Auction Catalogue

19 June 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1075

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£65

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Whittet, T.D., A survey of apothecaries’ tokens, including some previously unrecognised specimens: Part 1, Introduction [2 copies]; Part 2, London and Southwark [2 copies]; Part 3, Bedfordshire [2 copies]; Part 4, Berkshire [2 copies]; Part 5, Buckinghamshire; Part 6, Cambridgeshire; Part 7, Cheshire; Part 8, Cornwall and Cumberland; Part 9, Derbyshire [2 copies]; Part 10, Devonshire to Essex; Part 11, Gloucestershire and Hampshire; Part 12, Herefordshire to Kent; Part 13, Lancashire to Monmouthshire, 1982-6; together with articles by Whittet on Spectacle Makers’ tokens, 1984, and tokens of James Wight of Kingston upon Thames, 1985 [Lot]. One set inscribed to Preston-Morley by the author, duplicates inscribed by the author to D.G. Liddell; a useful series of papers with much background information (£20-30)

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

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The apothecaries’ series were reprinted from The Pharmaceutical Journal