Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Paper Money and Numismatic Books

Atkins, J., The Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1892, vi + 415pp (Manville 555); Davis, W.J., The Token Coinage of Warwickshire, with Descriptive and Historical Notes, Birmingham, 1895, xx + 132pp, 24 plates (Manville 571); Longman, W., Tokens of the Eighteenth Century connected with Booksellers & Bookmakers, London, 1916, 90pp, 3 plates, engraved illustrations (Manville 762); Rudkin, Olive D., Thomas Spence and his connections, [1927], New York, 1966, 256pp; Ashraf, P.M., The Life and Times of Thomas Spence, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1983, 212pp, 20 plates, dj; Samuel, R.T., British Tokens: Articles and Notes from the Bazaar, Exchange and Mart and Journal of the Household, 1880-1889 [London, 1880-9]; with a Concordance to Dalton and Hamer by Harold Welch, Cold Spring, 1994, copy no. 45 (Manville 1781); Withers, P. and Bente R., The Token Book, Llanfyllin, 2010, 512pp, illustrations in text; together with other references on 18th century tokens (9), by Mathias, Schwer, Newmark, Thompson, Judd, etc [16]. First in modern red cloth with library stamps, others in publishers’ bindings [weight 10 kg] £120-150

Provenance: Ex libris Jeffrey Gardiner, additionally: first de-accessed from Kensington Public Libraries, second ex libris Leo McCarthy, with his bookplate