Philatelic Literature Specialists

Great Britain

Tristant, Henri

1837-1851

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1987

Limited edition of 250 copies – this copy not numbered, paperback, illustrated, 175 pages, text in French, signed dedication by the author to the previous owner (Ernst Cohn), a few tiny marks and minor signs of use, title hand-written to spine, in Good condition.

£40.00

Beaumont, K.M. and Adams, H.C.V.

Part Three: The Embossed Issues & The Surface Printed Issues of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1954

First edition, No. 11 of 100 copies bound in quarter vellum gilt, hardback in slipcase, red cloth boards, top-edge gilt, illustrated, xi + 179 pages + 18 plates, slipcase worn with some cracks along the joints, book itself in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Watson, Edward

or an Account of the Origin and Development of the Post between London and Ireland through Holyhead, and the Use of the Line of Communication by Travellers

Publisher: Edward Arnold, London, 1917

First edition, hardback, original red cloth, vi + 244 pages + plates, spine a little sunned, some scattered foxing to page-edges and to some page margins, a couple of pages slightly roughly opened at fore-edges, in Good condition.

£35.00

Auckland, Bruce and Stables, Ron

Publisher: The Scottish Postal History Society, 1995

Second edition, large (A4) paperback, card covers, xii + 198 pages, top of spine slightly bruised, corners of covers very slightly rubbed, else in Very Good condition.

£16.00

Tabeart, Colin

An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century

Publisher: privately published, 1999

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 189 pages, slight yellowing to the transparent plastic front cover, a few tiny mark to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£20.00

Firebrace, John

A Postal History

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1991

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xii + 460 pages, some creasing and a short tear to the dustwrapper, very slight marks to the page-edges, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£100.00

Wood, Hugh W.

Publisher: privately published, 2009

Tall paperback, illustrated, 103 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Muir, Douglas N.

Stamps, Conflict & Creativity

Publisher: British Postal Museum, London, 2010

Paperback, illustrated, ix + 275 pages, very slight corner-crease to front cover and first few pages else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Virk, D.S.

Sikkim – Tibet 1903-1908

Publisher: Philatelic Congress of India & Army Postal Service Association, 1989

Hardback, dustwrapper, 144 pages + plates, tiny mark to dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Buckingham, Keith

A Study of the Adhesives of Great Britain overprinted for use in Nauru

Publisher: British Philatelic Association, 2004

Large format hardback, illustrated, x + 114 pages + 8 colour plates, in Very Good condition.

£18.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1923

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 56 pages + publisher’s advertisements, slight dusty marks, small piece missing from foot of spine, in Good condition.

£17.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1924

Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 62 pages + publisher’s advertisements, foot of spine slightly rubbed, tiny corner-crease, in Good condition.

£12.50

Hodgson, K. and Sedgewick, W.A.

1813 – 1839

Publisher: HH Sales, Bradford, 2001

Reprint of the second (revised) edition, paperback (card covers), 54 pages, slight rust to staples, slight corner-crease to rear cover, in Good condition.

£7.50

Wallace, H. & A.

and Complete Illustrated Priced Catalogue

Publisher: H. & A. Wallace, London, 1937

Hardback, dustwrapper, 72 pages, illustrated, dustwrapper rubbed and with some tiny tears, slight spine-lean, a little foxing to the endpapers, in Good condition.

£12.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1982

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 232 pages, some dusty marks and foxing to the upper page-edges, in Good condition.

£24.00

Mackay, James

Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of Ireland

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1985

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Baldwin, N.C.

A Chronology and Priced Catalogue of Aviation and Air Mail Souvenirs Flown Within and From Great Britain and Ireland

Publisher: F.J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, 1947

“The Aero Field” Handbook No. 8, second edition of Handbook No. 4 (published 1935), hardback, original dark blue cloth, illustrated, 213 pages, slightest hint of spine-lean, previous owner’s name to title-page, a few small marks, in Good condition.

£25.00

Redgrove, H. Stanley

The Story of their Development from the Venture of the Great Western Railway in 1933 to the Outbreak of the War with Germany

Publisher: privately published, 1940

Hardback, x + 150 pages + 4 plates, illustrated, Foreword by Sir William Lindsay Everard, M.P., corrigenda page taped-in at end, some shelf-wear to the covers, a few small annotations to pages, a Good reading copy.

£50.00

[Cooper, Graham]

Publisher: Spink, London, 2016

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 246 pages, very minor shelf-wear to corners of covers else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

[Sawaya, Fuad]

The Sawaya Collection (part I)

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2024

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, 75 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£14.50

[Bollen, André]

The André Bollen Collection

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2024

Auction catalogue, paperback, 68 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Phillips, Harold D. [Editor]

Being the Bound Volume of The 1944 Air Mail Magazine

Publisher: A. Phillips, Newport, 1944

Hardback, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, 192 pages, illustrated, some short tears and dusty marks to the dustwrapper, some foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part II)

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 312 pages, text in English, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

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