1863 Edward M. Hodges’ American Bank Note Safe-Guard. “Revised and Corrected and Arranged” Edition. Sullivan Type O. Original Decorated Cloth. Fine.The 1863 Hodges have two variations that are observed by the grid page details as discussed in the descriptions. This is a lovely and rare book in its original decorated cloth.Titles and Specifications: Hodges, Edward M. Hodges American Bank Note Safe-Guard; Giving Fac Simile Descriptions of Upwards of Ten Thousand Bank Notes Embracing Every Genuine Note Issued in the United States & Canada. Revised and Corrected, and Arranged Geographically and Alphabetically. 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 Edward M. Hodges, 1863. Folio 35.5cm by 22.0cm. Bound in original burgundy decorated cloth with gilt titling. (3), 4-340 pp. Boarded typographical depictions of bank notes organized 3 by 10 to a page.Distinguishing Features: The Sullivan Type O and Type P versions are nearly identical. They have to be differentiated by comparing the note descriptions. Using page 53 as an example, the O-version describes in column 3, note 7 from the top Peoples Bank of Derby Line, VT $10. This same note position in the P-version is Peoples Bank of Derby Line, VT $5 and column 3 notes 8 and 0 are Title of Bank - no note listed. The first edition to include the U.S. postage currency.Notes: Most Hodges extant are in a poor state of preservation since the spines were manufactured weakly and the books were taller than most book shelves. This is superior to most Hodges encountered.Fully original and choice; extremely rare as such. The bright pages and bold decorated boards are appealing. There is only very faint looseness in the binding. The appearance of the Postal Currency is key content. Ex: Kolbe & Fanning 2012 New York Sale, January 7, 2012, lot 302; previously in the Champa Library Sale III (Bowers & Merena, 1995, lot 1331) and the Stacks-Kolbe Ford Library Sale I June 1, 2004, lot 592. Exceptional and we cant imagine a finer example in its original binding. From the MJS Collection.
