David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Simpson, J., A List of the Lincolnshire Series of Tradesmen’s Tokens and Town Pieces of the Seventeenth Century, with Biographical and Genealogical Notes. London, Bemrose, nd (1872). 8vo, original red cloth, gilt title. 3 plates, 136pp. Signed by Justin Simpson, 1882 and by W.J. Davis, 1896, on first free endpaper. Autograph signature of Simpson tipped-in, T.W. Townsend’s working copy with check marks for his collection. A number of proof corrections throughout the text (Manville 467). £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Literature.

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Provenance: Ex libris J. Simpson; W.J. Davis; G.J. Cuthbert, 1910; T.W. Townsend, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 427 (part); T.D. Whittet