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19 June 2002
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Morrieson, Lt-Col. H.W., Masonic Tokens of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1919, 4pp, 1 plate; Tyson, Edith, Daniel Eccleston, Lancaster, 1975, 11pp (2 copies); Judd, A., Inferior Issues of the Eighteenth Century – A draft study – Section 1, Lutwyche, Beeston, 1985, 9pp, 8 plates; Whitmore, J., The Token Tracer, Malvern, 1990, xxiv + 109pp, copy no.40; Davisson, A., A Brief Introduction to 18th Century Trade Tokens, Cold Spring, 1996, 7pp;...
Hammer Price: £55
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Preston-Morley, P.J., and Pegg, H., A Revised Survey of the Seventeenth Century Tokens of Nottinghamshire, London, 1983, 63pp, 8 plates. The special hardbound edition in blue cloth, an extremely fine copy, signed by Preston-Morley on title page; with a note by Alan Judd, October 1993, of a previously unpublished token issued by Thomas Brookes of Retford, tipped-in (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £60
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Rowe, C.M., Salisbury’s Local Coinage, Salisbury, 1966, 88pp, illustrations in text. Publishers’ blue cloth, with d.j.; a nice clean copy of this detailed study (£15-25)
Hammer Price: £15
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Royal Numismatic Society, Numismatic Chronicle, London, 5th Series, nos.1-2 [1921], nos.25-6, 28 [1927], no.42 [1931] [4]. Paper covers; first volume lacking a few endpages and second with some minor pencil corrections to the Buckinghamshire section, otherwise internally fine (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £40
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Scott, J.G., British Countermarks on Copper & Bronze Coins, London, 1975, 179pp, 10 plates; Scott, J.G., French Countermarks on European Bronze Coins, a preliminary study, London, 1978, 8pp, together with Supplement, London, 1979, 5pp tearsheets [Lot]. All very fine, first signed by the author on first free endpaper, and with d.j. (£20-30)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Seaby, H.A., and Seaby, P.J., A Catalogue of the Copper Coins and Tokens of the British Isles, 1st edn, London, 1949, 142pp (2 copies, one the second 1952 imprint); Seaby, H.A., and Bussell, Monica, British Copper Coins and their Values, 2nd edn, London, 1963, 235pp; Seaby, P.J., and Bussell, Monica, British Tokens and their Values, 1st edn, London, 1970, 199pp; Dickinson, M., and Purvey, P.F., British Tokens and their Values, 2nd edn, London,...
Hammer Price: £30
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Seaby, P.J., Coins and Tokens of Ireland, 1st edn, London, 1970, 167pp; Purvey, P.F., Coins and Tokens of Scotland, 1st edn, London, 1972, 160pp [2]. Fine copies of these profusely illustrated and still most useful standard references (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £45
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,...
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Smith, A., Catalogue of the Tradesmen’s Tokens current in Ireland between the years 1637 and 1679, Dublin, 1849, 31pp. Contemporary red half-calf with decorated boards and matching end-papers, gilt lettering on ribbed spine, all pages gilt-edged; very light foxing on first few pages and date 7 Apr 1949 inked on inside of last free endpaper, otherwise a very fine and attractively bound copy of this scarce work (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £95
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc [New York], The John R. Farnell Sr. Collection, Part I, 8 December 1981, 190 lots, 4 plates; The John R. Farnell Sr. Collection, Part II, 26 May 1982, 123 lots, 4 plates [2]. Clean copies; prices realised for Part I and corrigenda sheet tipped-in (£20-30)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Stanton, Yolanda, and Todd, N.B., Devon Tavern Tokens, Exeter, 1982, xxxvi + 181pp, illustrations in text. An extremely fine copy; with key to illustrations and corrigenda sheet tipped-in (£15-20)
Hammer Price: £25
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Stevens Cox, J., The Ilchester Mint and Ilchester Trade Tokens, Ilchester, 1948, 32pp; Grinsell, L.V., A Brief Numismatic History of Bristol, Bristol, 1962, 28pp, 4 plates [2]. Publishers’ bindings, both fine copies, former scarce; latter with obituary of Grinsell from The Times, 25.iii.1995, tipped-in (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £50
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History, Proceedings, Ipswich, vol.xxiv, pt 2 [1947], xi + pp.63-127, plus 4 plates of tokens. Later red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £85
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Thompson, R.H., a collection of signed offprints of articles by (18), relating to tokens of Essex, Hackney, St Neots, London, Oxford, Bredgar, Gloucester, Haddenham, Witham and Thomas Spence; together with other token-related publications (14), by Dickinson, Merson, Whitting, etc [32]. Mostly as published (£25-35)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Todd, N.B., British Tokens, Advertising Tickets, Checks, Passes, etc, c.1830 to 1920, Newtonville, 1974, 47pp, copy no.13; Hawkins, R.N.P., Public House Checks of Birmingham and Smethwick, Birmingham, 1978, 129pp, 2 plates; Thompson, R.H., and Wager, A.J., The Purpose and use of Public-House Checks, London, 1982, 19pp, illustrations in text; Glazebrook, C.J., Northants Co-op Societies & their Tokens, Hanworth, 1983, 31pp; Andison, A.D.N.,...
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Todd, N.B., Dublin Tavern Tokens of the latter half of the 19th century, Newtonville, USA, 1977, 61pp, copy no.129. Publishers’ green card covers, a very fine copy (£10-20)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Todd, N.B., A Catalogue of Billingsgate Market Tallies, np, nd [1985], 49pp; Todd, N.B., A Catalogue of Borough Market Tallies, Newtonville, 1986, 42pp; King, J.R.P., A Catalogue of Stratford Market Tallies, London, 1990, xi + 99pp, engraved illustrations [3]. Publishers’ bindings, fine copies (£30-40)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, vol.1, nos.1-12 [1971-3]; vol.2, nos.1-12 [1973-6]; vol.3, nos.1-2 [1977-8]; vol.4, nos.1-12 [1984-93]; vol.5, nos.1-12 [1994-7]; vol.6, nos.1-12 [1998-2001]; vol.7, no.1 [2001], together with indices to vols.1-6, and Edge, B, Alphabetical Classification of World Paranumismatica, np, 1977, 12pp [Lot]. Volumes 1 and 2 bound together in red cloth, with signed note from Jean White tipped-in, others in stiff...
Hammer Price: £300
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Vipan, Capt J.A.M., Coins, Medals and Local Tradesmen’s Tokens…in the Peterborough Mueum, Peterborough, 1908, 44pp; Gunstone, A., Catalogue of the Collection of Tickets, Checks and Passes…in the City of Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Lincoln, nd, 19pp; Gunstone, A., Nineteenth Century Lincolnshire Beer Tickets, Lincoln, nd, 8pp, including 3 plates; Gunstone, A., Lincolnshire Nineteenth Century and later Tickets, Checks and Passes,...
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Wetton, J.L. and N.L., The Surrey Seventeenth-Century Trader’s Tokens, Guildford, 1959, pp.29-50, 1 plate. Green card cover; minor pencil checkmarks and corrections by Preston-Morley, otherwise a fine working copy, scarce; with a photocopy of an article by Joan Wakeford from the Kingston-upon-Thames Archaeological Society Newsletter no.6 [May 1980], on the token of Henry Male of Kingston, tipped-in (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £35
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Wetton, J.L., The Isle of Wight Seventeenth Century Traders’ Tokens, Lymington, 1962, 12pp, 2 plates; Wetton, J.L. [ed. Wetton, N.L.], Seventeenth Century Token Issuing Coffee Houses, Couffoulens, 1994, 24pp; Wetton, N.L., The J.L. Wetton Library Catalogue of Numismatic and other works relating to Seventeenth-Century Tradesmen’s Tokens, Shrewsbury, 1990, 31pp, copy no.78 [3]. Publishers’ card bindings, all very fine copies; last signed...
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Wetton, J.L., The Hampshire Seventeenth Century Traders’ Tokens, Lymington, 1964, 37pp, 22 plates. Original cream card covers, a fine copy; annotated by Preston-Morley with some corrections and a detailed record of the tokens formerly in the Edward King collection (£20-30)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Wetton, J.L., Seventeenth Century Tradesmens’ Tokens, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1969, 70pp, including 15 plates. A working copy (£10-15)
Hammer Price: £10
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Whitmore, J., Token and Medallion Stock and Sales Analysis, Malvern, 1987, 207pp. Stiff blue protective card around publishers’ buff paper cover; a useful record (£10-15)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Whitmore, J., Worcestershire Inn Tokens, Malvern, 1988, 220pp, illustrations in text, copy no.37. A fine copy of this excellent and comprehensive study (£15-25)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Whittet, T.D., A survey of apothecaries’ tokens, including some previously unrecognised specimens: Part 1, Introduction [2 copies]; Part 2, London and Southwark [2 copies]; Part 3, Bedfordshire [2 copies]; Part 4, Berkshire [2 copies]; Part 5, Buckinghamshire; Part 6, Cambridgeshire; Part 7, Cheshire; Part 8, Cornwall and Cumberland; Part 9, Derbyshire [2 copies]; Part 10, Devonshire to Essex; Part 11, Gloucestershire and Hampshire; Part 12,...
Hammer Price: £65
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Whitting, P.D., Coins, Tokens and Medals of the East Riding of Yorkshire, York, 1969, 80pp, 16 plates. Publishers’ white card, a fine copy; with an interesting correlation of the different varieties of Hull tokens in the Sykes, British Museum and Hird collections, and the original purchase slip for the lot of 94 Hull tokens bought by Sykes at the Fewster sale in 1898, tipped-in (£20-30)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Williams, J.A., Cornish Tokens, Truro, nd [1970], 47pp, illustrations in text; Andrews, J., Elston, W., and Shiel, N., Exeter Coinage, Exeter, 1980, 84pp, illustrations in text; Mayne, J.A.D., and Williams, J.A., Coins & Tokens of Cornwall, Exeter, 1985, 92pp, engraved illustrations in text [3]. All very fine copies; last annotated with many corrections and comments by Preston-Morley (£25-35)
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Williamson, G.C., Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century: special copy of the county of Buckinghamshire, London, 1889, 10pp, original blue card covers; bound with Ratcliff, O., XVII Century Tokens of Buckinghamshire, Olney, 1900; being a typescript list by A. Heal on 65 rectos [2]. Decorated half morocco, ribbed spine, titles in gilt, t.e.g.; the whole interleaved, with copious notes and additions by Sir Ambrose Heal, several press...
Hammer Price: £400
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...
Hammer Price: £290
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 [3]. The 1969 Seaby reprint in publishers’ green cloth; extensively annotated by Preston-Morley over a period of 30 years with details of over 2,000 tokens not described in the original work, together with many cited specialist references for each county, plus a few extra polaroid...
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Yorkshire Numismatic Society, Transactions, First Series, vol.I, Pts I-V [1910-15]; vol. II, Pts I-V [1916-25]; vol.III, Pts I-IV [1927-38]; Second series, vol.I, Pts I-V [1951-60]; vol.II, Pts I-V [1964-73]; The Yorkshire Numismatist, 1, 2 and 3 [Lot]. The 1910-60 series bound in four volumes, green cloth, others in publishers’ bindings; an excellent and complete set of these publications which contain a wealth of information not found...
Hammer Price: £310
The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Miscellaneous Token FPLs (37), from I. Devereux, P.R. Davies, Coins & Antiquities, C. Belton, R. Gladdle, N. Clark, Format, A. Judd, A. Davisson, etc, dating back to the early 1970s [37]. A useful reference; some important collections and groupings included (£15-25)
13 March 2002
Berry 1978, Berry, G., Taverns and Tokens of Pepys’ London, London, 1978, 144pp, profusely illustrated throughout. A fine copy; with handwritten correction sheet and a typescript book review by Preston-Morley tipped-in (£15-25)
Berry 1988, Berry, G., Seventeenth Century England: Traders and their Tokens, London, 1988, 168pp, illustrated throughout. Publishers’ red cloth, with d.j.; a virtually new copy of the best general read on the subject (£15-25)
Blundell, Blundell, J.H., Bedfordshire Seventeenth Century Tokens, Ventnor, 1928, xii + 67pp, 3 plates. Original maroon decorated cloth, titles in gilt; a few minor pencil annotations by Preston-Morley and foreword becoming detached, otherwise a very fine copy of this standard reference; with a press notice of another title by Blundell tipped-in (£60-80)
Boyne 1858, Boyne, W., Tokens issued in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in Yorkshire…also the Seals of all the Corporations in that County, Headingley, 1858, viii + 62pp, engraved plates and illustrations in text. Decorated maroon boards; internally fine with some pages uncut, but spine shabby and becoming detached (£25-35)
British Museum, [British Museum], Catalogue of the Montague Guest Collection of Badges, Tokens and Passes, London, 1930, viii + 206pp, 8 plates. Publishers’ blue cloth, a clean copy (£25-35)
British Numismatic, British Numismatic Journal, vol.xliii [1973], London, 1973. Publishers’ green cloth; includes the article ‘A Revised Survey of the Seventeenth-Century Tokens of Buckinghamshire’ by George Berry and Peter Morley, this and the two accompanying plates extra-annotated with minor corrigenda, further biographical detail of the issuers and a check-list of the Preston-Morley collection; signed by the vendor, October 1976, on inside front cover (£30-40)
Charlton, Charlton, Prof. J.M.T. [ed.] North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies, vol.1, Keele, 1961, 141pp + 10 plates; Todd, N.B., Staffordshire Tavern Checks: a county listing and a Wolverhampton catalogue, Newtonville, USA, 1984, v + 82pp, illustrations in text [2]. Publishers’ green card bindings, very fine copies; first with original receipt tipped-in (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £75
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