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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1811952, member: 19463&quot;]Several years ago I bought a two volume set of the 1834 work <b>Roman Coins </b>by J.W. Akerman (not a book you really need).&nbsp; While not signed it has a feature that some might consider interesting. Each volume had one of the blank pages at the front of the book cut down and glued to a folded letter sheet containing a letter signed by Akerman answering a coin question that had been sent by, I assume, the owner of the book.&nbsp; Unfortunately that person is not named (called &quot;Dear Sir&quot;).&nbsp; The letters are fully in cursive and dated 1848 but must have been sent in envelopes since they bear no postal markings as would be expected on a folded letter sheet.&nbsp;&nbsp; This would be the equivalent of gluing in a letter from David Sear in your copy of his book since Akerman was something of a numismatic celebrity of his day.&nbsp;&nbsp; The book has nicely engraved illustrations (all available online, I&#039;ll guess) but is largely useless as a reference.&nbsp; He listed only coins with rare reverses and offered his opinions on which of the rare were more rare than the others.&nbsp; I do not suggest you buy the book unless you want to buy mine.&nbsp;&nbsp; It has some interesting parts but nothing approaching the prices I see them bringing on eBay.&nbsp; I wonder how the two tipped in letters affect the value?&nbsp; I rather like the idea compared to a scribble on the inside front.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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