Numismatic Books from the Library of the late Jeffrey Gardiner, Darlington

Glendining & Co [London], bound volumes of auction catalogues (6), including Gantz (1941), Ryan Parts I-V (1950-2), Rashleigh Parts I-III, Dangar (all 1953), Longman (1958), Graham (1963), Jackson-Kent, Checkley (both 1965), Pridmore Parts I-III (1981-3); Sotheby & Co [Cairo], The Palace Collections of Egypt…Catalogue of the…[King Farouk] Collection of Coins and Medals, 24 February-6 March 1954, 2,798 lots, 72 plates [6]. Various bindings, last in blue cloth; except the Farouk all with printed prices [weight 7.1kg] £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Numismatic Books from the Library of the late Jeffrey Gardiner, Darlington.

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Provenance: Pridmore ex libris Harvey Shulman and Brian Butterworth, with their bookplates, and pasted-in compliment slips from A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, inscribed by Peter Mitchell to Harvey Shulman, “Isn’t 3 catalogues enough? It was a labour of love from the start – 12,000 coins, all with references and grading! All my own work – and an (uneconomic, very) labour of love…P”