Philatelic Literature Specialists

British North America

British Commonwealth

Canada's Small Queen Era
Arfken, George B.

Canada’s Small Queen Era

Postal Usage during the Small Queen Era 1870-1897
Publisher: Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, 1989

Hardback, iv + 459 pages + colour plates, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Firby, Charles G. and Willson, Victor L.

The Classic Period, 1851-1902
Publisher: Charles G. Firby, USA, 1996

Paperback, spiral bound, 128 pages, illustrated, covers slightly rubbed and a little corner-creased, pages fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

Arnell, J.C. and Mackenzie, K.S. (editor)

A history of the mail service between Great Britain and Canada to 1889
Publisher: National Postal Museum, Ottawa, 1980

No. 173 of 250 copies of the deluxe edition, hardbound in quarter morocco, slipcased, signed by both authors, xii + 412 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Dalwick, R.E.R. and Melville, Fred J. (editor)

Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, nd [1910]

“The Postage Stamp” Handbooks IX. Paperback, illustrated, 33 pages, edges of covers chipped with a little loss, corner-crease to foot of spine, rusty staples, in fairly Good condition.

£12.00

Bailey, W.J. and Toop, E.R. (Edited by Edward B. Proud)

Operations in NATO, United Nations and Canada 1947 to 1989
Publisher: E.B. Proud, 1990

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 264 pages, tiny short tear to dustwrapper, slight dusty marks to upper edges, else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Lowe, Robson

Volume V The Empire in North America, Part V Bermuda, British Honduras
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1973

Paperback, illustrated, xvi + 112 pages, slight foxing to page-edges, a few tiny marks, in Good condition.

£8.50

[Balner, Peter]

Publisher: Shreves, New York, 2002

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 94 pages, slight corner-crease, minor shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£9.50

Staff, Frank

Publisher: Adlard Coles Ltd., 1956

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth binding, dustwrapper, illustrated, 191 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with tears and loss, slight hint of spine-lean, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£30.00

Montgomery, Malcolm Beresford

The Inland and Ocean Postage Rates Applied to Letters Between the United Kingdom and North America
Publisher: privately published, 1991

Large format paperback, circa 240 pages, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

[Jarrett, Fred]

Publisher: J.N. Sissons, Toronto, 1959-61

Auction catalogues, complete set of eight catalogues bound in one volume, hardback, illustrated, with the prices realised bound in, in Good condition.

£40.00

[Raab, Dr. Ernst]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1968

Auction catalogue, paperback, 27 pages + 16 black & white plates + 2 colour plates, with the prices realised, slight crease at top of spine, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£8.50

Woodall, Robert G.

Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1976

Second (revised) edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 267 pages, in Very Good+ condition.

£12.00

Griffiths, Alan J.

A display of the Stamps and Postal History of this Maritime Province to the Royal Philatelic Society London
Publisher: privately published, 2009

Paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, in Very Good condition.

£4.50

Marler, George C.

Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1982

Large hardback, illustrated, 567 pages, spine and front cover slightly sunned, some dusty marks and foxing to upper page-edges, one or two tiny marks to front endpapers, a Good working copy.

£24.00

Rousseau, Lyse and Darnell, Emanuel

Publisher: Darnell Publishing, Montreal, 1997

Deluxe edition, hardback, illustrated, viii + 388 pages, No. 281 of a limited edition, some shelf-wear to the covers, slight dusty marks to the covers and page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£10.00

Bailey, W.J. and Toop, E.R. (Edited by Edward B. Proud)

Between the Wars and World War Two – 1920 to 1946
Publisher: E.B. Proud, 1985

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 367 pages, slightest signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Minuse, Kenneth and Pratt, Robert H.

Publisher: Sissons for the Essay-Proof Society, 1970

Hardback, original brown cloth gilt, illustrated, 198 pages, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Woodall, Robert G.

Publisher: privately published, 1964

First edition, paperback (card covers), circa 160 pages + plates, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

including a further selection of items from the Claude Cartier Collection
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1977

Auction catalogue, paperback, 16 pages + 24 plates, with the prices realised, some shelf-wear to the covers, in Good condition.

£9.50

Tabeart, Colin

An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century
Publisher: privately published, 1999

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 189 pages, yellowing to the transparent plastic front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

[Part 1]
Publisher: privately published, 1965

Hardback, illustrated, 136 pages, short tear at top of spine, front cover a little sunned and very slightly creased at corner, in Good condition.

£7.50

Miller, Christopher

Canada and Colonies in the Caribbean and North and South America
Publisher: The Civil Censorship Study Group, 2006

Second (revised) edition, large paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 300+ pages, small crease to top corner affecting most pages else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Smith, William

1639-1870
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1920

First edition, hardback, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, ix + 356 pages + 3 plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition with toning, creasing and tears with some loss, obvious spine-lean to the binding, toning and foxing to page-edges, a Fair to Good reading copy only.

£40.00

Bailey, W.J. and Toop, E.R. (Edited by Edward B. Proud)

Colonial Period to 1919
Publisher: E.B. Proud, 1984

Hardback, illustrated, 269 pages, slight marks to the covers, tiny corner-creases to a few pages, slightest hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£18.00

Publisher: Canadian Military Mail Study Group, 1991

Large paperback, viii + 233 pages, illustrated, minor shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£15.00

Entwistle, Charles R.

Transatlantic & Beyond
Publisher: Chavril Press, nd

Paperback, 24 pages, very slight marks to the covers, very slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£6.00

Harris, D. Robin

Publisher: privately published by the author, 2000

Large paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 436 pages, some creases to a few pages, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£20.00

[Baillie, Sir Gawaine]

Volume VII British North America
Publisher: Sotheby's, London, 2006

Auction catalogue, paperback, 434 pages, colour illustrated, tiny knock to top of spine, slight shelfwear to front cover, in Good condition.

£25.00