The Early Coins of America; and the Laws Governing Their Issue. Comprising Also Descriptions of the Washington Pieces, the Anglo=American Tokens .

29.5x23 cm. Second edition. 1/2 morocco, worn, boards detached, leather corners deteriorated. Ex-library, with small rubber stamps scattered throughout and bookplate. 381 pages, large quarto, 10 heliotype plates, 2 folding manuscript plates, 110 wood engravings in the text. One of a small, unknown quantity bound by Boston bookseller Estes and Lauriat with a different title page, changing the publication date to 1878. In reality, the different title page is the only change made from the 1875 edition. With an introduction by Crosby and 21 sections, focusing on numerous states and their coinage, beginning with Sommer Islands of Bermuda (Originally claimed by the Virginia Company in their grant until sold in 1612); and including Virginia, Massachusetts (silver currency, nearly 100 pages); Maryland, Canada, Pennysylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts(copper currency, 50 pages); New Jersey, New York, the Fugios, and South Carolina. OCLC 8381304, 1105241221, 68150143 (14 loc. total).…