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

Bell, R.C., Commercial Coins 1787-1804, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1963, 319pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1098); Bell, R.C., Copper Commercial Coins 1811-1819, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1964, xvii + 238pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1106); Bell, R.C., Tradesmen’s Tickets and Private Tokens, 1785-1819, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1966, xii + 315pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1131); Bell, R.C., Specious Tokens and those struck for General Circulation, 1784-1804, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1968, xvii + 257pp, illustrations in text, valuation sheet tipped-in (Manville 1165); Bell, R.C., Unofficial Farthings 1820-1870, London, 1975, 248pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1305), inside front cover signed by the author to Jeff Gardiner, June 1982; Bell, R.C., The Building Medalets of Kempson and Skidmore, 1796-1797, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1978, 183pp, illustrations in text, dj (Manville 1377); Bell, R.C., Political and Commemorative Pieces Simulating Tradesmen’s Tokens, 1770-1802, 2nd edn, np, nd [Felixstowe, 1986], vii + 286pp, illustrations in text, dj (Manville 1596); Bell, R.C., Whitmore, J., and Sweeny, J.O., Bell’s Unofficial Farthings: A Supplement, Malvern, 1994, viii + 237pp, 43 plates (Manville 1765); Dix Noonan Webb [London], The R.C. Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens, 1 October 1996, 311 lots, 9 plates, PRL tipped-in; Grogan, M. (ed), The “Conder” Token Collector’s Journal, Fall 2003, R.C. Bell Memorial issue [10]. Publishers’ bindings; some with a few checkmarks, otherwise generally a very fine set of the late Mr Bell’s token publications, first three with inscriptions from the author on first free endpapers, one other volume with ALS from Bell to Jeff Gardiner, 12 April 1993, tipped-in [weight 7 kg] £90-120

Provenance: Ex libris Jeffrey Gardiner