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The Tokens of South London
Waters, Arthur W. THE TOKEN COINAGE OF SOUTH LONDON ISSUED IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. Leamington Spa: Simmons & Waters, 1904. Small 8vo, original maroon quarter morocco, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait; xiv, 33, (1) pages; 2 fine autotype plates of tokens; folding facsimile; 3 lithographic plates. Inscribed by the author to Fred Shaw & Co. Spine worn, particularly at base; contents fine. Very good. One of only 100 copies printed. A scholarly and at times entertaining essay on this interesting numismatic backwater, leavened by some marvelously obscure literary and historical references. A total of fifty-four tokens are described. The inscription is dated January 13, 1904. Davisson, Handbook: "This is a detailed discussion of these pieces including news reports and material written at the time the tokens were issued." Manville 629.
Waters, Arthur W. THE TOKEN COINAGE OF SOUTH LONDON ISSUED IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. Leamington Spa: Simmons & Waters, 1904. Small 8vo, original maroon quarter morocco, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait; xiv, 33, (1) pages; 2 fine autotype plates of tokens; folding facsimile; 3 lithographic plates. Inscribed by the author to Fred Shaw & Co. Spine worn, particularly at base; contents fine. Very good. One of only 100 copies printed. A scholarly and at times entertaining essay on this interesting numismatic backwater, leavened by some marvelously obscure literary and historical references. A total of fifty-four tokens are described. The inscription is dated January 13, 1904. Davisson, Handbook: "This is a detailed discussion of these pieces including news reports and material written at the time the tokens were issued." Manville 629.