Philatelic Literature Specialists

British Commonwealth

Indian Postal History 1873-1923
Virk, D.S.

Indian Postal History 1873-1923

Gleanings from Post Office Records
Publisher: The Army Postal Service Association, New Delhi, 1991

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 202 pages, dustwrapper a little sunned to spine and with a very short tear else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Martin, D.R. and Smythies, E.A.

Publisher: Published for the Philatelic Society of India by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1930

First edition, hardback, original maroon cloth gilt, xix + 50 pages + 12 loose plates in pocket, corners of covers and spine lightly rubbed, in Good condition.

£110.00

Wood, Ron and Meher, Vijay

Publisher: India Study Circle for Philately, 1999

Handbook of Indian Philately, Second Series No. 3, large paperback, illustrated, x + 163 pages, slight spine-lean, corners of front cover rubbed, in Good condition.

£24.00

Benns, R.J.

Publisher: India Study Circle for Philately, U.K., 1986

Paperback, comb-bound, 57 pages + xx plates, in Very Good condition

£24.00

McCloy, Brian; Oxley, Geoff and Stroud, Richard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2002

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, iv + 96 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Leonard, Charles; Kelly, Peter; and Fitton, Keith

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2003

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, xii + 83 pages, top page-edges somewhat roughly trimmed else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Stewart-Wilson, C. and Jones, B. Gordon

Publisher: Philatelic Society of India, Calcutta, 1904

Second edition, original printed card covers and cloth spine, [x] + iv + 180 pages + 9 plates, with errata & corrigenda slip tipped-in at front, binding slightly shaken, spine rubbed and frayed with a little loss at top and bottom, covers slightly stained and rubbed with a little loss at corners, short tear to upper front hinge, very slight stain to upper margin of first few pages, some pencil annotations to pages, in Fair/Good condition.

£75.00

[Nathan, V.T.]

Publisher: Spink, London, 2009

Auction catalogue, paperback, 87 pages, illustrated, with a print-out of the prices realised, a little shelf-wear to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

["Park"]

Park Collection
Publisher: Christoph Gärtner, 2011

Auction catalogue, hardback, illustrated, 87 pages of India and 154 pages of Indian States, text in English, corners of covers a little bumped else in Very Good condition.

£16.00

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

[Kirk, R.]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1987

Auction catalogue, paperback, 24 pages + 26 plates, some slight wear to the spine and covers, some pencil notes in page margins, in Good condition.

£8.50

Earée, Rev. R.B.

Part IV India through Luxembourg
Publisher: The Manuka-Ainslie Press, Australia, nd (circa 1970s)

Reprint of the third edition (originally published in 1906), paperback, illustrated, [24] + 81 pages, tiny corner-crease to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Hornal, Charles]

The specialised collection formed by the late Charles Hornal
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1957

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

[Scott Archer, Mike]

Publisher: Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, Derby, 2004

Auction catalogue, paperback, 78 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, spine a little sunned else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Ruffle, J.W.B.

Publisher: Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1991

Reprint in one volume of Handbook Nos. 4 & 5, large format paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, xv + 46 + xx + 33 pages, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Tristant, Henri

1837-1851
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1987

Paperback, illustrated, 175 pages, text in French, signed by the author, a few minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Pearson, Patrick C. and Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud Bailey, 1996

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 262 pages, very slight bend to the front cover, minor dusty marks to top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

[Hinde, William C.]

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1957

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, with the prices realised, small corner-crease to rear cover else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

[Byam, Dr. William]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1961

Auction catalogue, paperback, 126 pages, illustrated, with the pre-sale brochure and the list of prices realised, some dusty marks/foxing to top page-edges, in Good condition.

£15.00

Singer, Peter

The British Colonies 1942 – 1945
Publisher: Moon Tree Publishing Co., California, 1995

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 170 pages, top of spine slightly rubbed, some dusty marks/foxing to the covers and page-edges, hint of spine-lean, a Good reading copy.

£15.00

Richards, Simon

A Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London
Publisher: privately published, 2021

Large format (A4) paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Halewood, Nick and Antscherl, David

Publisher: Hong Kong Study Circle, 1995

Large format (A4) paperback, iii + 86 pages, illustrated, ex-Derby Philatelic Society with small label to front cover and small stamp to title-page else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Cooper, Jal

Publisher: Jal Cooper, Bombay, 1965

Second edition, paperback, 30 pages, illustrated, pages 13-16 misbound in the wrong place but all pages are present, spine a little rubbed, slight dusty marks to the covers, in Good condition.

£10.00

[Bute, The Marquess of]

Part Three Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, French Colonies, Togo, Germany etc, Italy, Poland, Russia, Saar, West Ukraine, etc.
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1959

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 56 pages, minor wear else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Donaldson, Neil

Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1975

First edition, hardback, illustrated, map endpapers, 280 pages, fold-out table at end, slight dusty marks/foxing to page-edges, spine-lean, a Good reading copy.

£50.00

Jersey, Stanley C.

Notes on Postal History, The War in the Pacific
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1984

Paperback, viii + 40 pages, illustrated, a few small marks to the front cover, slight corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£9.50

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud Bailey, 1989

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 159 pages, ex-Derby Philatelic Society with presentation inscription to front pastedown-endpaper and small ink-stamp, top page-edges a little dust-marked, internally fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Odenweller, Robert P.

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2004

No. 88 of a limited edition of 500 copies, large hardback, dustwrapper, all page edges gilt, illustrated in colour, xvii + 392 pages, slight creasing to the dustwrapper and some foxing to verso of dustwrapper (dustwrapper now protected in a removeable transparent sleeve) else in Very Good condition.

£150.00