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General philatelic works

Bolaffi 1992 International
Salierno, Vito (editor)

Bolaffi 1992 International

All the records of the philatelic season 1991
Publisher: Giulio Bolaffi, Turin, 1992

Hardback, illustrated, 125 pages, text in English, slight hint of spine-lean, corners slightly scuffed, tiny dent to edge of spine, ex NPS library with small library stamps at front, in Good condition.

£15.00

Sutton, R.J. and Anthony, K.W.

Publisher: Bonanza Books, 1966

Sixth (revised) edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 370 pages, ex Canada National Postal Museum with label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper and library pocket to rear endpaper, two slight scratches to the fore-edges with consequent tiny nicks to a few pages, in Good condition.

£8.00

Smith, A.D.

An Historical and Analytical Study
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1917

First edition, hardback, original red cloth, dustwrapper, xii + 431 pages, short tears to dustwrapper at top of spine with small amount of loss, foxing and toning to page-edges, toning to half-title page, short closed tear to one early page, in Good condition.

£45.00

Watson, James

Publisher: Faber & Faber, London, 1957

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 192 pages + plates, one or two tiny nicks to the dustwrapper, slight dusty marks to upper page-edges, in Good condition.

£6.50

Rogers, Jacques H.

Publisher: Booklet Stamp Company, New York, 1947

First edition, paperback (card covers), comb-bound, illustrated, [iv] + 155 pages, in Very Good condition.

£60.00

Phillips, Stanley

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1961

Seventh edition, reprinted, hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, x + 211 pages + xlviii plates, a few short tears to the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£8.00

Nibb, John

A Chronology of World Politics from 1840 to 1940
Publisher: H. Garratt-Adams & Co., Birmingham, nd [circa 1940]

Paperback, 36 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

MacGuffin, R.D.

Publisher: Diehl, Landau & Pettit, New York, 1935

Second edition, hardback, 192 pages, mild toning to the endpapers, in Good condition.

£6.50

Hurt, E.F.

Publisher: The House of Philatelic Interest, Harpenden, 1938

Paperback, illustrated, 12 pages, slightly creased, corner of front cover rubbed, in Good condition.

£7.50

Burns, Al

Publisher: Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Kansas, 1927

“Philatelic Gossip” Handbook No. 7, paperback, 63 pages, a couple of nicks to lower edge of front cover with tiny amount of loss, very slight corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£8.50

Parnell, Paget

Publisher: Martin Mills Co., Rhyl, circa 1950

Paperback, illustrated, circa 54 pages, minor wear else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Stebbing, M.

Publisher: privately published by the author, High Wycombe, circa 1950

Paperback, 28 pages, typescript text, come corner-creasing, a few small marks, in Good condition.

£7.50

Crane, A.O.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Harrow, Middlesex, 1949

Paperback, 24 pages, minor creasing, slight rusting to the staples, in Good condition.

£7.00

Deninger, Hermann

Publisher: George Amm, Nürnberg, 1963

Second edition, large format hardback, original blue cloth, part of front panel of dustwrapper only remaining, illustrated, xiv + 116 pages, text in German, with Preface and Introduction also in English, in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Hille, Horst

Ein kulturhistorisch-philatelistischer Streifzug
Publisher: R.v. Decker's Verlag, Heidelberg, 1985

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 175 pages, text in German, short tear to dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Rose, David

Historical Data connected with the Evolution of The Postage Stamps of the World
Publisher: RD Publications, Dublin, 2000

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 103 pages + 8 colour plates, slight creasing and minor shelfwear to the dustwrapper, very slight bump to front cover, else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Publisher: Edizioni SCOT, Torino, 1976

Two volumes, paperbacks, card slipcase, illustrated, 1423 pages, text in English, Italian, French & German, top of spine of Vol. One slightly scuffed with a little loss, slipcase rubbed, in Good condition.

£18.00

Van Dam, Theo

A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions, Major Political Events and Newly Established Nations from the Italian War of Liberation until the Vietnam War – From Afghanistan to Zululand – From President Lincoln until the Ayatollah Khomeini
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1996

Third (revised) printing, large format paperback, comb binding, vi + 206 pages, slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Lyons, James H.

Publisher: The New England Stamp Company, Boston, 1914

Hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, 132 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Moschkau, Dr. Alfred and Herrmann, W.

Illustrirter Katalog
Publisher: Gerbrüder Senf, Leipzig, 1884

Fifth edition, hardback, original cloth binding with embossed decoration, 512 pages + 168 plates, text in German, binding a little shaken, slight vertical crease to middle of spine, a couple of tiny tears to the front endpaper, ex libris Sveriges Filatelistforening with their inkstamp to front endpaper, in Good condition. With the 1885 Nachtrag (supplement) paperback with plain grey card covers, continuing the pages from 513 to 701, and plates 169 to 193, in Good condition.

£95.00

Wood, Kenneth A.

A Chronology of Intriguing Events in the Mails and Philately
Publisher: Van Dahl Publications, USA, 1985

First edition, hardback, illustrated, circa 400 pages, spine a little sunned, tiny amount of foxing to top-edges, else in VG condition.

£12.50

Irvine, D.E.G. and Seshold, M.

Publisher: National Philatelic Society, London, 1979

Hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 188 pages + plates, slight shelfwear, mild foxing to top-edges of pages, else in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Valuet, Roger

Publisher: H. Thiaude, Paris, 1966

Paperback, 218 pages + plates, text in French, slight soiling and shelfwear to the covers and page-edges, in Good condition.

£6.50

Collins, A. Frederick

Publisher: D. Appleton - Century Co., New York, 1936

Harback, original pictorial cloth, xiv + 200 pages + plates, corner of front cover rubbed, small scuff to front endpaper, foxing to edges, in fairly Good condition.

£8.50

Williams, L.N. & M.

Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1971

First edition in book form, fourth printing, hardback, illustrated, 629 pages + xxx index, slight spine-lean, mild spotting to top page-edges, slight rippling to lower margins of pages, a Good reading copy.

£35.00

Bungerz, Alexander

Publisher: Albert Kürzl Verlag, München, 1923

First edition, hardback, illustrated, 800 pages, text in German, pages tanned else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Narbeth, Colin

A Beginner’s Guide
Publisher: Lutterworth Press, London, 1969

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 143 pages, slight hint of spine lean, dustwrapper price-clipped and worn in places, Good condition.

£6.50

Anon.

The Hobby that Grips
Publisher: the Philatelic Section, Red Cross & St. John Fund, nd

Paperback, 16 pages, illustrated, light rusting to the staples, light age-wear, else in VG condition.

£7.50

Williams, L.N. & M.

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1950

Puffin Picture Book 69. First edition, paperback, 30 pages, edges lightly toned, occasional blemish, else in Very Good condition.

£6.50