Wallace, Herbert J. - Simplified Philately
and Stamps in the Making
Publisher: Wallace Bros., London, nd (circa 1930).
Paperback, 62 pages, illustrated, staples rusted away so covers and pages loose, in Good condition.
Rarely seen booklet.

£5.00

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Williams, L.N. & M. - Famous Stamps
Publisher: W. & R. Chambers, London, 1946.
Second (revised) edition, hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, 256 pages + plates, dustwrapper torn with loss of small pieces, foxing to page-edges, else a Very Good copy in Fair dustwrapper.
Includes detailed biographies of the known specimens of the "Post Office" Mauritius, 2 cents Hawaiian "Missionaries", and the other great rarities of philately.

£12.50

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Melville, Fred J. - Modern Stamp Collecting
Publisher: English Universities Press, London, 1940.
First edition, hardback, original red cloth, 316 pages + 68 plates, in Very Good condition.
Melville's last book - a fine general work covering all aspects of stamp collecting.

£12.00

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Bacon, E.D., Dorning Beckton, W., Bellamy, F.A., Bishop, P.C., Evans, E.B., Fulcher, L.W., Melville, F.J. and Phillips, C.J. - A Glossary of Philatelic Terms
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1912.
Compiled by a Committee appointed by the Second and Third Philatelic Congresses of Great Britain 1910-11. First edition, paperback, 28 pages, corner-crease to front cover & title-page, a little light soiling to the covers, in Good condition.
Scarce first edition of this useful little glossary written and published at the suggestion of the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain.

£8.50

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Anon. - Stamp Collecting
The Hobby that Grips
Publisher: the Philatelic Section, Red Cross & St. John Fund, nd.
Paperback, 16 pages, illustrated, light rusting to the staples, light age-wear, else in VG condition.
Scarce war-time (circa 1942) publication.

£7.50

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Forster, R.K. - Postmark Collecting
Publisher: Stanley Paul, London, 1960.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 192 pages, illustrated, short tear to dustwrapper near head of spine, else in Very Good condition.
Interesting and useful guide to postmarks. Very well illustrated.

£9.50

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Hamilton, Patrick - A Hundred Years of Postage Stamps
Publisher: Peter Davies, London, 1940.
Second (revised) edition, hardback, dustwrapper, x + 300 pages + plates, scarce dustwrapper lightly soiled and with some tears, foxing to edges and to the margins of some pages, a Good reading copy.
A classic general work on stamp collecting.

£8.50

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Williams, L.N. & M. - Postage Stamps
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1950.
Puffin Picture Book 69. First edition, paperback, 30 pages, edges lightly toned, occasional blemish, else in Very Good condition.
Nice copy of this fine children's guide to philately. Lovely colour illustrations.

£6.50

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Morgan, Tom - The Stamp Collectors' Annual 1951
Publisher: Harris Publications, London, 1951.
Paperback, 120 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.
Includes several interesting articles, e.g. Posted on the High Seas, by H.G.D. Gisburn; The London Exhibition in Retrospect, by Gordon Harris; Occupation Postmarks of the Channel Islands, by O.J. Simpson, etc.

£5.00

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