Philatelic Literature Specialists

Australia

British Commonwealth

Local Stamps of Australia
Hornadge, Bill

Local Stamps of Australia

With a listing of Commemorative Postal Vignettes
Publisher: Review Publications Pty. Ltd., Dubbo, 1982

First edition, paperback, 192 pages, illustrated, covers a little rubbed, some corner-creasing, a Good reading copy.

£10.50

De Worms, Percy

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1953

In two volumes, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrappers, xxviii + vi + 867 pages + 50 b/w plates, dustwrappers price-clipped, long tear to rear panel of  Vol. Two’s dustwrapper with some loss, a little foxing to the page-edges, else in Very Good condition.

£120.00

Entwistle, Charles

Publisher: Chavril Press, 1992

Paperback, 24 pages, slightly rusty staples else in Very Good condition.

£6.50

Proud, Edward B.

Asia and Australasia
Publisher: Proud Publications, 2009

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 896 pages, tear and some creasing to the dustwrapper, small signs of use, in Good condition.

£75.00

Purves, J.R.W.

The “Barred Oval”, 1851-56, and the Allocation of its Numbers (1-109) to the Post Offices of the Period
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1949

Paperback, 11 pages + folding plate, very slight toning else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

['Dubois']

The ‘Dubois’ Collection (part I)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2022

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 256 pages, with a print-out of the prices realised, text in English, very slight hint of rippling to the page margins else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Collas, P.

Publisher: The Jacaranda Press, London, 1966

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 110 pages, slight wear, pages a little toned, in Good condition.

£8.50

Butler, A.R.

Publisher: Royal Philatelic Society London, 1978

No. 246 of a limited edition of 500 copies, hardback, dustwrapper, xii + 176 pages + iv colour plates, warping to the boards (bend to the covers), pages fine, a Good working copy.

£45.00

Publisher: Alan Berman, Bodmin, 2002

Auction catalogues, small format (A5) paperbacks, illustrated, 16 + 36 pages, with the prices realised for Part Six, crease to rear cover and some pen annotations to last couple of pages of Part Six, Part Seven in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Zwisler, Perry F.

Volume 2 1968-1972
Publisher: American Air Mail Society, USA, 1973

Hardback, illustrated, 168 pages, slight warping (bend) to the covers and twist to the binding, a Good working copy.

£20.00

Publisher: Prestige Philately, Australia, 2011

Auction catalogue, large paperback, illustrated, 142 pages, corners of covers slightly rubbed, corner-crease to front cover and to some pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Hals, Nathan and Collas, Phil

Their Postal History and Postage Stamps
Publisher: The Collectors Club, New York, 1967

Paperback, illustrated, viii + 176 pages + errata slip tipped-in at front, ex-NPS & RPSL Libraries with label to spine, library stamp to front cover and to verso of title-page, covers quite rubbed, corner-crease to front cover, a Good reading copy.

£15.00

Unique Watermark Master Plates; Southern Africa; Mulready Caricatures; G.B. 1883-84 & 1887 Issue Essays, Proofs & Colour Trials; Extensive Great Britain Postal History
Publisher: Argyll Etkin, London, 2013

Auction catalogue, paperback, 141 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Publisher: Spink, Melbourne, 1999

Auction catalogue, paperback, 208 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Campbell, H.M. and Purves, J.R.W. and Viney, L.C.

The Postal History and Postal Markings
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 1962

First edition, hardback, 203 pages + plates + 11 pages of postmark illustrations in pocket at rear, page-edges very slightly toned else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Avery, John; Edwards, P.B.; Ingles, O.G. and Purves, J.R.W.

The Postal History and Postal Markings Part II
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 1975

First edition, hardback, vi + 189 pages + plates + 5 Post Office map transparent overlays in pocket at rear, in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Campbell, H.M.

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 1977

First edition, hardback, ii + 161 pages, minor wear, slight hint of a bend to the front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£18.00

Basset Hull, A.F.

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1930

Large paperback, original grey card covers, xix + 181 pages, lacking the separate volume of plates, slight knock to foot of spine, short tears to edges of the covers, pages largely unopened (i.e. not trimmed and still attached along the top-edge), in Good condition.

£100.00

Porter, Harry S.

Publisher: The Hawthorn Press, Melbournne, 1954

First edition, paperback, 35 pages, toning to the covers, corner creased, in Good condition.

£10.00

Dormer Legge, H.

Publisher: Orlo Smith & Co., Melbourne, nd [circa 1946]

Paperback, illustrated, 141 pages, slight wear, some wear to spine, small mark inside front cover, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.00

Purves, J.R.W.

And the Post Offices which used them
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 1963

Hardback, original green cloth gilt, frontispiece + iii + 213 pages + 11 loose plates in pocket at end, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Publisher: David Feldman, London, 2000

Auction catalogue, hardback, illustrated, 325 pages, text in English, minor signs of wear else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Pope, Brian and Thomas, Phil

The Postal Stationery to 1914
Publisher: The Western Australia Study Group, Perth, 1982

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 141 pages, dustwrapper very slightly frayed at top of spine, small mark to dustwrapper, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.

£20.00

Napier, Francis H. and Smith, Gordon

with Notes and Publishers’ Prices
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 1894

First edition, hardback, original publisher’s green cloth gilt, top page-edges gilt, 7 + 135 pages + 3 plates + publisher’s advertisements, covers a little rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£65.00

Hamilton, Margaret and Pope, Brian (editors)

The Stamps and Postal History
Publisher: The Western Australia Study Group, Perth, 1979

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, colour frontispiece, viii + 471 pages, slight shelf-wear, pages a little toned, in Good condition.

£60.00

Haynes, Bruce and Pope, Brian

The Forces, Prisoner of War and Censor Mail
Publisher: The Western Australia Study Group, Perth, 1997

Hardback, dustwrapper, xii + 851 pages, illustrated, mild shelfwear, creasing to fore-edges of several pages, in Good condition.

£60.00