Howard W A Linecar. Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbott, Devon, 1974. HB (red cloth with gilt-lettered spine). 154 pages including 16 b&w plates. 135 x 215mm.  ISBN 0715364405  Spine of dj very slightly faded and has slight handling marks, otherwise very good clean secondhand.

This is all about how to collect medals, from back in the days when people who couldn't afford to collect coins collected medals, or the greedy ones collected both. It looks at all aspects of collecting medals - historical, commemorative, local (and you'll be astonished as to how cheap some of them still are), religious, art medals, and foreign medals.  You can also choose a theme and collect about a particular subject or person.

Its author was an interesting book by a guy who was a gentleman and bibliophile who helped me to start my library seriously.  I now have more books than I can count!

If this book is too expensive for you there are six others of this title in stock from 50p upwards.