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Sold between 19 June & 13 March 2002

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The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books

Peter Preston-Morley

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№ 1047

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£140

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Lowe-Warren, J., Sussex Tokens issued during the XVIIth, XVIIIth & XIXth Centuries, 1st edn, London, 1888, 30pp + index and list of subscribers. Original maroon decorated cloth, titles in gilt, extremely rare; minor pencil checkmarks in text, signed on first free endpaper by Carey H. Borrer, Hurstpierpoint Rectory, 14 July 1888, and A.W. Fuller, 19 Novr. 1941 (£60-80)

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

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Provenance:
Ex libris Revd. Carey H. Borrer, Hurstpierpoint, 1888;
H.B. Fletcher, Aldwick Manor, Bognor Regis;
A.W.J. Fuller, 1941.

James Lowe-Warren, of Worthing College, Worthing, and Marischal Road, Lee, London, son of Capt A.R. Warren of Lewisham, himself a token collector. There were only 36 subscribers to the work, including Borrer