First edition, first printing. xii, 396pp plus 45 pages of plate illustrations. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on front panel and gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Cloth very lightly rubbed around edges, very slightly rounded on corners. Single, short pen mark on front free endpaper, hint of toning in page margins, else internally neat, clean and tight. Previous owner's details blind embossed onto front free endpaper.
One of the most authoritative and comprehensive works on English coins from Anglo-Saxon times onwards.
