The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 38, September 21, 2003, Article 4

KOLBE FORD LIBRARY UPDATE

  George Kolbe writes: "This past week, cataloguing began
  on the John J. Ford, Jr. Library. Slowly. Delightful surprises
  abound.   Among items catalogued from several cartons
  randomly unpacked are the following:

  F. C. C. Boyd's deluxe leatherbound 1941 Dunham sale
  catalogue, the finest example we recall ever having encountered.

  Three leatherbound volumes of Bureau of Engraving and
  Printing vignettes, any one of which would be the finest,
  condition-wise, compared to any previously encountered.
  Two are official productions, issued circa 1876, each with
  nearly 150 superb engravings. The third is a monumental
  volume, containing over 200 BEP engravings assembled
  privately by Joseph K. Edgerton,who served in Congress
  from 1863 to 1865 and presumably obtained them as
  perquisites of office.

  Several unique Chapman brothers bid books. Among them:
  Colin E. King with plates; Boeing-Bridgman with plates; and
  McCoye with a handwritten note stating that "The plates for
  this catalogue proved failures and were not issued but were all
  destroyed."

  S. H. Chapman's priced and named Stickney sale catalogue
  with superb plates no doubt handpicked by the photographer,
  i.e., S. H. himself.

  A fine example in the original printed card covers, with plates,
  of the 1914 Foster Lardner sale of large cents, along with a
  flyer promoting Lardner's skills as a magician and lecturer, and
  a superb photograph of Lardner.

  S. H. Chapman?s plated, priced and named 1915 Granberg
  Sale, perhaps the finest of the four or five plated examples
  that have come to market in the past quarter century.

  A superb example of the 1925 W. W. C. Wilson sale with
  the full complement of plates. Ex F. C. C. Boyd and perhaps
  Henry Chapman, whose lengthy invoice for the sale - including
  $15.00 for a plated copy of the catalogue - is included. Also
  catalogued were priced and named copies of the second and
  third Wilson sales.

  David Proskey's 1885 bid book of the Thian sale of Confederate
  paper money.

  Quite a start. Will future reports be as exciting?  I do not know.
  Stay tuned."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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