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We specialise in all aspects of philatelic literature on a full-time basis and hold extensive stocks of second-hand and selected new titles. Below is a selection of the newest items added to the site.

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909

Paperback, illustrated, 68 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, small (½ cm) piece missing from foot of spine, previous owner’s name to front cover, slightly rusty staples, pages fine, a Good reading copy..

£9.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 55 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover and bookplate inside front cover, previous owner’s name to front cover, slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£9.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, small (½ inch) piece missing from top of spine, previous owner’s name to front cover, rusty staples, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£8.50

Shenoi, Col. L.G.

Publisher: Mysore Philatelics, Mysore, 1979

Paperback, 37 pages, illustrated, tiny mark to front cover, in Good condition.

£4.50

Diena, Emilio

Publisher: Giulio Bolaffi, Torino, 1969

Reprint, No. 173 of 400 numbered copies, hardback, xii + 143 pages + 28 loose plates in folder, in card slipcase, text in English, slipcase marked and with tape repairs, slight knock to top-edge of front cover, small tears to the paper folder holding the plates, else in Very Good condition.

£60.00

Diena, Emilio

e i Due Provvisori da Mezzo Tornese del 1860
Publisher: Società Anonima Stampa Filatelica Italiana, Milano, 1932

No. 33 of 50 de luxe copies, first edition, paperback (card covers), xiv + 273 pages + 3 loose plates + separate (1932) appendix (paperback, 23 pages), illustrated, text in Italian, spine and covers a little chipped at edges, small label to spine, dedication to Carlrichard Brühl to title-page signed (in 1979) probably by the author’s grandson Enzo Diena, in Good condition.

£120.00

Rattone, Cesare

Publisher: Amedeo Rolando, Torino, 1951

Reprint of the first edition, hardback, original green cloth, 412 pages + folding maps + colour plate, illustrated, text in Italian, spine very slightly sunned, previous owner’s name to front endpaper, slight foxing to the first page and to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£35.00

Shurly, E.

The “Shurly Lectures” No. 1
Publisher: The Helvetia Philatelic Society, 1952

Paperback, [i] + 15 pages + plate, typescript pages, slight rust to the staples, in Good condition.

£15.00

Asquith, Brian; Lovejoy, Geoff; Kenton, Phil and Muys, Cornelius

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, v + 111 pages, tiny corner-creases to front cover, in Good condition.

£10.00

Billig, Fritz

Timbrature del Lombardo-Veneto
Publisher: Fritz Billig, Vienna, nd [circa 1930s]

Paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, bilingual text in German & Italian, covers slightly sunned and foxed, in Good condition.

£8.50

[Vullo, Gaetano]

Publisher: Harmers, London, 2003

Auction catalogue, large paperback, illustrated, 137 pages, text in Italian, with the prices realised, tiny knock to top of spine, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£10.00

Astolfi, Valter

1939-1943 La Posta Civile – Annullamenti e storia postale
Publisher: Zanetti, Milano, 1996

Paperback (card covers), dustwrapper, illustrated, 637 pages, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Cadioli, Beniamino and Cecchi, Aldo

Publisher: Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito, Roma, 1978

Paperback, 315 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, small mark to front cover, covers a little chipped at edges, some foxing to page edges, very slight toning/foxing to margins of first and last few pages, in Good condition.

£30.00

Vaccari, Paolo

Catalogo con valutazioni. With Translation in English
Publisher: Vaccari, Vignola, 2006

Paperback, illustrated, 397 pages + errata booklet, text in Italian with English translation, in Very Good condition.

£21.00

Borromeo, Federico

Catalogo delle timbrature. Storia postale dell’Italia Napoleonica Tomo II
Publisher: Istituto si Studi Storici Postali, Prato, 1998

Hardback, dustwrapper, 405 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, in Very Good+ condition.

£40.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Primo – Le Linee dell’Adriatico
Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1976

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 362 pages + plates, text in Italian, binding a little shaken, very short tear to the dustwrapper, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.

£35.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Secondo – Le Linee del Levant, L’Attivita’ Postale sul Danubio e le Rotte tra la Turchia e l’Austria
Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1978

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 478 pages + plates, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Terzo – Attività Postale Autonoma Lloydiana nei Porti Italiani, nelle Isole Jonie e in Grecia
Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1982

Paperback, 542 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, minimal signs of use to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Kurchan, Mario D.

Publisher: privately published, Buenos Aires, 1994

Paperback, illustrated, 440 pages, bilingual text in English & Spanish, spine slightly sunned, slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Migliavacca, Giorgio

(Il Ruolo dell’Intermediario Postale)
Publisher: privately published, Milan, 1977

Small paperback, 66 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, in Good condition.

£7.50

Migliavacca, Giorgio

Comunicazioni pubbliche dai cursores alle lettere raccomandate (200 a.C. – 1796 d.C.)
Publisher: Terzhobby, Pavia, 1982

Paperback, 166 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, very slight dusty marks to top page-edges and a few tiny spots of foxing to the covers, internally fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Trapnell, David

Publisher: Forces Postal History Society & Society of Postal Historians, 2009

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, text in English, slightest crease else in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Alonge, Aldo

Storia di un idrovolante, I suoi uomini, I servizi postali
Publisher: Giorgio Apostolo, Milano, 1997

Large paperback (card covers), 224 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, slight knock to one corner, very slight hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£15.00

Avi, Dr. Helmuth

Le marche da bollo usate per posta Annullamenti-affrancature
Publisher: Edizione Starphila SA, Lugano, 1982

Large hardback, dustwrapper, 453 pages, illustrated, bilingual text in Italian & German, in Very Good condition.

£35.00

De Zanche, Luciano

Dispacci di Stato e lettre di mercanti dal Basso Medioevo alla caduta della Serenissima
Publisher: Instituto de Studi Storici Postali, Prato, 2000

Hardback, dustwrapper, 179 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, small signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Deloste, Lt.-Colonel C.

Postes Militaire Française dans le Monde, Postes Étrangères en France (Secteurs Postaux – Marques de Censure et de Franchise)
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1970

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 162 pages, text in French, signed by the author, knock to bottom corner with consequent corner-creasing to covers and to page margins, in Good condition.

£25.00

Deloste, Lt.-Colonel C.

Postes Militaires Françaises, Alliées et Ennemies sur le Front Français (Secteurs Postaux – Marques de Censure et de Franchise – Camps de Prisonniers et d’Internés)
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1968

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 124 pages, text in French, signed by the author, slight corner-creases to the covers, spine and edges of covers a little rubbed, pages fine, in Good condition.

£25.00

Marchetto, Fortunato

Trattato storico sugli usi postali e fiscali Catalogo con valutazioni
Publisher: Vaccari, 2004

Third edition, paperback, illustrated, 639 pages, text in Italian, few tiny signs of use, slight spine-lean, in Good condition.

£24.00

[Mizuhara, Meiso]

Meiso Mizuhara Exhibition Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2003

Auction catalogue, paperback, 128 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£12.50