Handsome Set of Dalton & Hamer

Dalton, R., and S.H. Hamer. THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN-COINAGE OF THE 18TH CENTURY. ILLUSTRATED. No place of publication: Entered at Stationers’ Hall, 1910–1918. Fourteen parts complete, as bound in two volumes. Small 4to, contemporary or slight later matching maroon half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all edges red. 567, (1) pages + titles and preliminary text to the various parts; finely illustrated throughout. Only slight rub to lower extremities. A fine set. A beautifully bound set of the original edition. Still the indispensable standard reference on this captivating series. The illustrations are photographically-printed and are superior to any of the reprints. Clain-Stefanelli 13878*. Grierson 252. Ex Homer R. Stephens, with his original receipt dated July 30, 1936 from Wayte Raymond, and Raymond’s original receipt from Bernard Quaritch, London, dated July 13, 1936; ex Stack Family Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 116), lot 642 at $1750 hammer.