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Porritt, A., Matthew Young and his Numismatic Correspondents a Century and a half ago: With a glimpse at the first London Numismatic Society. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Corbitt & Hunter, 1967. 8vo, printed white card. 36pp. Minerva Numismatic Handbooks No.1 (Manville 1156). £10-15
Hammer Price: £10
Preston-Morley, P.J., and Pegg, H., A Revised Survey of the Seventeenth Century Tokens of Nottinghamshire. London, British Numismatic Society, 1983. Reprinted from BNJ 1981. 4to, special hardbound edition in blue cloth. 63pp, 8 plates. Title page signed by Peter Preston-Morley. With a note by Alan Judd, October 1993, of a previously unpublished token issued by Thomas Brookes of Retford, tipped in. Extremely fine (Manville 1506). £50-70
£50–£70
Hammer Price: £70
Preston-Morley, P.J., and Pegg, H., A Revised Survey of the Seventeenth Century Tokens of Nottinghamshire. London, British Numismatic Society, 1983. Reprinted from BNJ 1981. 4to, blue, printed paper back. 63pp, 8 plates. Title page signed to David Griffiths ‘With best wishes Peter Preston-Morley’. Extremely fine (Manville 1506). £25-35
£25–£35
Hammer Price: £30
Prosser, R.B. (ed), The Streets and Inhabitants of Birmingham in 1770. Reprinted from Sketchley and Adams’s Tradesman’s True Guide and Universal Directory. Birmingham, Reprinted for William Downing by Robert Birbeck, 1886. 4to, brown morocco, blue boards, a little worn. xv, 114pp. Copy no.30, signed by Sam Timmins and supplied to James Wilson. £100-150
£100–£150
Hammer Price: £150
Puttick & Simpson (London), Catalogues of the Sales of Coins and Medals at the Rooms of Puttick and Simpson 1901-08 (26). 8vo, black leather, gilt. 2 December 1901, 211 lots; 27 February 1902, 253 lots; 30 April 1902, 176 lots; 17 July 1902, 184 lots; 17 November 1902, 189 lots; 19 January 1903, 267 lots; 7 April 1903, 175 lots; 27 July 1903, 209 lots; 23 December 1903, 194 lots; 10 March 1904, 214 lots; 9 June 1904, 228 lots; 19 December 1904, 234 lots; 17 March 1905, 203 lots; 22 May 1905,...
£150–£200
Hammer Price: £480
Pye, C., Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens Issued Between the Years 1787 and 1796. Engraved by Charles Pye of Birmingham, From the Originals in his Own Possession. 1st edn, London, Published for the Engraver, by John Nichols, nd (1795). Royal 4to, large paper copy, contemporary brown half calf, rebacked. Uncut, interleaved, tissue guards to plates. Engraved title with large vignette by Pye; Advertisement leaf by Pye dated 1795; 36pp fine engraved plates (obverse and reverse of 186 tokens);...
Hammer Price: £230
Pye, C., Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens, Issued Between the Years 1787 and 1796, Engraved by Charles Pye of Birmingham, From the Originals in his Own Possession. 1st edn, London, Published for the Engraver by John Nichols, nd (1795). 8vo, contemporary maroon half calf, marbled boards, bound from the original blue paper wrappers as published, which are preserved at end. Engraved title with large vignette by Pye; Advertisement leaf by Pye dated 1795; 36pp. fine engraved plates (obverse and...
£800–£1,000
Hammer Price: £750
Pye, C., Provincial Coins and Tokens Issued from the Year 1787 to the Year 1801. 1st edn, Birmingham, for Knott & Lloyd, London, L.B. Seeley, 1801. 4to, green half morocco. Title page; Names of Die-sinkers and Manufacturers; 2pp Advertisement by Pye (preface) dated 1801; 55 engraved plates (of tokens), (1-52, 15*, 18* & 35*), interleaved throughout with blanks; 14pp. Index (pp.5-18). Some notes by David Griffiths loosely inserted (Manville 255). £200-250
£200–£250
Hammer Price: £260
Pye, C., Provincial Coins and Tokens, Issued from the Year 1787 to the Year 1801. 1st edn, Birmingham, for Knott & Lloyd, London, L.B. Seeley, 1801. 4to, brown cloth boards. Title page; Names of Die-sinkers and Manufacturers; 2pp. Advertisement by Pye (preface) dated 1801; 14pp Index (pp.5-18); 59 engraved plates (of tokens), (1-52, 15*, 18* & 35*, first state of plates 2, 4, 12, and 47 in addition to the usual final states). Very rare with first state plates (Manville 255). £350-400
£350–£400
Hammer Price: £550
Pye, C., A Correct and Complete Representation of all the Provincial Copper Coins, Tokens of Trade, and Cards of Address, on Copper, Which were circulated as such between the years 1787 and 1801, When they were entirely superseded; A new copper coinage being at that time in circulation, issued by authority of government. 2nd edn, London, Matthew Young, nd (1819). 4to, later brown three-quarter leather with brown cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Title page, Names of Die-sinkers and Manufacturers, 2pp...
£600–£800
Hammer Price: £600
Pye, C., A Representation of Provincial Copper Tokens, Tokens of Trade and Cards of Address, Circulated Between 1787 and 1801. Engraved by Charles Pye of Birmingham. The Original Notes Have Been Extended Wherever Possible. 3rd printer’s proof edn, Leamington Spa, Privately Printed at the Courier Press for Arthur W. Waters, 1916. 4to, contemporary quarter leather, green boards, edges gilt. Title on spine ‘Pye’s Provincial Tokens 1801’ 8vo title page from Pye’s 1796 Provincial Copper...
£1,500–£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Pye, C., A Representation of Provincial Copper Tokens, Tokens of Trade and Cards of Address, Circulated Between 1787 and 1801. Engraved by Charles Pye of Birmingham. The Original Notes Have Been Extended Wherever Possible. 3rd edn, Leamington Spa, Privately Printed at the Courier Press for Arthur W. Waters, 1916. 4to, contemporary brown quarter leather, gilt, t.e.g. Portrait frontispiece of the numismatist Thomas Sharp; Title page; Preface by Waters; Reprint of title page of first edition...
£1,200–£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Pye, C., and others, correspondence published in The Gentleman’s Magazine, September 1796-March 1798. Photocopied cuttings pasted into 4to modern orange scrapbook, 20pp. £20-30
£20–£30
Hammer Price: £55
Radford, A.J.V., The Coins and Tokens of Devon. Offprint from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1907, Vol xxxix. pp.1-11 (Manville 660); bound with Hooper, W.R., Notes on a Collection of Devonshire Seventeenth Century Tokens. Offprint from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1944, Vol. lxxvii. 8vo, green cloth £30-40
£30–£40
Hammer Price: £75
Rains, D.R., Catalogue of Co-op Checks and Tokens. Beeston, Coins of Beeston, 1997. 8vo, pale blue card covers. 2 plates, 200pp (Manville 1838); Rains, D.R., Catalogue of Co-Operative Checks & Tokens. 2nd edition, np, 2004. 8vo, green card. 230pp (Manville 1942) [2]. £20-30
Hammer Price: £40
Reed, T. & Co (London), The Collector’s Bulletin. First series, no. 3, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9, 10 & 11, 12 (September 1904-June 1905). Second series, no. 1, 7, 8 & 9 (October 1905-June 1906). Third series, no. 1 (March 1907), August 1907, October 1907, February 1908. In a card folder [12]. £20-30
Richardson, J., The Local Coinage of Kingston upon Hull, from the time of Edward 1st, AD 1300, to the Time of George 3rd, AD 1812, illustrated with numerous Coins, Tokens, Autographs etc. np, 1882. Small 4to, old red half calf, skilfully rebacked retaining much of the original binding and the marbled boards. (7), title, 165 (on rectos only) neatly written pages. Signed ‘W. Sykes, Cottingham’ on front free endpaper. Unique £200-250
Hammer Price: £330
Rolfe, H.W., Kentish Tokens of the Seventeenth Century. London, 1862. 8vo, green half morocco gilt. 17 plates (of tokens), 92pp. The 10 collected articles published in NC. Very rare (Manville 423). £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
Rowe, C.M., Salisbury’s Local Coinage. Salisbury, Tisbury Printing, 1966. 8vo, blue cloth, dj black, white and green. 27 plates, 88pp. Signed by the author. Extensive correspondence between Rowe and David Griffiths tipped-in (Manville 1143). £40-50
£40–£50
Ruding, Revd R., Annals of the Coinage of Britain and its Dependencies, from the earliest period of authentick history to the end of the fiftieth year of the reign of his present majesty King George III. Four volumes bound in two. 4to, 1st edn, London, Printed and sold by Nichols, Son and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street; sold also by…Mr Young, High Holborn. 1817. (36), 518, (2), 532, (26), 542, 113 engraved plates (Manville 277) [2]. £200-250
Sainthill, R., An Olla Podrida; Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary. London, Printed (For Private Distribution Only) by Nichols and Son, 1844 and 1853. Two volumes. 4to, brown half leather, brown cloth boards, gilt. Vol. I: portrait of Acland, xv, 388pp, 30 plates, 2 lithographs of handwriting. Vol. II: portrait of Aquilla Smith, xxx, (2), 444pp, text illustrations, 8 plates. Signed by the author to J.D. Cuff [2] (Manville 337). £200-250
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