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Auction 141 14-16 Jun 2017
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CABINETS AND NUMISMATIC BOOKS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Shiells, R., The Story of the Token, 1st edn, New York, 1891, 170pp, engraved illustrations in text (Manville 554); Shiells, R., The Story of the Token, 2nd edn, Philadelphia, 1902, 196pp, 9 plates, other engraved illustrations in text (cf. Manville 614); Brook, A.J.S., Communion Tokens of the Established Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1908, 154pp including 52 engraved plates (Manville 666); Whitelaw, H.A., Communion Tokens... of...Dumfriesshire, Dumfries, 1911, 115pp, 10 plates, copy no. 136, signed by the author (Manville 709); together with a group of photocopies of publications by Shiells, Burns, Kerr, Lockie, Lamb, etc [Lot]. First two in publisher's blue cloth, very fine, second very rare as a Philadelphia imprint, first free endpaper of this with signature of Mrs D.J. Payne, Christmas 1902, third with front cover detached, fourth fine [weight 3.2 kg] £100-200
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Provenance: Ex libris Jeffrey Gardiner, additionally: Whitelaw ex libris William Buttars Shaw, Vancouver, and The Presbyterian Historical Society of England, with their bookplates
Shiells, R., The Story of the Token, 1st edn, New York, 1891, 170pp, engraved illustrations in text (Manville 554); Shiells, R., The Story of the Token, 2nd edn, Philadelphia, 1902, 196pp, 9 plates, other engraved illustrations in text (cf. Manville 614); Brook, A.J.S., Communion Tokens of the Established Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1908, 154pp including 52 engraved plates (Manville 666); Whitelaw, H.A., Communion Tokens... of...Dumfriesshire, Dumfries, 1911, 115pp, 10 plates, copy no. 136, signed by the author (Manville 709); together with a group of photocopies of publications by Shiells, Burns, Kerr, Lockie, Lamb, etc [Lot]. First two in publisher's blue cloth, very fine, second very rare as a Philadelphia imprint, first free endpaper of this with signature of Mrs D.J. Payne, Christmas 1902, third with front cover detached, fourth fine [weight 3.2 kg] £100-200
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Provenance: Ex libris Jeffrey Gardiner, additionally: Whitelaw ex libris William Buttars Shaw, Vancouver, and The Presbyterian Historical Society of England, with their bookplates