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Kann, Eduard. Chinese Paper Money; Parts I, II, III

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Kann, Eduard. Chinese Paper Money; Parts I, II, III
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Kann, Eduard, Chinese Paper Money; Parts I, II, III, London, 1960s, published by mimeograph in three volumes of 35, 37, and 31 legal-sized pages, each volume bound together by string at the left edge, with covers printed by letterpress. Volume I is titled Kann's History of Chinese Paper Money (Ancient), published by the International Banknote (sic) Society, with no date nor place of publication indicated. Volume II is titled Kann Part II: The Provincial Banks of China and Foreign Note-Issuing Banks in China. It was published by Transatlantic Authors Ltd, Mayfield, Kirby-road, Walton-on-Naze, Essex, again with no date shown. Volume III is titled Kann III: Government Banks of China. The publisher was again Transatlantic Authors Ltd, this time with a house number (103) on Kirby Road, and again without any date. Volumes I and II are in buff light card covers, and Volume III in maroon light card. These are, as the titles indicate, histories, not catalogs, although there are mentions of notes that have been seen on specific banks. The preface to Volume I, signed by Colin Narbeth, mentions Kann's death in July 1962. This edition with two typed letter from E. Kann to H. K. Bowker dated 1958 and 1960 regarding the publication of this work! ex. H. F. Bowker Numismatic Library. Howard Franklin Bowker (1889-1970) was a numismatist and philatelist, collecting and specializing in Chinese coins, stamps and banknotes. He created the first bibliography of Western language publications on East Asian numismatics.