Philatelic Literature Specialists

Maritime

General philatelic works

The Floating Post Offices of the Clyde
Mackay, James A.

The Floating Post Offices of the Clyde

Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfries, 1979

Large (A4) paperback, 40 pages + illustrations, covers quite foxed/marked, pages clean, in Good condition.

£10.00

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

Part Two: The Black Sea & Aegean Ports, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Crete, Ship Mail in the Levant
Publisher: The British Society of Russian Philately, 1958

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 96 pages + map, spine toned, some marks to the covers, title-page and fore-edges quite thumbed, a Good working copy.

£35.00

Moubray, Jane & Michael

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2017

Second edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 510 pages + 1 extra page loosely inserted, in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Arnell, J.C. and Mackenzie, K.S. (editor)

A history of the mail service between Great Britain and Canada to 1889
Publisher: National Postal Museum, Ottawa, 1980

No. 173 of 250 copies of the deluxe edition, hardbound in quarter morocco, slipcased, signed by both authors, xii + 412 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Tristant, Henri

Publisher: Yvert & Tellier, Amiens, 1983

Paperback, 51 pages, illustrated, text in French, dusty marks and foxing to the covers, a little foxing to the page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£11.50

[Grabowski, Edward J.J.]

“The Grand Prix d’Honneur Collection” formed by Edward J.J. Grabowski
Publisher: Spink Shreves, New York, 2007

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 171 pages, text in English, signed by Ed Grabowski, edges of spine and covers slightly rubbed, some shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£15.00

Martin, Colonel D.R. and Blair, Colonel Neil

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1975

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 72 pages + maps, dustwrapper rubbed and with one or two short tears, slightest hint of spine-lean, minor dusty marks to page-edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£40.00

Doublet, A.R.

Its Maritime Postal History 1840-1853 with Particular Reference to Chile
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1983

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 70 pages, some foxing to the page-edges and to the title-page and final page, in Good condition.

£20.00

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

[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

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

Publisher: Liglio, Munich, 1921

Paperback, 17 pages, illustrated, text in German, foxing to the covers, tears to the covers along spine, corner-creasing, in Fair condition.

£21.00

Cockrill, Philip and Gottspenn, Arno

Part I The European, North & South Atlantic Routes
Publisher: privately published, nd

Paperback, illustrated, 116 pages, some spotting and shelf-wear to the covers, slight dust-marks to top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£13.50

Kurchan, Mario D.

Publisher: privately published, Buenos Aires, 1996

Paperback, 256 pages, illustrated, bilingual edition in English & Spanish, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London Library with library bookplate inside front cover and library stamps to title-page, spine slightly rubbed, covers a little marked and slightly corner-creased, small marks to page-edges, in Good condition.

£24.00

Du Four, Jacques

Publisher: La Revue Postale, 1963

Paperback, 63 pages, illustrated, text in French, slight wear to foot of spine, minor foxing to endpapers, in Good condition.

£15.00

Asquith, Brian; Lovejoy, Geoff; Kenton, Phil and Muys, Cornelius

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, v + 111 pages, minor toning to the page-edges, minor dusty marks, corners of covers very slightly rubbed, internally fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

Moubray, Jane & Michael

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1992

First edition, large hardback, illustrated, xxxii + 512 pages + 2 colour plates, previous owner’s bookplate to front endpaper, tiny signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£65.00

Staff, Frank

Publisher: Adlard Coles Ltd., 1956

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth binding, dustwrapper, illustrated, 191 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with tears and loss, slight hint of spine-lean, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£30.00

Colley, Nick

31st May-1st June, 1916
Publisher: Forces Postal History Society, 2006

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, mild corner-creasing to the covers, tiny short tear to lower edge of rear cover, in Good condition.

£6.00

Ruffle, J.W.B.

Maritime Mail 1815-1868: Part 2
Publisher: Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1988

Large format paperback, illustrated, xx + 33 pages, some foxing to page-edges, in Good condition.

£8.50

Proud, Hector and Kirk, Reg and Proud, E.B. (editor)

The British Sea Post Offices in the East
Publisher: Proud Bailey Co. Ltd., East Sussex, 2003

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 476 pages, one or two tiny signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

[Borromeo D'Adda, Federico]

Part I Including Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas
Publisher: Spink, Lugano, 2013

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 72 pages, text in English, slight corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

[Frantz, Gregory]

The Gregory Frantz Collection
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, 164 pages, with a print-out of the prices realised, text in English, a few tiny dents to cover edges, else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

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

Austrian Lloyd: Adriatic Lines, Mediterranean Lines
Publisher: Keith Tranmer, 1981

Second (revised) edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 104 pages + map, spine and covers quite sunned, pages fine, in Good condition.

£30.00

Samaras, D.

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1964

Paperback, iv + 16 pages, illustrated, slight marks to front cover, some creasing, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£13.50

Henning, Bernard A.

(A Philatelic Handbook)
Publisher: Germany Philatelic Society, Chicago, 1991

Paperback, vi + 125 pages, illustrated, text in English, some dusty marks/foxing to upper page-edges, few marks to the covers, knock to one corner with consequent corner-creasing, a Good reading copy.

£20.00

Montgomery, Malcolm Beresford

The Inland and Ocean Postage Rates Applied to Letters Between the United Kingdom and North America
Publisher: privately published, 1991

Large format paperback, circa 240 pages, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Kidd, Cyril

Publisher: The TPO and Seapost Society, 1996

Second edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 29 pages, very slight corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£9.50