1859 J.T. Hodges’ New Bank Note Safe-Guard. Fourth Quarterly Edition. Sullivan Type I. Fine Contents and Finely Bound.The 1859 Hodges appears to have multiple quarterly editions. However, this type and one other are the verified types this year. Titles and Specifications: Hodges, J. Tyler. Hodges New Bank Note Safe-Guard; (Fourth Quarterly Edition) Giving Fac Simile Descriptions of Upwards of Ten Thousand Bank Notes Embracing Every Genuine Note Issued in the United States & Canada. The Most Effectual Detector of Spurious, Altered and Counterfeit Bills Ever Published. The Only Work of the Kind Extant. New-York: Arranged and Published by J. Tyler Hodges, Banker, 1859. Folio 35.0cm by 24.0cm. Bound in three quarter morocco leather, spine compartments titled in gilt, front board titled in gilt. (6), 3-380 pp. The pages 109-124 signature bound in twice. Boarded typographical depictions of bank notes organized 3 by 9 to a page.Distinguishing Features: This has an odd pagination with the added signature. Notes: The copy in the ANS library does not have the pages 109-124 signature bound in twice.Pages internally Fine or better. Some restorations around the outside perimeter of the front wrapper. High quality for a Hodges detector. Ex: Private purchase from Booklady-Jane, Flower Mound, Texas in 2009.From the MJS Collection.
