British Museum, [British Museum], Catalogue of the Montague Guest Collection of Badges, Tokens and Passes, London, 1930, viii + 206pp, 8 plates. Publishers’ blue cloth, a clean copy (£25-35)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books.

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Montague Guest (1839-1909) spent over 40 years amassing his eclectic collection, which was presented to the British Museum in 1907 on condition that a catalogue of it was published. A favourite of Edward VII, Guest was a prominent mover in Dorset society, representing Wareham as Liberal-Unionist MP, and from 1877 to 1902 he was provincial grand master of Dorset Freemasons. He died at Sandringham and is buried at Canford