The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Williamson, G.C., Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century, London, 1889-91, xli + 1584pp + Addenda, Errata and Corrigenda, some engraved illustrations, copy no.132 [6]. Decorated green leather and ribbed spine with gilt lettering by W. Dresser & Sons, bookbinders, Darlington; a fully interleaved set bound in six volumes, with pencil checkmarks indicating tokens in the Macfadyen collection, many annotations in the hand of Francis Baker and notes on tokens of different counties, mostly from SNC and SCMB, pasted-in, plus some photographic illustrations; binding rather rubbed and spines of two volumes rather shaky, but nevertheless internally very fine and an attractive set (£150-200)

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

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Provenance:
Ex libris Frank E. Macfadyen;
Francis E. Baker;
bt from F.E. Baker 1977.

Edition of 250 copies