Philatelic Literature Specialists

South Africa

British Commonwealth

Lowe, Robson

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1949

Hardback, illustrated, xvi + 448 pages, slight toning to the pages, foxing to endpapers and page-edges, in Good condition.

£40.00

Mabbett, B.J.

April 1900 to August 1902
Publisher: Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1985

Paperback, illustrated, 76 pages, slight corner-creasing to the covers, some marks to the covers, few small pencil marks to pages, in Good condition.

£15.00

Hosking, Roger

Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2002

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£14.50

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

Pirie, J.H. Harvey

Their Stamps and Postal Histories
Publisher: The Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, nd [circa 1954]

Paperback (grey card covers), illustrated, [vi] + 68 pages, covers detached, tear to covers along spine, some related articles pasted inside front cover, signed by the author, a Good reading copy.

£30.00

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

[Yates, E.E.]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1939

Auction catalogue, paperback, 28 pages, illustrated, with the list of valuations, front cover very slightly dust-marked, very slight creasing, in Good condition.

£25.00

[Criddle, Harold]

The Major Harold Criddle Collection
Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1992

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 50 pages, with the prices realised, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£7.50

Trotter, Brian

Publisher: privately published, 2012

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Vols. 27-30 (Whole Nos. 120-128)
Publisher: Postmark & Postal History Society of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 1995-98

Hardback, grey cloth binding, ex-National Philatelic Society Library with “NPS” in gilt at foot of spine and a few library marks to some front covers, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Batten, A.G.M.

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1984

Large format (A4) paperback, [ii] + 22 pages, front cover corner-creased, signed dedication from the author to the previous owner (Francis Kiddle) to title-page, in Good condition.

£9.50

Wyndham, L.A.

Publisher: privately published, printed by Cape Times Limited, Cape Town, 1936

Hardback, original blue cloth gilt, frontispiece, iv + 126 pages + fold-out map + plates, a few slight marks to the front cover, in Good condition.

£45.00

Reisener, Hasso O.

Publisher: Collectors Mail Auctions, 1978

Second edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 340 pages, dustwrapper rubbed and with some short tears and loss of a piece to the rear, book has only minor wear else in Very Good condition.

£28.00

Van der Walt, Andries

A Study of the Development of the Postal History of Mafeking from 1881 to 1910
Publisher: Postmark and Postal History Society of Southern Africa, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, 36 pages, illustrated, some foxing and small marks to the covers, pages slightly toned, crease to rear cover and bend to pages, an acceptable reading copy only.

£8.50

Batten, A.G.M.

Publisher: Orange Free State Philatelic Society, Bloemfontein, 1983

Large format (A4) paperback, [vi] + 45 pages, covers slightly sunned, corners very slightly creased, in Good condition.

£12.50

Griffith, Kenneth and Drysdall, Alan

Publisher: The Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1997

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 75 pages, slight toning to the clear plastic front cover else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Stroud, Richard

Their Postal History
Publisher: The Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1989

Paperback, illustrated, circa 112 pages, mild toning to the clear plastic front cover and a tiny corner-crease, in Good condition.

£20.00

Jurgens, A.A.

from 1792 to 1853 and the Postmarks from 1853 to 1910
Publisher: privately published, Cape Town, 1938

Large hardback, illustrated, xiv + 140 pages, signed dedication from the author to the original owner at front, spine and front cover very slightly sunned, else in Very Good condition.

£150.00

Reisener, Hasso O.

Publisher: published by the author, Pretoria, 1975

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 340 pages, No. 850 of 900 copies printed, dustwrapper rubbed, slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Featuring Fine British West Indies and Cape of Good Hope Postal History, The Betty Watterson Labuan, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sudan Airmails and the Dr. Alan Drysdall Library
Publisher: Spink, London, 2018

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 203 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Publisher: Spink, London, 2007

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part II)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2019

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 272 pages, with prices realised, text in English, very slight wear to the edges of the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Kaplan, Dr. Alec

Publisher: privately published, circa 1948

Reprinted from “The South African Philatelist”, paperback, 6 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Ward, Gordon

Publisher: H.E. Wingfield & Co., London, no date [circa 1956]

Hardback, privately bound in red cloth without the original paper covers, illustrated, 46 pages, ex Junior/National Philatelic Society with small library marks at front, few pencil notes to page margins, else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Sanford, Oliver R. and van Ingen, Klass

Publisher: California Collectors Club, San Francisco, 1984

Paperback, illustrated, 77 pages, ex National Philatelic Society with small library marks at front, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£25.00

Publisher: Matthew Bennett, New York, 2005

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 180 pages, with the prices realised, shelfwear to the covers, some creasing/rippling to the pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Nicholson, Martin P.

Volume 3 Valentine & Sons
Publisher: privately published by the author, nd [circa 1997]

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, circa 30 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Nicholson, Martin P.

Volume 2 Braune & Levy – PS & C – Rittenberg
Publisher: privately published by the author, nd [circa 1996]

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, circa 50 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Nicholson, Martin P.

Volume 1 Sallo Epstein
Publisher: privately published by the author, nd [circa 1996]

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, circa 35 pages, few dusty marks to the rear cover else in Very Good condition.

£7.50