra Bullets, 1971. Ringbound. 462 pages. Fine+ condition, no problems.  $14.95

Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Clayton L. Thomas, Ed. F.A. Davis and Co., Publisher. 1973. Several hundred pages with Appendices. Hardcover. No dust cover. Good+ condition. $9

Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence.  Pennquin Books, 1992. Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. ( Although a bit dated, this book shaped our early thinking regarding personal finance and our role as individuals in the grand economic scheme. - Ed..).   ISBN 0670843318. 350 pages. Cover and a couple pages have a small bend. A few pages are dog-eared. Good +.  $5.50
 

Penny Pinching - How to Lower your Everyday Expenses Without Lowering your Standard of Living. Lee and Barbara Simmons. 256 pages. Some great money saving tips! - Worth the read. Well worn. About Good. $3.50

Rich Dad, Poor Dad.  Robert T. Kiyosaki

The Richest Man in Babylon.  George S. Clason

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival. Tom Brown, Jr. Berkley Books. 1983. Softcover 287 pages. Well worn and used, light soiling. One of the go-to books on how to get things done out in the bush. $ 6.00

Military Small Arms of the 20th Century - A Comprehensive Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Small Caliber Firearms.  Ian V. Hogg and John Weeks. DBI Books, 1985. 303 Pages. Yellowed pages, cover and spine wear, but generally good although this book smells like cigarette smoke. Softcover. $7.95

The Gun Digest of Assault Weapons. Edited by Jack Lewis. DBI Books, 1986. Sofcover. 256 Pages. Yellowed pages, cover and spine wear, but generally Very Good .  $3.95

In the The Gravest Extreme - The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection.  Massad F. Ayoob. Police Bookshelf, 1980.Considered THE Tome on this topic on the role of using a firearm for personal protection; how to make sure if you use your weapon the criminal will not live to challenge your use or otherwise threaten you again.  Softcover, 130 pages. Yellowed pages, cover and spine wear, but generally good although this book smells like cigarette smoke. Softcover. $17.95

Life or Death - Emergency Medical Techniques.   Sharon Carter. 1983. Paladin Press, Boulder Co.  Hardback, 218 pages. Nice condition; dust jacket has wear and tears but book and pages in nice shape although this book smells a little musty. $2.95

Self Defense. Wesley Brown. Barnes Sports Library. 1951. Hardcopy. DJ is missing. Pages are good with minor cover wear, significant spine damage but generally good although this book smells like cigarette smoke. $4.99

Fundamentals of Modern Police Impact Weapons.  Massad F. Ayoob.Police Bookshelf. Concord, Nh. 1978.  DJ has light wear and discoloring. Small rodent bite on spine.  Book has yellowed pages but otherwise in Extra Fine condition, light odor.  Comes with original purchase receipt. We offer for the price of $13.95.

SKS Rifle, Simonov Type 56. Department of Army Training Circular TC 9-56. October 1969. 22 pages stock paper. (Reprint/Reproduction). Fine+. 9$

Riffing. Department of Army Training Circular TM 5-725. October 1968. 136 pages. Thinstock tan cover. (Reprint/Reproduction) Fine+. 9$

INTERNET and TECHNOLOGY

MINING, METALS and MINERALS

Antimony Deposits of Nevada. Edmond F. Lawrence. Nevada Bureau of Mines. Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada. Bulletin 61. 1963. Ex New Mexico Library; Ex: Ranchers Exploration and Development Corp; Ex: Hecla Library; Ex: Wallace, Idaho Mining Museum. Minor dog-earing on cover and first few pages. Light wear on spine. Stamp and writing on inside cover.  Binding glue starting to age. Maps in Very Fine. Overall nice specimen of a difficult report to find. Glossy paper. 248 pages. $27.50.

Bedded Barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada. USGS Circular 555. First and Second printings, 1967. US govt. press. 8 Pages. Small pencil marks. $3.50

Geothermal Exploration and Development in Nevada Through 1973. Larry J Garside. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada. Report 21. 1974. Ex New Mexico Library; Ex: Ranchers Exploration and Development Corp; Ex: Hecla Library; Ex: Wallace, Idaho Mining Museum. Light wear on binding. Very minor writing inside. Almost Fine. 12 pages. [SOLD $5.50]

Gold Fever and the Art of Panning and Sluicing. Lois De Lorenzo.  ATR Enterprises. Los Angeles, Ca. 1970. Softcover 70 pages. Well used and soiled though still in decent shape. Good-. $5.00

Gold Finding Secrets. Edwin P. Morgan. Self Published, 1966, First Edition. 79 pages. Thinstock cover, booklet in good condition, one small but noticeable soil/stain spot on cover, minor age fading on cover, binding and original staples are good; interior pages clean except minor pencil inscriptions inside cover. Good. $5

Gold - The Yellow Devil. A Anikin. 1978. Translated and Printed in U.S.S.R International Publishers. 1983. Hardcover 244 pages. Fascinating read. Shows the origination of many of the anti-gold arguments used by today's anti-miners. Great reference work. Very good condition. w/ VG dust jacket. $7.00

Gold Diggers and Camp Followers. David Allan Comstock. Comstock BOnanza Press. Grass Valley, Ca.  1982. First Paperback Edition 1988. 413 pages. Just very light wear on cover and first few pages. Comes with original purchase receipt, likely book never has been read. $7.00

Handbook of Gem Identification. Richard Liddicoat. 11^th Edition. 1981. Gemological Institute of America. Santa Monica, Ca. ISBN 0873110064. 490 pages. Hardcover with DJ. DJ is worn. Book in Fine. $9.95

Mines Handbook, 1925; Mines Register, 1931.

Mineral Resources of Douglas, Ormsby and Washoe Counties. Theodore D. Overton. Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin 46. 1947. Ex New Mexico Library; Ex: Ranchers Exploration and Development Corp; Ex: Hecla Library; Ex: Wallace, Idaho Mining Museum. Almost Fine.  Pressboard cover; Plastic Binding..  Mimeograph paper. 86 pages. $9.25.

The Molly Maguires; The True Store of Labor's Martyred Pioneers in the Coalfields.  Anthony Bimba. International Publishers, New York. 1975 Printing. ISBN0-7178-0273-6.  Paperback. Looks unread though there is minor dogearing, creasing, and soiling of the cover. Very Good. $2.95

Mother Lode Gold Belt of California. Clarence August Logan

Sketches of the Gold Country. Harley M. Leete, Jr. Thinstock cover. Nevada City Nugget Press, second edition. 1939. Vintage document with the original drawings. 30 pages. Minor wear, stamp and minor inscriptions inside. Good $9

Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada. Edgar H. Bailey and David A. Phoenix. USGS. University of Nevada Bulletin. XXXVIII. December 1944. Geology and Mining Series No. 41. Nevada State Bureau of Mines and USGS. Ex: Hecla Library; Ex: Wallace Mining Museum. Maps in Very Fine. Binding has writing, moderate wear and small tear. Cover has small tear and moderate wear. Pages have minor dog-earing but overall very nice shape. Net Good+. 206 pages. $21.00

Peterson First Guides - Rocks and Minerals. Frederick H. Pough. Houghton Mifflin. 1991. Softcover 128 pages. Used. Good $3.00

Report upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains, Browne, J. Ross (1868).

Thermal Waters of Nevada.  Larry J Garside and John H. Schilling. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada. Bulletin 91. 1979. Ex New Mexico Library; Ex: Ranchers Exploration and Development Corp; Ex: Hecla Library; Ex: Wallace, Idaho Mining Museum. Light wear on binding. Maps fine. Net Almost Fine.  163 pages. [ON LOAN ($25.50)]

The Wild Horse Quicksilver District, Lander County Nevada. Carle H. Dane and Clyde P. Ross. USGS Bulletin 931-K. 1942. Map very fine. Cover is dog-eared with old small pencil price. Net Very Good.+ 19 pages. $13.50

MINING ENGINEERING

American Machinists Handbook. Colvin and Stanley. Seventh Edition. Maple Press Company. McGraw Hill Book Company. 1940. 1,387 pages. Cover is well worn with light damage. Pages are in very good condition. Net about good.  An important reference work. $24.95

Mining Engineers' Handbook. Robert Peele. John Wiley and Sons. College Edition. Third Edition, second printing. December, 1944. Two Volumes. Vol I is 639 pages with another 100+ pages of Appendixes.  One of the Bibles of Mining; very hard to find.  An important reference work, especially in this condition. NO, we will not break up the set.  Just light wear, almost fine. $175.00 for the pair. [SOLD]

California Mining, Life and Natural History

California Gem Trails. Darold J. Henry. Third Edition, Published by Lowell Gordon, 1957. ($7.50)

California Gold Days. Helen Bauer. California State Department of Education. 1957. Hardcover 128 pages. Former library book. Hardcover. California State. 1954. Well worn. Good. $5.50

California Gold Rush Days. Louise E. Taber. Self Published, Printed by Stanford University Press. 1936. (4$)

California Historical Landmarks. California Department of Parks and Recreation. California Office of State Printing. ($2.50)

Death Valley and Manly, Symbols of Destiny. Ardis Manly Walker. Published by Death Valley 49ers, Publication #8. Printed by Desert Magazine, 1962. Soft cover. (3$)

Death Valley Tales - True Chapters from the drama-crammed past of the Death Valley National Monument. Various Authors. Death Valley 49ers Publication #3. Inland Printing and Engraving. 1955, 1965 revision. (4$)

Field Engineering Text Tables. Searles and Ives. John Wiley and Sons. 21^st Edition, Seventh Printing. 1948. 6.8 x 4.5 inches. Hardcover, no jacket. 403 pages. Fair condition. $8

Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country. Various. CA Division of Mines, Bulletin 141. 1948. Second Printing (1949).  Sticker on inside cover; spine, cover and binding dogeared and worn; pages yellowed but very good. Net Good. This book has a great combination of Ca Mining Geology and pictures of ghosttowns, mines and mills. Many of these buildings are no longer standing. $9.50.

The Giant Sequoias of California. Lawrence F. Cook, National Park Service, US Government Printing Office, 1955; 1961 reprint. ($1.50)

Gold Districts of California, Bulletin 193. California Division of Mines and Geology (Department of Conservation), San Francisco 1970. William B. Clark. A comprehensive treatise on the gold bearing areas of California. 186 pages and 88 figures. Hardcover. The original map and errata sheet are listed. Awesome shape and important reference work. (W) Very Good+ Condition. $22.50

Gold Panning for Profit. Walter J. Robertson. Self published, tenth edition. 1970. Softcover. 56 pages. Very minor dog ear on pages. About fine. 4.00$

A Guide to the Mother Lode Country. C. Frank Brockman. Published by the Mariposa County Historical Society. 1948. ($3.50)

Hiram Morgan Hill. Beth Wyman. A history of Morgan Hill, Ca. Signed by Beth Wyman. Stiff white softcover with pictorial wrappers. Illustrated; many b/w photographs. 50 pages. Small mark on cover and stamp by City Dept. of Planning. Nice clean pages, with little wear, the spine is solid. Very Good. $12.00

Legends of the Yosemite Miwok. Frank La Pena, Craig Bates. Yosemite Association. 1993. Softcover with original DJ. 89 Pages. Very Good condition. $3.50 [SOLD]

Untold Tales of Murphys. Elizabeth Kaler.  Simard Printing Co, Stockton Ca. 1959. Soft cover. ($3)

100 Years in Yosemite. Carl P. Russell. Yosemite Natural History Association. US Press, Berkeley, Ca. 1931 (Third Edition, 1968). Softcover 210 pages. Well Worn and soiled. Good-. $5.00

Nevada Mining, Life, and Natural History

Compleat Nevada Traveler - A guide to the State. David W. Toll. Gold Hill Publishing Company; Gold Hill, Nv. 1976 (1985). 192 pages. Crease to spine, edge and corner wear.  Used- Good. $5.50

Desert National Wildlife Range (Refuge) Nevada Master Plan. US Fish and Wildlife Service, May 1968. 24 pages Thinstock Cover. Black and white and two color full page graphic (maps). Cover is well worn with age fading and several small tears along the top. Still has the original two tissue paper sheet summary pages. Reverse cover and interior pages are in nice condition with a bit of age fading. Staple bind still tight. Scarce, we could not find another one on the web. $21

Ghosts of the Glory Trail - Intimate Glimpse into the past and present of 275 Western Ghosttowns. Nell Murbarger (Signed inside cover :Cordially, Nell Murbarger) First Edition). Desert Magazine Press, 1956. 291 pages. Hardcover with beige cloth cover; Missing dust jacket. Very Good with some spine wear and minor age soiling, rounded corners.  $28

Guest Informant. The Nevada Lodge Edition. 1964. Stiffcover, bound w/ B&W illustrations. Don't know why anybody would keep this, but glad they did. This book, the one that comes in the motel room which shows all the local sights and entertainment, is very illuminating as it shows the business and prices in N. Nevada in the early 1960's. A great research and reference tool. Moderately soiled. Good+. $4.50

Historic Mining Camps of Nevada - Rawhide. Hugh A Shamberger. Early History, Development and Water Supply. West  1970 (1972 reprint) 44 pages. Well used, light rips along spine staples. Dogeared cover and pages. Pages are in very good shape. Still has original photo plates. The definitive book on the Rawhide District. Important Reference.  Moderately soiled. Good+. $11.00

James Crawford - Master of the Mint at Carson City: A Short Full Life. Rusty Goe.

Nevada Highways and Parks. State of Nevada. Spring 1965.(The pre-cursor of Nevada Magazine). Magazine, 60 pages. Light wear, marks, stamps, and some color fading on back label. The inside pages are in great shape - the colors are incredible. A great research and reference tool on N. Nevada business and living conditions 50 years ago. $ 5.00

Nevada - Official Centennial Magazine. Nevada Magazine. 1964. Celebrates Nevada's centennial. A great research and reference tool.  Worn, binding is coming loose, some small tears and pencil inscription. About good. Last one I saw on Ebay sold for 15$. Some clowns on the web want $20, $54 and $110. Oooh boy. Give me $10 and we'll skip the corporate fees and hassle.

Nevada Post Card Album - Photographic Views of Nevada 1903-1928. Robert Greenwood. Holabird Americana, Publisher. Reno, Nv. 196 pages plus appendices. Softcover w/ hundreds of B&W photos. Light wear on spine. $27.50

Reno Nevada. Richard Morris. Camels Coming Press, San Francisco, Ca. 1^st edition, tan thinstock cover, stapled. A book of poetry inspired by Reno. ISBN 0912224010. Small pencil inscription interior cover. Fine. $11

Who's Who in Nevada. Brief Sketches of Men Who are Making History in the Sagebrush State. Bessie Beatty. Home Printing Company; Los Angeles, Ca. 1907. Hardback. Cover is soiled and worn. Binding is loose. Pages may have minor edgewear or dogear but are generally in very good condition. Important reference work. Inscription signed by authoress on inside cover. Rare. $115.00

Touring Nevada - A Historic and Scenic Guide. Mary Ellen and Al Glass. University of Nevada Press. Reno, Nv. 1983. Softcover 253 pages. B/W illustrated and pictures. Worn well but still in Good condition. $ 10.50

Ghost Towns

Ghost Towns of California. Donald C. Miller. Pruett Publishing Company. Boulder, Co.  First Edition. 1978 Fine book in a Very Good dustjacket. Dust jacket is sun faded but book is otherwise almost like new. $ 12.00

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California. Remi Nadeau. Ward Ritchie Press. 1965 (Seventh Printing 1972. Hardcover 278 pages. Well worn. Good-. $7.00

Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots. Caroline Bancroft; assisted by Daniel K. Peterson. Johnson Publishing Company, Boulder Colorado. 1961.  Soft cover. ($3.00)

The Nevada “Sixteen” National Banks and Their Mining Camps.  Melvin Owen Warns. 1974.

We Dug Those Dumps. Adele Reed. Chalfant Press, Bishop California. Softbook (wraps) with stiff paper cover. 1974.  8 1/2" x 11". 40 pages. Light wear and dogear cover and pages. Fading on binding and cover.  Very Good. An important piece of research and reference guide. Not easy to find! $32.00

MOTIVATION, PSYCHOLOGY and SELF HELP

Limitless Mind – A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness. Russell Targ. New World Library. Novato, California. 2004. 207 Pages. Softcover. Worn, light dog-earing and soiling on page ends.  Good- $3.50

The Preservation of Self in Everyday Life. Erving Goffman. Anchor Books/Doubleday.

259 Pages. Softcover. Very Worn, dog-earing, marks, staining and soiling on page ends. Fair. 2$

The Road Less Traveled – A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth. M. Scott Peck. Simon and Schuster, New York. First Touchstone Printing, 2003. 315 Pages. Good+. $3

NEWS and INFORMATION

REAL ESTATE

The Appraisal of Real Estate.  Prepared by a Special Technical Committee of the Education Committee. Published by American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. Chicago, Il. Used. Inscriptions and notes are all throughout book. Hardcover. 474 pages. Good. $6.00 [SOLD]

The Appraisal of Real Estate.  Prepared by a Special Technical Committee of the Education Committee. Published by American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. Eighth Edition, 1983.Chicago, Il. Used. Some inscriptions in book. Some staining and a library inscription on the page spine. Hardcover. 742 pages. Good. $6.00

Buyer Beware: Insider Secretes You Need to Know Before Buying Your Home - From Choosing an Agent to Closing the Deal. Carla Cross. Real Estate Education Company. 2002. 211 pages. Used - Very Good. $3.00

The For Sale by Owner Kit. Robert Irwin. Fourth Edition. 2002. Dearborn Publishing. 206 pages. Water damaged. Poor. $2.50

The Home Mechanics Handbook. 1945. Cornwall Press. 904 pages. Classic Reference, valuable information. Hardcover, missing jacket, spine war and partially torn spine cover, standard dogearning and color fading and wear. Good- $ 5

How to Buy Government Foreclosures, Volume I.  Clarendon House  Publishing. 1995. Used, Good shape except all of the book was bent in the bottom right corner. $9.00

J.K. Lasser's Real Estate Investing.  Michael C. Thomsett. Wiley Publishing. 2002. 220 pages. Used. Small inscription inside cover. Very Good. $3.00

Means Repairs and Remodeling Estimating. Edward B. Wetherill. 1989. R.S Means Company, Kingston, Ma. Hardcover with Dust jacket. 452 pages. Light wear and soiling, Good. $6.

More Other Homes and Garbage. Leckie, Masters, Whitehouse, Young. Sierra Club Book. Softcover. 1981. Light wear. Near Very Good. 11x 8 inches. $12

The Real Estate Primer. Westcott. 1969. Softcover. 257 pages. Good 1969 $1.99  Written for prospective investors and Realtors in a simpler time, interesting insight into classic property exchanges.

Select Readings in Right of Way. Various Authors. Self Published - American Right of Way Association. 1968. Hardcover 686 pages. Great reference; hard book to find. Dog-eared and shelf worn. Good +. $ 16.00

Standard Plumbing Details for Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Plumbers and Students. Lois Day. 1938. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 12x 9.5 inches, hardbound (no cover). 119 Pages. Some age boxing, foxing, and very minor soil or dogears. Nice book, great reference. Good+  $45

Underground Buildings – More Than Meets the Eye. Loretta Hall. Quill Driver Books. Sanger, Ca. 2004. First Printing. 215 Pages. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Great condition, just a few very minor pencil inscriptions. Neat! Very Good+ $13

W.F Norman Sheet metal Mfg. Co., Nevada, Mo., Steel Ceiling Catalogue No. 350, January 1980. 72 pages. Comes with separate price list. Thinstock cover. Light cover fading, near Very Good.  11x 8 inches. $16

STOCKS, BONDS, FUTURES and SECURITIES

After a Crash: Bear Market Money Making. Harry D. Schultz. 1988.
 

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk.  Peter L. Bernstein

Analysis of Financial Statements.  Leopold A. Bernstein, John J. Wild
 

The Art of Investing and Portfolio Management, a Proven Six Step Process to Meet your Financial Goals. Ronald Cordes, Brian O’Toole,  Richard Steiny.  [ISBN: 0071440054]

The Battle For Investment Survival. Gerald M. Leob. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1965.

Bear Markets: How to Survive and Make Money in Them. Harry D. Schulz. Prentis-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Fifth Printing, 1968.
 

Ben Graham On Value Investing.  Janet Lowe
 

Bollinger On Bollinger Bands. John Bollinger. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2002.

Candlestick Charting Explained. Gregory L. Morris. McGraw-Hill, New York. 1995.

Capturing Full Trend Profits in the Commodities Futures Market. Colin Alexander. Windsor Books, Brightwaters N.Y., 1992.
 

Common Sense on Mutual Funds.  John C. Bogle

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits.  Philip Fisher

The Compleat Day Trader. Jake Bernstein, McGraw Hill, New York, 1995.
 

Dynamic Trendline Charting: How to Spot the Big Stock Moves and Avoid False Signals. Howard V. Prenzel. Prentics-Hall Inc.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 1975.
 

Elliot Wave Principle, Frost and Prechter, New Classics Library6th ed. ex., 1990.

Encyclopedia Of Chart Patterns.  Thomas Bulkowski

The Encyclopedia of Stock Market Techniques. Investors Intelligence, Inc. Larchmont, N.Y., 1980.
 

Getting Started In Technical Analysis.  Jack Schwager

How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market.  Nicolas Darvas

How To Make Money In Stocks (3rd edition).  William J. O'Neil

How to Make the Stock Market Make Money For You. Ted Warren. Sherbourne Press, Los Angeles, California,1st Ed. 1966.  

How To Trade In stocks.  Jesse Livermore.
 

How To Use the Three-Points Reversal Method Of Point and Figure Stock Market Trading. W.A. Cohen. Chartchraft, Inc Larchmont N.Y., ninth revised edition, 1985.

How Wall Street Works. David L. Scott.  Irwin Professional Publishing. 2002. Used - almost like new. $4.00

Investment Secrets of a Hedge Fund Manager. Connors and Hayward. Probus Publishing, Chicago, 1995.

Investors Manual: The Handbook for Learn-By-Doing. North American Investors Corporation. Self Published. 1994. Very sound book on investment basics. Really well worn book. Poor. $8.00.

Japanese Candlestick Charting. Steve Nison. 2nd edition. Prentice Hall. (October, 2001)

Mastering Elliot Wave. Glenn Neely, Eric Hall. Windsor Books. 2nd edition. April, 1990. ISBN: 0930233441

New Profits from the Monetary Crisis. Harry Browne. William Morrow and Co., 1978. Hardbook, 480 pages. A good primer on diversifying monies into tangible assets by one of the good guys. RIP Harry. Dust cover worn and torn. Rodent bite on the top of the spine,  Inside of book in Good condition.$3.00

New York Times Complete Guide to Personal Investing. Gary L. Klott. Times Books. 1987. 612 pages. A useful guide to different asset classes.  Well used though still in Good condition. $5.50.

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need. Andre Tobias.  Harcourt Brace and Co, San Diego, Ca. 1996 [1978]. 221 page. Paperback. Likely read once, Fine. $3

Options for Beginners.  Don Fishback.

Panics and Crashes. Harry D. Schultz. Arlington House, Westport Connecticut, 1980.
 

Penny Stocks – How the Small Investor Can Make Large Profits in the Penny Market. Bruce G. Williams. [ISBN 0-446-38010-5] He covers three sectors, gold oil and tech stocks. The book was written in 1982, so it provides a fascinating glimpse into the last boom for two of these three sectors. ($3.50)

Point and Figure Charting. Thomas J. Dorsey, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2nd. Ed. 2001.

The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities. Black, Fischer and Myron S. Scholes (1973). Journal of Political Economy, 81, 637-654.

The Profit Magic of Stock Transaction Timing. J.M. Hurst, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1970.

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cycle Guide to Personal Investing.  1973. Fifth edition - 1990. Burton G. Malkiel. Ex-library. W.W. Norton. 440 pages. An interesting and enlightening read. Standard library fixings, shelf wear, and markings. Good+.  $8.00
 

Rational Investing in Irrational times.  Larry E. Swedroe

• A Remarkable Story of Risk, Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley; New Ed edition (August 31, 1998); ISBN: 0471295639

Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.  Edwin Lefevre and William J. O'Neil. Books of Wall Street, Fraser Management Associates, Burlington, Vermont, seventh reprinting. 1986

Security Analysis.  Benjamin Graham and David Dodd (1934 Edition) and Security Analysis. Graham, Dodd, Cottle, 4th Ed.

Street Smarts: High Probability Short Term Trading Strategies. Connors and Raschke. M. Gordon Publishing Group, Malibu, Ca. 1995.

The Sophisticated Investor. Burton Crane. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1963 Revision and expansion.

Stikky Stock Charts. Laurence Holt Books. 2007. Good beginning book on technical analysis and charting. A useful book. Softcover. 234 pages. Well used $5.00

Stock Market Logic. Norman G. Fosback, Darborne Financial Publishing, Inc., 21st printing, 1992.
 

Stocks, Strategies and Common Sense. Bart DiLiddo. 2nd Edition, HSC Publishers.1996. Paperback. 96 pages. $3.00

Technical Analysis Of The Financial Markets; Technical Analysis Of The Financial Markets; InterMarket Analysis
(Trading Strategies for the Global Stock, Bond, Commodity & Currency Markets).  John J. Murphy

Technical Analysis Of Stock Trends.  Edwards and Magee. 4th ed. Rev., 1966.
 

The Thinking Investor's Guide to the Stock Market. Kiril Sokoloff, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978.

Trade your way to Financial Freedom.  Van Tharp

The Trading Advantage: Specific Techniques for Pinpointing High, Low, And Trend Change Points In Price And Time, Joseph T. Duffy, Windsor Books, Brightwaters N.Y. , 1991.
 

Truth of the Stock Tape; Wall Street Stock Selector (combined). W.D. Gann.Lambert Gann, Publisher, Pomeroy, Washington. 1-800-509-543-1094. [1923 and 1930, respectively.]
 

Turning Point Analysis in Price and Time. Joseph T. Duffy, Windsor Books, Brightwaters, N.Y. , 1994.

Trading For Profit with Precision Timing: A Technical Approach, Don Vodopich, Don Vodopich, Atlanta, GA., 3rd ed. 1984.

The Way to Wealth.  Benjamin Franklin

The W.D. Gann Method of Trading: A simplified, Clear Approach, Gerald Marisch, Windsor Books, Brightwaters, N.Y., 1990.
 

When Genius Failed: The Rise And Fall Of Long Term Capital Management.  Roger Lowenstein

When To Sell. Justin Mamis and Robert Mamis. Farrar Stratus Giroux, New York. 1977.

Winning on Wall Street. Martin Zweig. 1986.

The W.D. Gann Method of Trading, a Simplified Clear Approach. Gerald Marlsch. Windsor Books, 1990.

COLLECTIBLES

Christies Collectibles- Small Silver Tableware. Stephen Helliwell. Brown and Little. 1996. Hardcover. 80 pages.

The Collectors’ Guide to Post Cards. Jane Wood. L.W. Promotions. Gas City, Indiana. Paperback. 175 Pages including 12 Glossy Color insert pages.  Very Good+ 3$

Silver & Plate: Antiques Checklist (Miller's Antiques Checklist). John Wilson. Miller/Mitchell Publisher. 2001. Hardback.

The Complete Antiques Price List. Ralph and Terry Kovel.   Crown Publishers, Ny. 1972. Fifth edition (1973).Well used, slightly bent. Spine and page wear and dogear. Pages still in pretty good shape. Good reference book. $3.00

Housewives Guide to Antiques. Leslie Gross. Expedition Press, Ny. 1959. Hardcover 180 pages. This was actually a great read which provided insight into the psychology of antique and collecting; especially from the eyes of a US housewife in the 1950s. Dustcover is worn, torn and faded but book, spine and pages are in great shape. Very Good. $3.00

Official Guide to Bottles Old and New. Hal L. Cohen.  H.C Publishers, Ny., Ny. 1972. Softcover 319 pages. Hundreds B&W and several color photos and illustrations. Well used, tear on spine and cover, bent. Spine coming loose. Poor. $3.50 [SOLD]

Millers International Antiques Price Guide.  Judith and Martin Miller. Viking Press. 1985. 735 pages. Black and White, with many photographs along with dozens of full color pages. A valuable reference guide. Hardback. Well used. Good. $4.95

The Treasury in the Residenz Munich. Compiled by H. Brunner. Third Edition. Bayerische Publishing. Munich, Germany. 1975. 61pages with 24 glossy b&w plates. Minor stain damage at bottom corner of half the plates. Glossy hardpaper cover. Good +. $2.95

"It ain't what you make, its what you keep.  Except when its not what you keep, 'tis what you have they don't know about - much less understand".

- mercury