The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Simpson, J., A List of the Lincolnshire Series of Tradesmen’s Tokens & Town Pieces of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1872, xvii + 136pp, engraved plates. Decorated maroon cloth, titles in gilt, a fine copy; first printed page inscribed by the author to H. Michelson, Esq., 16/9/76; also signed by Arthur Denning, Mayor of Stamford, 1929-36, and with typescript letter from J. Wallace, Manor House, Uppingham, to W.C. Wells, 27.1.1945, regarding coins and tokens of Stamford, tipped-in (£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 H. Michelson, September 1876, from the author;
Arthur Frederick Denning, Mayor of Stamford, 1929-36;
W.C. Wells