Author: BOOKSELLER'S TOKEN.
Title: Halfpenny of J. Lackington & Co. Cheapest Booksellers in the World.
Description: 1795. Token made of copper, 28 mm in diameter, in excellent condition, together with an issue of 'Chambers Edinburgh Journal' which features a brief biography of Lackington from August 1833. James Lackington 1746-1815. A celebrated bookseller who started his London career as a poor shoemaker in 1770. He borrowed five pounds, interest free, from the Methodists, and started the business of selling cheap books for cash only. In 1779 he issued a catalogue of 12,000 volumes. In 1793 he admitted his apprentice Robert Allen as a partner and soon afterwards built the spectacular bookshop known as the Temple of the Muses.

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