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

Middlemiss, J.T., and Hyslop, R., A Short History of Presbyterianism in Sunderland, Sunderland, 1897, 87pp, bound with Hyslop, R., Sunderland Sacramental Tokens, Sunderland, 1901, 24pp, 2 plates; Herdman, E.F., Sacramental Tokens of the Presbyterian Churches in England, Morpeth, 1901, 44pp, engraved illustrations in text (Manville 605); Hyslop, R., Sunderland Sacramental Tokens, Sunderland, 1901, 24pp, 2 plates, two copies (Manville –); together with a bound volume of photocopies of notes on English communion tokens by Herdman, a thick green half-leather volume of copious notes and illustrations of English communion tokens, the raw material for an intended publication by Mr Gardiner, and Mr Gardiner’s original typescript for his paper on E.F. Herdman, 1981 [Lot]. First in black leather, gilt, all edges gilt, an attractive copy, second in original blue cloth, one Hyslop volume in modern brown cloth; a very rare group, especially the Hyslops, and of considerable interest to the student of English communion tokens [weight 3.6 kg] £150-200

Provenance: Ex libris Jeffrey Gardiner