Sylvester Crosby: The Early Coins of America and the Laws Governing Their Issue ..., Estes & Lauriat, 1878, 381 pages, 10 Heliotype plates, 2 folding manuscript plates, 110 wood engravings in the text, contemporary half morocco, rose cloth sides stained, binding tight, new endsheets. text clean and Fine. Davis 291. One of a small number of the 1875 original (and only) printing sold by Crosby to Boston bookseller Estes & Lauriat who prepared their own title page listing them as publisher and changing the date to 1878 creating a scarce variety. An original Crosby and perhaps the most significant title ever published in the United States. .