Williamson, G.C., Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland, By Corporations, Merchants, Tradesmen, Etc. A New and Revised Edition of William Boyne’s Work…With the Assistance of Some of the Principal Collectors of Tokens in the United Kingdom as Editors of Their Respective Counties. London, Elliot Stock, 1889-91. 8vo, 2 vols, original cloth boards, t.e.g., xliv, vi, 1584pp, 6 leaves of errata at end, (4) advertisement leaves, 23 plates (1 folding), 6pp, addenda on rectos only, numerous illustrations in the text. Vol 1, 804pp, Vol II, 805-1584pp. Many interleaves, photos and illustrations. Copy no.62, signed by the editor (Manville 544) [2]. £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Literature.

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Provenance: Ex libris Sir Ambrose Heal; bt D.R.D. Edmunds