Philatelic Literature Specialists

Italy

Europe and Colonies

Wagner, Ryszard

Middle East and Italy 1940-1948
Publisher: Caldra House, London, 1992

Paperback, vii + 355 pages, illustrated, pages a little toned else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Publisher: Phillips, Milan, 1992

Auction catalogue, paperback, 46 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, tiny corner-crease to rear cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Zaphiriou, Dimitri P.

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1987

Large hardback, dustwrapper, circa 575 pages + fold-out plates + 3 loose facsimile documents, text in English, in Very Good+ condition.

£30.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lana, Robert E.

The Flights of 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1933. A History and Catalog of Their Postal Artifacts
Publisher: The American Air Mail Society, 1996

Large format paperback, illustrated, 144 pages, text in English, dedication from the author to the previous owner written inside front cover, some slight creases and very slight rippling to the fore-edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Lowe, Robson

The Lazara Correspondence
Publisher: Christie's-Robson Lowe, London, 1987

Paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, tiny nick to top edge of front cover else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Beith, Richard

Publisher: privately published, Chester, 1993

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 56 pages, top of spine slightly scuffed, slight corner-bend and some marks to the front cover, slight spotting to front endpaper, other pages fine, a Good working copy only.

£11.00

Volumes 8, 9, 11-16
Publisher: Il Corriere Filatelico, Milano, 1926, 1927, 1929-1934

Eight volumes, hardback, bound in matching half-leather with raised bands, gilt decoration and red leather labels to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, original paper covers bound-in, text in Italian, with five indexes, leather bindings rubbed in places, occasional creases, else in Very Good condition.

£300.00

Trapnell, David

Publisher: Forces Postal History Society, 2011

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, text in English, tiny mark to front cover, very slight crease else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Chieppi, Sergio

Publisher: Servizio Editoriale Fiesolano, 1997

Paperback, 144 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, covers a little rubbed and creased at corners, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.00

Cerutti, Carlo S.

Francobolli, Timbri e Posta
Publisher: Edizione de "Il Foglio" dell' Unione Filatelica Subalpina, Torino, 1983

Paperback (card covers), dustwrapper, illustrated, 186 pages, text in Italian with a short summary in English at the end of each chapter, tiny dustwrapper tears at foot of spine, very slight corner-creases, in Good condition.

£25.00

Weisbecker, Walter G.

A Postal History Study
Publisher: Giorgio Migliavacca, Pavia, 1981

First edition, large paperback, [iv] + 136 pages, illustrated, text in English, spine slightly rubbed, small scuff to the front cover, corners of covers slightly creased, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Longueval, A.

(1945-1947)
Publisher: Club Philatélique Chestrolais, 1978

Paperback, illustrated, 37 pages, text in French, spine slightly rubbed, small corner-crease, in Good condition.

£13.50

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Stephen, W.S.E.

Constantinople; Ionian Islands; Albania & Epirus
Publisher: Austrian Stamp Club of Great Britain, 1964

First edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 80 pages, short tears to inner-edge of title-page, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£35.00