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General philatelic works

Guide Mondial des Timbres Erronés
Mangin, Jean-Pierre and Langlais, Claire-Lise (translator)

Guide Mondial des Timbres Erronés

Errors on Stamps
Publisher: Yvert & Tellier, 1999

Hardback, illustrated, viii + 735 pages, bilingual text in French & English, signed dedication from the translator to front endpaper, in Very Good condition.

£21.00

Williams, L.N.

2. The Biographies
Publisher: David Feldman, Geneva, 1997

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 218 pages, in Very Good condition.

£145.00

Attwood-Wheeler, Christopher

Publisher: Premier Book Publishers, Johannesburg, 1990

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, 312 pages, minor shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Smith, George W.

Engraver to Kings and Tutor to Many
Publisher: privately published, 1989

Paperback, illustrated, vi + 38 pages, slightest shelf-wear, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Beauregard, G. de and Gorsse, H. de

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 2010

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, v + 119 pages, slight corner-creases to pages and covers, in Good condition.

£6.50

Houseman, Lorna

The Story of De La Rue
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London, 1968

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xi + 207 pages + plates, dustwrapper slightly rubbed and with a little foxing to spine, some foxing to top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition..

£9.50

Forster, R.K.

Publisher: Stanley Paul, London, 1960

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 192 pages, illustrated, slight foxing to endpapers and fore-edges, in Good condition.

£8.50

Thornton, Norman

Together with a Glossary of Philatelic Terms
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1921

Hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, 138 pages + iv publisher’s advertisements, dustwrapper torn and heavily repaired, previous owner’s label to verso of title-page, in Good condition.

£7.50

Collings, T.J. and Schoolley-West, R.F.

Publisher: The British Library, London, 1989

Hardback, illustrated, viii + 55 pages + plates, spine little sunned, slightest hint of spine-lean, previous owner’s label inside front cover, in Good condition.

£13.50

Melville, Fred. J.

A Short Introduction to the Joys of the Stamp Album
Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, nd [1910]

“The Postage Stamp” Handbooks No. 8, paperback, illustrated, 30 pages + [iv] publisher’s advertisements, loss of tiny corner-piece from front cover, short tear to edge of rear cover, some marks to front cover, in Good condition.

£9.50

Harris, Albert H. (editor)

Publisher: Harris Publications, London, 1938

Paperback, iv + 112 pages, illustrated, spine a little chipped with tiny amount of loss, few slight corner-creases, slight toning to pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Stocken, Nevile Lacy

Publisher: A.E. Hopkins, Bath, 1932

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, 238 pages, frontispiece and one other plate, some small marks to the front cover, in Good condition.

£12.00

Crane, A.O.

Publisher: The Stamp Magazine, London, nd [circa 1938]

Paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, slight corner-creases, slightly rusty staples, short tears at top and foot of spine, a Good reading copy.

£4.50

Cheavin, W. Harold S.

V. British Colonies, “The De-La-Rue Dies”
Publisher: Editrice Filatelica, Torino, 1927

Large format paperback, illustrated, 11 pages, bilingual text in English & French, quite creased, a few short tears to the front cover, one short tear to front cover and margin of first couple of pages, in fairly Good condition.

£14.50

Williams, L.N. & M.

Publisher: Coram (Publishers) Ltd., London, nd [circa 1960s]

Paperback, illustrated, 25 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Beauregard, G. de and Gorsse, H. de

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1899

First English edition, hardback, illustrated, xii + 260 pages + publisher’s advertisements, a few minor signs of wear to the covers, light foxing to the endpapers, previous owner’s gift inscription at front and small ownership stamp to the title-page else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Michel, Carla

English-German-Pinyin-Chinese
Publisher: Forschungsgemeinschaft China-Philatelie, Krefeld, 1995

Paperback, 120 pages, slight shelfwear to the covers, tiny tear to spine, in Good condition.

£12.00

Publisher: National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, 1950

Paperback, 112 pages, covers a little rubbed, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

Forster, R.K.

Publisher: Batsford, London, 1973

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 187 pages + xviii plates, illustrated, dustwrapper price-clipped and with some dusty marks to the verso, minor dusty marks to the edges, in Good condition.

£7.50

Munk, Dr. Herbert

Afghanistan – Charkhari
Publisher: Kohl, Berlin, circa 1923-24

Hardback, clothbound, upper page-edges gilt, xxiv + 640 pages, with the four language Wörterbuch bound in at front, interleaved, text in German, foxing to endpapers, two pages of the Wörterbuch have come loose and are very chipped at the edges, in Good condition.

£25.00

Serrane, Fernand

II Hors d’Europe
Publisher: privately published, 1929

Paperback, original grey card covers, illustrated, 315 pages, text in French, top of spine rubbed with loss of small piece, covers slightly soiled, page-egdes toned, internally clean, in Good condition.

£35.00

Publisher: Senf, Leipzig, 1937

Harback, illustrated, 1590 pages, text in German, foot of spine very slightly rubbed, small remnants of a label to the front cover, page-edges slightly toned, binding solid, in Good condition.

£10.00

Rudd, Charles D.

Introduction, Development and Uses
Publisher: Selwyn Stamps, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1995

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, [vi] + 89 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Publisher: D.C. Thomson & Co., London, no date [circa 1932]

Small (5½” x 4″) paperback booklet, 50 pages, very slight wear to the covers with loss of tiny corner-piece to front cover, in Good condition.

£12.00

Publisher: D.C. Thomson & Co., London, no date [circa 1932]

Small (5½” x 4″) paperback booklet, 50 pages, small scuff to rear cover with tiny amount of loss to the surface, in Good condition.

£12.00

Publisher: D.C. Thomson & Co., London, no date [circa 1932]

Small (5½” x 4″) paperback booklet, 50 pages, rear cover has a couple of nicks to the edge and is missing a tiny corner-piece, in Good condition.

£12.00

Wood, Kenneth A.

An Atlas for Stamp Collectors
Publisher: Van Dahl Publications, USA, 1983

Hardback, illustrated, viii + 414 pages, ex Canada Postal Museum with label to spine, bookplate to front endpaper and library pocket to rear endpaper, slight wear, a Good reading copy.

£12.00

Salierno, Vito (editor)

All the records of the philatelic season 1998
Publisher: Giulio Bolaffi, Turin, 1999

Hardback, illustrated, 239 pages, text in English, slight hint of spine-lean, mild shelfwear, some creasing to the front cover, ex NPS library with small library stamps at front, in Good condition.

£15.00

Salierno, Vito (editor)

All the records of the philatelic season 1997
Publisher: Giulio Bolaffi, Turin, 1998

Hardback, illustrated, 239 pages, text in English, slightest hint of spine-lean, mild shelfwear, ex NPS library with small library stamps at front, in Good condition.

£15.00

Salierno, Vito (editor)

All the records of the philatelic season 1994
Publisher: Giulio Bolaffi, Turin, 1994

Hardback, illustrated, 100 pages, text in English, mild shelfwear, ex NPS library with small library stamps at front, in Good condition.

£15.00