Lot 4044

Description

Williamson, George C., Trade Tokens, Issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales and Ireland by corporations, merchants, tradesmen etc., two volumes, Elliot Stock, London, 1889-1891, original edition, London, xliv + 804pps., 12 plates (Volume I); 805-1584 pps. + 11 plates addenda, errata et corrigenda 6pps, both volumes with additional illustrations throughout, (C-S 13907). Worn bindings, with volume I loosing a piece at top of binding, contents fine, rare original first and only edition, printed on large paper. (2)

Inscribed and signed as No.2 of 250 copies by George C. Williamson. Ex. library of Alfred Chitty signed on inside; D. Elliott Smith (28/X/1940) signed; G.C. Heyde library and Colin E. Pitchfork library stamp inside.