Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 592

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£170

Gill, H.S., Devonshire Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century, Exeter 1872, 29pp, 1 engraved plate (Manville 470); Gill, H.S., On Devonshire Tokens, Part II, Exeter, 1873, 14pp, 1 engraved plate (Manville 470); Gill, H.S., Devonshire Tokens, Part III, Exeter, 1876, 4pp (Manville –); Gill, H.S., Devonshire Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century, Plymouth, 1879, 40pp (Manville 488); Gill, H.S., Seventeenth Century Somersetshire Tokens not described in Boyne’s work, London, 1880, 8pp; Gill, H.S., Addenda to Devonshire 17th century tokens not described in Boyne’s work, London, 1882, 8pp, 1 engraved plate; Stevens Cox, J., The Ilchester Mint and Ilchester Trade Tokens, Ilchester, 1948, 68pp (Manville 982); Grinsell, L.V., A Brief Numismatic History of Bristol, Bristol, 1962, 28pp, 4 plates (Manville 1086); Williams, J.A., Cornish Tokens, Truro, nd [1971], 47pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1250); Andrews, J., and others, Exeter Coinage, Exeter, 1980, 84pp, illustrations in text, signed by the author on title page (Manville 1422); Mayne, J.A.D., and Williams, J.A., Coins & Tokens of Cornwall, Exeter, 1985, 92pp, engraved illustrations in text, photocopy listing additional pieces tipped-in (Manville 1550) [11]. Generally clean, but front covers of first and third detached; first four and Stevens Cox signed by the authors £80-100

Provenance: Ex libris David Griffiths, some with his bookplates, additionally: first ex libris William Boyne, George Williamson and Peter Seaby; second ex libris Justin Simpson, George Williamson and Peter Seaby; third and fourth ex libris George Williamson and Peter Seaby; fifth and seventh ex libris Peter Seaby, Glendining Auction, 10 June 1987, lot 128 (part); sixth ex libris Peter Seaby