John W Adams. Mission Viejo, CA, USA, Published by G F Kolbe. 1st edition, 1982. xi + 271 pages + 22 plates, HB. Very pretty red half cloth and grey-patterned boards lettered and decorated in gilt and black; page edges speckled; printed throughout in red and black. Pictorial endpapers,  175 x 254mm. A content analysis of many auction catalogues issued by 21 dealers including Attinelli, Cogan, Woodward, the Chapmans, Strobridge, etc., during the early years of American numismatics.  It has much biographic information about the dealers and cataloguers. The book is well-designed and laid out.  The (tiny) ex-libris of Terence J Robinson on the rear of the ffep, otherwise as new.

No. 351 of 500 copies.