Woodward, W. Elliot. Coin Sales 1881. January-November 1881. New York. Fine.Octavo. Contemporary hardbound in red half calf, with marbled boards. Generic “COIN SALES” title, date and cataloger on the spine in panels divided by ruled ornamentation, all in gilt. Two matching bound volumes of sales printed on heavy paper, fully hand-priced in red and purple ink, containing the following Woodward sales: <em><strong>Catalogue of the Collection of Ancient and Foreign Coins, Formerly the Property of Mr. Wm. J. Jenks, of Philadelphia.</em></strong> January 10-13, 1881. With two original heliotype plates; <em><strong>Catalogue of the Cabinet of Dr. T.S. Hitchcock, of Omaha, Nebraska, Comprising Coins, Medals and Tokens, Stone Implements, Primitive Pottery, Arms, Implements, Dresses, & c. of the Indian tribes, Pistols, Swords, and a great variety of Relics and Curiosities, from all parts of the world. </em></strong> January 14, 1881. <em><strong>Catalogue of Coins, Medals and Tokens, American and Foreign. Being the Entire Collection of William Clogston, of Springfield, Mass</em></strong>. April 4-7, 1881. With original heliotype plate; <em><strong>Catalogue of Mr. William Clogston’s Collection of Reminders of the War of 1861-1865. </em></strong> April 8-9, 1881. <em><strong>Catalogue of the Marvin Collection of Masonic Medals. </em></strong> June 21, 1881. With color lithograph plate of the Arms of the Freemasons, two heliotype plates of medals and three plates of line drawings. <em><strong>Catalogue of American and Foreign Coins and Medals, the Collection of O.A. Jenison, of Lansing, Mich. </em></strong> June 22-23, 1881. One heliotype plate. <em><strong>Catalogue of the Archaeological Cabinet of O.A. Jenison, of Lansing, Michigan. </em></strong> June 24, 1881. <em><strong>Catalogue of Charles F. Woolley’s Collection of Stone Relics, Illustrating the Archaeology of Europe and America. </em></strong> October 25, 1881. <em><strong>Catalogue of John E. Burton’s Collection of American and Foreign Coins and Medals, Ancient Coins, Coin Sale Catalogues and Fractional Currency. </em></strong> October 27-28, 1881. With two heliotype plates, one with choice large cents, including a particularly nice “1815.” The other plate is a little too long, the top edge being bent down. <em><strong>Catalogue of the Library of J. Grier Ralston, D.D. </em></strong> November 1-2, 1881. Some slight interior separations, but the bindings remain quite sound. Rubbed and worn on the exterior edges but the interior remains quite clean overall. Excellent reference volumes once the property of Charles A. Watters, who at one time owned the Sultan of Muscat—Childs—Pogue specimen of the 1804 silver dollar. John J. Ford, Jr.’s bookplate inside the front cover.From the D. Brent Pogue Library. Earlier ex Charles A. Watters; A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 1969; John J. Ford, Jr., Stacks-George Frederick Kolbe sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Library, Part I, June 2004, lot 977.
