Octavo. 86pp. A fully illustrated treatise on the 17th- to 19th-century practice of issuing metal tokens by printers, papermakers, binders, and booksellers. Continuing the tradition, Morris has included eleven new tokens made for modern firms, such as Oak Knoll Books, Iris Nevins, and Kater-Crafts Bookbinders. Facsimile letter laid in from English publisher and token collector William Longman to Arthur W. Waters, an authority on the subject. Some sunning to blue morocco spine, else near fine. The tokens are contained in a separate cardboard portfolio, and housed in a slipcase with the book. Prospectus, original sales receipt, and bookplate laid in. (Bird & Bull Bibliography A47).