British Tokens

Searle, W.G., Some Unpublished Seventeenth-Century Tokens, London, 1903, 7pp; Gilbert, W., Unpublished Seventeenth-Century Tokens in the collection of William Gilbert, London, 1927, 29pp, 1 plate (cf. Manville 868); Heal, A., A XVII Century MS. List of Tokens, London, 1928, 20pp (Manville 878); Wetton, J.L., Seventeenth Century Tradesmens’ Tokens, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1969, 70pp, including illustrations (Manville 1205); Dickinson, M.J., Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and their values, London, 1986, x + 292pp, including plates, dj (Manville 1570); 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 (Manville 1682); Wetton, J.L. [ed. Wetton, N.L.], Seventeenth Century Token Issuing Coffee Houses, Couffoulens, 1994, 24pp (Manville 1785) [6]. Publishers’ bindings; Dickinson signed and dedicated by the author on first free endpaper, penultimate with letters from the author to Peter Preston-Morley inserted £40-60

Provenance: Ex libris David Griffiths, with his bookplates, additionally: last two ex libris Peter Preston-Morley, DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 1070 (part)