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

Walsh, Rev. R., An Essay on Ancient Coins, Medals and Gems as illustrating the Progress of Christianity in the early ages, London, 1828, viii + 140pp, 38 engraved plates; Cardwell, E., Lectures on the Coinages of the Greeks and Romans, London, 1832, xiii + 238pp; Till, W., An Essay on The Roman Denarius and English Silver Penny, London, 1837, x + 230pp, 2 engraved plates (Manville 309); Baron de Donop, Les Médailles Gallo-Gaëliques: Description de la trouvaille de l’Ile d’Jersey, Hanover, 1838, 40pp, 32 engraved plates; Bowman, W., Reliquiæ Antiquæ Eboracenses, or Remains of Antiquity relating to the county of York, Leeds, 1855, 94pp, engraved and other illustrations; Grueber, H.A., Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1899, lxxi + 272pp, 64 plates (Manville 591); Gardner, P., The Gold Coinage of Asia before Alexander the Great, London, 1908, 32pp, 2 plates; Burgess, F.W., Chats on Old Coins, 2nd edn, London, 1928, 382pp, illustrations, edges gilt [8]. Baron de Donop and Grueber in later leather, former decorated and gilt, all edges gilt, others in publishers’ bindings; all clean copies but some with library stamps [weight 4.8 kg] £100-150

Provenance: Ex libris Jeffrey Gardiner, additionally: Cardwell de-accessed from Birmingham & Midland Institute, ex libris Ken Banham; Baron de Donop and Gardner de-accessed from Newcastle-upon-Tyne Public Libraries; Grueber ex libris John Henry Chalmers Armiger, with his bookplate