Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. Numismatic Books

Manton, Manton, J.O., and Hollis, E., Buckinghamshire Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century, Buckingham, 1933, foreword + 118pp, 13 engraved plates. Publishers’ green cloth, lettering in gilt on spine; neatly but heavily annotated throughout with extra notes by Preston-Morley, which became the basis for his and Berry’s revised work [see lot 1282]; pages 39-42 loose, otherwise a fine copy, no.54 of 75 overprints authorised for the Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society, very rare and still the only extensively illustrated work for the county (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books.

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Provenance:
Ex libris E.B. Basden, 1970.

Edition of 75 copies