The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Jewitt, L. [with Head, B.], English Coins and Tokens, London, 1888, 128pp, engraved illustrations in text; Halstead, Major D., The Token Coinage of Great Britain, 8pp, np, nd; Whiting, J.R.S., Trade Tokens, A Social and Economic History, Newton Abbot, 1971, 192pp, including several plates; Lowe, G.J., An Introduction to British Tokens, Vancouver, 1975, 55pp, a mix of illustrations in text [4]. Second in later green cloth, lettering in gilt on spine, others in publishers’ bindings; third a very fine copy, with d.j. (£25-35)

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

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Provenance:
2nd ex libris David Young, 1980.

The Halstead work makes several references to tokens of Cheshire and Lancashire