British Coins and Numismatic Books

Pinkerton, J., An Essay on Medals, 2 vols, 2nd edn, London, 1789, xlviii + 300pp, iv + 346pp, 5 engraved plates (Manville 221); Till, W., An Essay on The Roman Denarius and English Silver Penny, London, 1837, x + 230pp, 2 engraved plates (Manville 309); Hawkins, E., The Silver Coins of England, Kenyon’s revised edn, London, 1876, vi + 504pp, 54 engraved plates (Manville 478), newspaper cutting from The Times, 14 May 1938, regarding working practices at the Royal Mint in relation to the recoinage of pre-1920 silver tipped-in; Kenyon, R.L., The Gold Coins of England, London, 1884, 217pp, 23 plates (Manville 509), ALS from Edward King, Lymington, to a Mr Gibbs, 6 June 1961, enquiring about a 17th century token of Lymington tipped-in; Thorburn, W.S., A Guide to the History and Valuation of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland…with their value, 2nd [posthumous] ed, London, 1888, viii + 164pp, 39 engraved plates (Manville 541) [6]. Last in brown half-morocco and green boards with ribbed and gilt spine, others in publishers’ bindings; all in fine and clean condition, second inscribed by the author to Richard Bentley, 20 October 1837, on rear endpaper £60-80

Provenance: Ex libris Alan Morris, some with his bookplates, additionally: Pinkerton ex libris George Gorman, Charles H. Parsons and B. Wells, Till ex libris Richard Bentley