Important British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Holmes, R., The Sieges of Pontefract Castle 1644-1648, Pontefract, 1887, facsimile reprint of 1985; Rowntree, A. (ed), The History of Scarborough, London, 1931; Gibb, M.A., The Lord General, a Life of Thomas Fairfax, London, 1938; Dore, R.N., The Civil Wars in Cheshire, Chester, 1966; Wood, A.C., Nottinghamshire in the Civil War, Menston, 1971; Wedgwood, C.V., The King’s War 1641-1647, London, 1974; Young, P., and Emberton, W., Sieges of the Great Civil War 1642-1646, London, 1978; Fox, G., The Three Sieges of Pontefract Castle, Leeds, 1987; Gardiner, S.R., History of the Great Civil War, 4 vols, London, 1987; other books on the Civil War (18), by Tullie, Petrie, Brig. Young, Adair, Hibbert, etc [30]. Publishers’ bindings, a useful reference group; some with numismatic images (£60-80)

Provenance:
Ex libris Raymond Lax, Bournemouth

The 4 vol. set of Gardiner's History is excluded and there are 17 other books, total 25