Das Papiergeld des Ersten Weltkriegs. Teil I. Europa. Teil II. Ubersee (Presentation copy)
Berlin-Wittenau: Privately published, 1957. First Edition. Presentation copy INSCRIBED on title page 'To Mr. H.F. Bowker/with best regards for precious help/Dr. Arnold Keller'. Quarto; [1], 110; [1], 111-210pp (hectograph, printed rectos only), complete in 2 volumes, bound as one. A Fine copy in maroon boards lettered in gold at spine; 'H.F. Bowker' blindstamped to upper wrapper of each volume. Item #20353
'Arnold Keller can rightly be called the father of modern paper money catalogues... during World War I and the ensuing years of inflation in Germany, he built a large collection of emergency currency and notgeld. Based on this he published his first catalogue. In 1922 he opened a coin and paper money business in Berlin and worked on further catalogues... After World War II, Dr. Keller again turned his attention to numismatics. His first attempt in 1956 to provide a catalogue in English of foreign notes for collectors in North America, called Paper Money of the World: Modern Issues of Europe, was frustrated by bureaucracy; the book was confiscated by the US Secret Service because it showed pictures of foreign currency at time when it was still illegal. Over the years Dr. Keller wrote many articles on paper currency for periodicals in his native Germany and was among the first to publish books on the subject especially for collectors...' (IBNS). Howard Franklin Bowker was a numismatist and philatelist, collecting and specialising in Chinese coins, stamps and banknotes. He created the first bibliography of Western language publications on East Asian numismatics. (wiki).
Price: $150.00