Hello everyone! I haven't been on here for sometime but I'm back to collecting again. I wanted to ask if anyone knows of an online store where I can get nice old coin books still in good condition. I would like to find some leather bound ones but haven't had much success. Does anyone here have any information on this? BTW I'm glad to be back and luv ya all!
http://www.numislit.com/ seems to have a pretty good selection. I'm not sure how much truly old stuff they have, but it's a starting point.
Consider the list esylum.org (I think). It's all about numismatic books and some numismatic related articles. It's pretty interesting. They do auction announcements, talk about dealers, even coins sometimes. It can be pretty interesting.
Did you try searching eBay? I bought some old books from a retiring collector on the site. I also bought Bust Half Fever, a book on German Talers and a few others.
Instead of just 1 store, why not search thousands of them all over the world ? http://www.fetchbook.info/fwd_topics/id_60.html http://www.abebooks.com http://www.biblio.com http://www.bookfinder.com http://www.bookfinder4u.com/used_book_stores.html
I'm going to second this one. I just picked up a book from them today (they're local, so I phoned and arranged to meet at their non-retail space). Awesome folks to work with, and having seen the warehouse, they have a huge inventory, likely far beyond what is listed online. I would (and will) shop again, and can affirm that they are the kind of shop you want to give your business.
I've bought stuff from abebooks before. People listing here are typically book sellers rather than people dumping stuff on eBay. One day I was looking for the Leroy Van Allen's 1965 book, "Morgan and Peace Dollar Varieties," which preceded the first VAM book. It's a small book -- softcover, 6x9, 184 pages. There were several listed, including one listed as "hardcover, inscribed." I didn't realize there were hardcovers of this book, so I treated myself to it. Here's what showed up: Turns out this was given to Eva Adams, the Director of the Mint from 1961-69! After it showed up, I sent an e-mail to Leroy asking about it, he responded: "WOW! A rare inscribed hard copy of my 1965 book. And to Eva Adams who was Director of The Mint 1961 to 1969. Check her out on internet. "I released my 1965 book in December 1965 and sent autographed copies to various Treasury Dept officials, numismatic newspapers & magazines, dealers and collectors. 5,000 copies were printed of which several hundred were hardbound. All were sold within one yr. In preparation of 1965 book, I had researched mint records at National Archives & contacted some Mint officials. So felt obligated to send them final product."
