Siegel Auction Galleries, House Hard Bound Auction Catalog Run, 1960-1991. Sales 231-743 complete, 63 total volumes in matching black library binding with gold stamping and prices realized, this run was one of two bound by Siegel each year of the period, the first set remains in the Siegel library and this set was surplus disposed of some years ago to a collector, starting with Sale 744 (the Kapiloff 1851-57 Issues collection) the size of the catalogs increased and the house binding ceased, Very Fine and extremely rare complete run containing a great many iconic named sales as well as the first 28 Rarities sales, a complete run of unbound catalogs from Sales 744 to current are not included in this lot but are also available upon request

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Classic Confederate States Named Sales, 1933-1987, Hard Bound Set. Six volume set bound in dark red with gold lettering, containing nearly all of the most important Confederate States auctions from 1933 to 1987, these are the small-format catalogs (after 1990 catalog sizes began to increase), set contains an exceptional array of famous names including Hind, Walcott, Brooks, Fox Flags, several other Fox, Peters, Finney, MacBride, Grant, Handy, Caspary, Meroni, Kirkman, Hill, Davis, Middendorf, Muzzy, Lilly, Morgan, Kohn, Wiseman, Weatherly, Mueller, Kimmel, Engel, Buchanan, Caulkins, House, Lemley, Brugh, Inella, "Stonewall", Rosenberg, Krieger, Carnegie, Solomon, Baker, Simon, "Old Oak", Brown, Livingston Pair, "Beverly Hills", Carroll, Bogg and Telep, excellent condition even on the older catalogs, Very Fine, the essential core of a Civil War or Confederate States philatelic library

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Classic U.S. Stamps, Fancy Cancels and Postal History Named Sales, Hard Bound Set. Six volume set bound in dark red with gold lettering, five volumes contain small-format early Siegel sales and one is Sotheby Park Bernet, wonderful range of famous names including classic stamps sales of Simon, "Ambassador", Stern, Bingham, Seymour, Weill, Neinken, U.S. Trust, Haas, "Country Gentleman" (Weill), Schaffer, Meilstrup, Hill, Grunin, Wunderlich, Rohloff, Lesman, "Isleham", Cohen, Kantor, Lea, Kharasch, Low, Juhring, Barkhausen and Russo, fancy cancels sales of Hale, Jackson, Waud and Grunin, postal history sales of Krug, Matthies, Baker, Hubbard and Rust, fresh and Very Fine set, a wonderful range of essential names for an advanced philatelic library

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The United States One Cent Stamp of 1851-1857 by Stanley B. Ashbrook, Deluxe Library Edition. Two volume deluxe edition of the iconic 1c 1851-57 Issue work in blue quarter leather, with gilt pages and highlights on covers, numbered 72 of only 75 copies printed and both volumes signed by Ashbrook on the title pages, some wear at corners and at top and bottom of spine, still Very Fine and rare volumes from the Louis Grunin library, other examples we have seen of this have heavy damage

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The Postal Service of the Confederate States of America by August Dietz, 1929, Deluxe Library Edition. Deluxe edition of the iconic Dietz work, the key element of these is the engraving from the original Archer & Daly steel plate which is only found in this edition, it is often removed but is present here in its original corner mounts after page 218, slight spine and corner wear, Very Fine, from the Louis Grunin library, the engraving alone is highly collectible

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The Alfred H. Caspary Collection, H.R. Harmer, 1958. Three volume hard-bound set as produced at the end of the Caspary sales, including United States, British Commonwealth and Foreign sales held between 1955 and 1958, Very Fine, from the Louis Grunin library, also includes the first and second sales prospectus (unbound)

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American Philatelic Congress, 1935-2020, Complete Run. Complete run of Congress books from its founding in 1935 to 2020, Nos. 1-86, also includes at least one index, Very Fine, some of the older years of this run are very elusive and complete runs are rare

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