1858 J.T. Hodges’ New Bank Note Safe-Guard. Third Quarterly Edition. Sullivan Type G. Fine Contents and Finely Bound. Titles and Specifications: Hodges, J. Tyler. Hodges New Bank Note Safe-Guard; (Third 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, 1858. Folio 33.5cm by 22.0cm. Bound in three quarter morocco leather, spine compartments titled in gilt, front board compartment with original decorated cloth and gilt titling. (6), 3-353 pp. Boarded typographical depictions of bank notes organized 3 by 9 to a page.Distinguishing Features: Title and index updated. Pages 3-342 identical to Sullivan Type F edition.Notes: Dillistin page 160 cites an 1858 4th Quarterly Edition which has not been verified.Generally Fine inside, exceptionally bright and perfectly embossed pages. There are a few toned signatures bound within. Title portion of original board within recessed inset of binding of front cover. Ex: Charles Davis ANA Library Sale, July 14, 2007, lot 171; previously in the Harvard-Baker Library with Harvard-Baker blind stamp and penciled library annotation. Another beauty.
