LOT 2990
Numismatic Books - Humphreys - The Coinage of the British Empire 1854 A.D.
Henry Noel Humphreys - The Coinage of the British Empire: An Outline of the progress of the coinage of Great Britain and her dependencies from the earliest period to the present time - Nathaniel Cooke, London, 1854 - hardback, rebound in full leather library binding with gold block titling to spine and cover, edge gilding - 180 pp, 23 plates in gold, silver and copper. 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (841 grams, 25 x 19 cm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 2990
Numismatic Books - Humphreys - The Coinage of the British Empire
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Numismatic Books - Hildebrand - Anglosachsiska Mynt 1881 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
B.E. Hildebrand - Anglosachsiska Mynt: Svenska Kongliga Myntkabinettet Funna i Sveriges Jord - Kongl.Vitterhets Akadamien, Stockholm, 1881 - hardback with quarter leather binding - 480 pp, 14 plates - title page with dedication from the author to 'Mr. John Evans'. 2.1 kg total, 26 x 18 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Numismatic Books - Evans - The Coins of The Ancient Britons and Supplement 1864-1890 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
John Evans - The Coins of the Ancient Britons, London, 1864; with The Coins of the Ancient Britons Supplement, London, 1890 - hardback, matching contemporary red morocco, neatly re-backed with spines relaid, gold titling - 424 pp, 17 plates and 180 pp, 23 plates; with a loosely inserted postcard from John Evans to The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, dated 1900; copied extract from Ancient British Coins, (Rudd, 2010, p.3) with outline of Evans's achievements; Ex libris Harry Manville (1929-2015), with an earlier auction extract; acquired Douglas Saville, ex libris Chris Rudd, with bookplate to each; supplement with back cover detached. 2.02 kg total, 24 x 16 cm each
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
John Evans, later Sir John (1823-1908) was the father of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), the archaeologist most famous for his work at Knossos, Crete; John studied and produced works on the subjects of Stone Age and Bronze Age implements as well as for Celtic coins; all of his works were pioneering but are still of great value today; his bookplate (copy of which is present) illustrates his major interests. -
Numismatic Books - Grose - Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins -Volume III 1923-1929 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
S.W. Grose - Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins-Volume III - Cambridge University Press, 1929 - hardback, cloth covers with gilt heraldic figure to the front cover. gilt titling to the spine - 507 pp, 380 plates. 2.56 kg, 27 x 20 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
