Coin Cabinets, Numismatic Books and Ephemera 357


COOLE, A.B., Coins in China’s History, Denver, 1965, 189pp; CRESSWELL, O.D., Chinese Cash, London, 1971, 82pp, 17 plates; BURGER, W., Ch’ing Cash until 1735, Taipei, 1976, 126pp, 48 plates and 6 fold-out tables; SCHJÖTH, F., Chinese Currency, London, 1976 reprint, 88pp, 132 plates; CHEUNG, L.W., Coins of Kwangtung Mints, Hong Kong, 1979, 96pp; QIAN, J. (ed.), A History of Chinese Currency, Hong Kong, 1983, 220pp; LOCKHART, J.H.S. The Stewart Lockhart Collection of Chinese Copper Coins, Merced, 1992 reprint, xv pp, 174 plates; JEN, D., Chinese Cash: Identification and Price Guide, Iola, 2000, 341pp [8]. Very fine, a useful lot


£100-£150 358


DALTON, R., The Silver Token-Coinage mainly issued between 1811 and 1812, Leamington Spa, 1922, viii + 63pp, illustrations in text, copy no.34 (Manville 826); WATERS, A.W., Notes on Eighteenth Century Tokens, London, 1954, x + 53pp (Manville 1026); BOON, G.C., Welsh Industrial Tokens and Medals, Cardiff, 1973, 56pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1268); BOON, G.C., Welsh Tokens of the 17th Century, Cardiff, 1973, 144pp, illustrations in text, 1976 Supplement tipped-in (Manville 1269) [4]. Publishers’ bindings; tape repair to front of first, otherwise clean £30-£50


359


DALTON, R., and HAMER, S.H., The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century [London, 1910-17], 5 vols, 567pp, illustrations in text (Manville 697) [5]. Publishers’ half-leather and boards by Earnshaw & Harrison, Halifax; bindings scuffed and spines shaky, internally fine and complete; vol. I with ALS from Richard Dalton to an unknown recipient, along with cartes de visite from S.H. Hamer (3), one taking the form of a Christmas postcard from S.H. Hamer “of the Longcase Clock Hospital”; vol. V with a newspaper cutting from the Halifax Courier & Gazette, 28 June 1930, detailing the funeral of Samuel Hamer and listing the names of the mourners and others present


£150-£200


The ALS by Richard Dalton, from Park House, Cotham Park, Bristol, dated April 29 1910, reads “Dear Sir, Many thanks for Cheque 12/- for Parts I & II. I shall be sending Part II in the rough for you to kick off. I should think it will be about 20 parts for the complete work I think of starting Wales as a separate Vol. I have Anglesea nearly complete & should be able to issue that shortly. With kind regards, Yours Very Sincerely, R. Dalton”. Samuel Hamer died on Wednesday 18 June 1930; his funeral, held on 21 June at Harrison Road Congregational Church, Halifax and presided over by the Rev. E. Wardle, was attended by 65 people


360


DAVIS, W.J., The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage, London, 1904, xlvii + 277pp, 33 fine plates, copy no.205 (Manville 623). Publisher’s brown quarter morocco, gilt, t.e.g., a few pencil checkmarks, otherwise internally fine and clean but spine beginning to lift; printed review announcements for Davis’s The Token Coinage of Warwickshire from the Birmingham Daily Post, Jan. 15th 1895, and the Birmingham Daily Gazette, Jan. 15th 1895, and a newspaper cutting relating to 19th century Staffordshire tokens tipped-in


£70-£90 361


DIX NOONAN WEBB [London], Auctions 26 [R.C. Bell], 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41 [Brodie Medals], 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 [Santa Lucia], 52 [Preston-Morley/Spingarn], 53, 54, 55 [Brodie Tokens], 56 [Judson I/Harris], 57 [Judson II], 58, 60, 61 [Mass I], 62, 63 [Spence I], 64, 65 [Mass II/Hogarth/Litrenta I], 66, 67A [Spence II], 68A [R.S. Bole], 69A [Litrenta II], 70B [Spence III], 72 [Greenaway], T5, T6 [Pottinger], T7 [Brown I], T8 [Brown II], T9 [Griffiths library], T10 [Griffiths I/Bennett/Brown III], T11 [Griffiths II], T12 [Gorsler/Griffiths III/Brown IV], T13 [Griffiths IV/Brown V], T14 [Young/Griffiths V], 134 [Griffiths VI], T15 [Roberts-Lewis], 1996-2017 [Lot]. Mostly as new, an excellent run of catalogues including tokens and almost all out of print; many with PRLs tipped-in


£50-£70 362


GLENDINING & CO [London], Catalogue of Tokens formed by the late S.H. Hamer, Esq, of Halifax, 26-8 November 1930, 802 lots, 10 plates; together with other miscellaneous catalogues of medals and tokens, etc (26), 1986-93, including Kotzen, Zabriskie, A.P. Adams complete, Mitchiner, Schwer, etc [Lot]. Very fine and better; some recent catalogues neatly priced in pencil


£30-£40 363


LINCOLN, W.S., List of Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Eighteenth Century…Essex…Surrey, London, nd [1892+], 16pp; WROTH, W., Tickets of Vauxhall Gardens, London, 1898, 20pp, 3 plates (Manville 590); POTTER, G.W.J., Railway Medals and Tokens, Brighton, 1901, 19pp, 4 plates (Manville –); [ANON], Catalogue of 18th Century Lancashire Tokens…from the Collection of R. Stanton, Lancaster, 1903, 20pp (Manville –; cf. DNW T13, 663); DACK, C., Coins, Medals and Local Tradesmen’s Tokens of the XVII, XVIII & XIXth Centuries in the Peterborough Museum, Peterborough, 1908, 44pp (Manville 677); BARKER, A.G., The Copper Token Coinage of Walthamstow, np, 1911, 29pp, 2 plates (Manville 699); SHEPPARD, T., Lincolnshire Tokens…in the Hull Museum, Hull, 1911 [HMP 79], pp.115-44, engraved illustrations in text (Manville 706); CROUCH, W., Bucks XVII Cenmtury Trade Tokens, pp.151-9, 2 engraved plates (Manville –); NEWTON, E. W., The Mining Coinage of Cornwall, np, 1912, 13pp, engraved illustrations in text (Manville –), ALS from the author at 4 Cross Street, Camborne, to J.H. Daniels, 2 March 1913, tipped-in, requesting the offer of certain tokens should they become available; SHEPPARD, T., A List of the Seventeenth Century Tokens of Yorkshire, Hull, 1913 [HMP 94], pp.27-59, engraved illustrations in text (Manville 727); GOULDING, W., Louth Tradesmen’s Tokens, Louth, 1914, 12pp, 2 engraved plates (Manville 740); CHARLTON, W., Card Money, Manchester, 1915, 15pp, 3 copies (Manville 747); GOULDING, W., Notes on Louth Printers and Booksellers of the Eighteenth Century, Louth, 1917, 9pp, 1 plate [15]. Mostly fine and a useful group, some very rare


£80-£100 Provenance: Wroth ex libris Terence Robertson 364


MARSH, M.A., The Gold Sovereign, 1st edn, Cambridge, 1980, x + 72pp, illustrations in text, dj (Manville 1434); FEARON, D., and REEDS, B., The Sovereign, Croxley Green, 2001, 79pp, illustrations in text, dj (Manville 1896); DICK, J., and RICHARDSON, T. (eds), The Quartermaster Collection, Kogarah, NSW, 2009, xv + 219pp, illustrations in text, dj, casebound; HILL, S., The Bentley Collection of British Milled Sovereigns, London, 2013, 446pp, illustrations in text, dj [4]. Publishers’ bindings; virtually as new


£50-£70 www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


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