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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2333898, member: 1765&quot;]I&#039;ve bought stuff from abebooks before.&nbsp; People listing here are typically book sellers rather than people dumping stuff on eBay.&nbsp; One day I was looking for the Leroy Van Allen&#039;s 1965 book, &quot;Morgan and Peace Dollar Varieties,&quot; which preceded the first VAM book.&nbsp; It&#039;s a small book -- softcover, 6x9, 184 pages.&nbsp; There were several listed, including one listed as &quot;hardcover, inscribed.&quot;&nbsp; I didn&#039;t realize there were hardcovers of this book, so I treated myself to it.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what showed up:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://varslab.com/misc/va1965-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://varslab.com/misc/va1965-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Turns out this was given to Eva Adams, the Director of the Mint from 1961-69!&nbsp; After it showed up, I sent an e-mail to Leroy asking about it, he responded:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>&quot;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></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;I released my 1965 book in December 1965 and sent autographed copies to various Treasury Dept officials, numismatic newspapers &amp; 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 &amp; contacted some Mint officials. So felt obligated to send them final product.&quot;</i></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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