Auction Catalogue

9 December 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1038

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9 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£95

Hawkins, E., The Silver Coins of England, 1st edn, London, 1841, large paper copy, imprint ‘not published’, 308pp, 47 plates (Manville 326); Akerman, J.Y., An Introduction to the Study of Ancient and Modern Coins, London, 1848, vii + 220pp (Manville 358); Jevons, W.S., Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, 4th edn, London, 1878, xviii + 349pp, presentation certificate from the Independent College, Taunton, 28 July 1887, pasted on first free endpaper; Henfrey, H.W., A Guide to the Study of English Coins, Keary’s revised edn, London, 1891, xxi + 325pp, illustrations in text (Manville 553); Andrew, W.J., Notes on ‘A Numismatic History of the Reign of Henry I’, London, 1903, 16pp, with amendments by the author and a postscript in his hand ‘on publication Crump and Johnson wrote furiously to me that they were going to reply, but they never did.’ (Manville 615); Andrew, W.J., Buried Treasure: Some Traditions, Records and Facts, London [reprinted from BNJ 1905], 51pp, 4 plates; Oman, C., The Coinage of England, Oxford, 1931, xii + 395pp, 45 engraved plates (Manville 904); [Seaby’s] Catalogue of the Coins of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1934, 46pp, engraved illustrations in text; together with other references (25), by North, Mays, Mack, Chamberlain, Carson, etc [33]. Publishers’ bindings; first disbound but complete £60-80