The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Conder, J., An Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens and Medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, London, 1798, address, preface [by J. Wright], 330pp + errata page, 3 engraved plates. Later red half-morocco, back gilt, with integral bookmark; signed Charles I. Bushnell on first free endpaper and some light pencil checkmarks relating to Bushnell’s collection in text, also signed by Farran Zerbe, and with the oval stamp of the Chase National Bank at bottom of title page; an attractive volume with an interesting pedigree (£100-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books.

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Provenance:
Ex libris Charles I. Bushnell, Bangs & Co Auction [New York], 20-24 June 1882, lot 2862;
Farran Zerbe [bt from J.T. Trowbridge, 4 May 1927];
Myles Gerson, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 403.

Charles I. Bushnell (1810-80), of New York, was one of the foremost collectors of coins in America in the 19th century. After his death his collection was purchased outright by Lorin G. Parmelee of Boston, who retained a few pieces and placed the balance with the Chapman brothers in Philadelphia with instructions to catalogue them for auction. The sale, conducted at the Broadway premises of Bangs & Co, was the largest of its kind ever held in the United States up to that time