British, Italian and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Nathanson, A.J., Thomas Simon, his life and work 1618-1665, London, 1975, 60pp, illustrations in text, dj; Hawkins, E., and others, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II, 2 vols [1885], London, 1978, xxxii + 724, 866pp; Went, A.E.J., Irish Coins and Medals, Dublin, 1978, 25pp, illustrations in text; Margaret E., Silver Medals, Badges and Trophies from Schools in the British Isles 1550-1850, Cambridge, nd [1981], 64pp, illustrations in text, two ALS from Christopher Challis and John Brand to Roy Hawkins and a draft of Hawkins’ review for the BNJ tipped-in; Fearon, D., Spink’s Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals 1558 to the present day, London, 1984, 192pp, illustrations in text, dj; Grimshaw, Margaret E., Pre-Victorian Silver School Medals awarded to Girls in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1985, 42pp, illustrations in text; Eimer, A.C., The Pingo Family & Medal Making in 18th-Century Britain, London, 1998, 96pp, illustrations in text; auction catalogues (8), including Swan, Allen Crystal Palace, Martin Art Medals I and II, Spencer, etc [16]. Publishers’ bindings £40-60

Provenance: ex libris David Griffiths, some with his bookplates