Philatelic Literature Specialists

Great Britain

The Philatelic Collection formed by Sir Gawaine Baillie
[Baillie, Sir Gawaine]

The Philatelic Collection formed by Sir Gawaine Baillie, BT

Volume X British Empire Part Two and Sperati Forgeries of the World
Publisher: Sotheby's, London, 2007

Auction catalogue, paperback, 430 pages, colour illustrated, corners of covers slightly rubbed, slight dusty marks/foxing to top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£21.00

Mackay, James A.

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

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, 1978

Second edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 22 pages, marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£7.50

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, 1978

Large format (A4) paperback, 72 pages + vi illustrations, covers a little sunned, a few spots of foxing, in Good condition.

£8.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1985

Large (A4) paperback, 63 pages + xxxi plates, a few tiny marks to the covers, tiny nick to edge of rear, in Good condition.

£8.50

Volume 32 No. 1-Volume 62 No. 2
Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1994-March/April 2024

Paperback as issued, a few tiny signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Todd. T.

Publisher: Duckworth, London, 1949

Third impression, hardback, dustwrapper, 274 pages + 40 plates, dustwrapper somewhat foxed/marked and chipped at corners and top of spine with a tiny amount of loss, slight toning to endpapers and edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately publiahed by the author, Dumfries, 1986

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 466 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfries, 1989

Large (A4) paperback, 127 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Litchfield, P.C.

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1949

First edition, paperback, 224 pages, covers slightly rubbed, some dusty marks/soiling to the spine and covers and to the page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£25.00

Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W.

Volume III, Die 1, Plates 92 to 131
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1976

Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, vi + 152 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, toning to rear cover (as usual) else in Very Good condition.

£60.00

Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W.

Volume V, Die 1, Plates 176 to 204, Reserve Plates 1 to 6
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1984

Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, vi + 134 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, tiny nick to edge of front cover, corners of covers slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Prescott-Pickup, Vernon E.

The Stamps of Queen Victoria
Publisher: Prescott Incentive Promotions Ltd, Telford, 1981

Large format (15″ tall) paperback (pictorial card covers), 40 pages, illustrated, lacking the tipped-in colour plates sometimes found in this work, minor signs of shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Galland, Robert B.

A Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London
Publisher: privately published, 2020

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, tiny signs of wear else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C.

Part II
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1955

Paperback, 62 pages, illustrated, corner-crease to rear cover, slightly rusty staples, in Good condition.

£10.00

Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C.

Being a Survey of British Postmarks from 1660 to 1940
Publisher: R. C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1940

Hardback, rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine and new endpapers, illustrated, 579 pages + publisher’s advertisements at end, slight toning to page-edges, a few tiny marks to top page-edges, a few spots of foxing to last few pages of publisher’s adverts, in Good condition.

£85.00

Osborne, H.

Publisher: Chas. Nissen & Co. Ltd., London, 1932

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, slight corner-creases to the front cover, slight spotting and tiny marks to the title-page, slight dusty marks to lower margins of first few pages, in Good condition.

£18.00

Eddison, H.W.

Plates 22-26, 28-30, 32, 40
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, nd [circa 1957]

Paperback, 32 pages, some spotting and marks to the covers, slightly rusty staples, in Good condition.

£12.00

Willcocks, R.M. and Jay, B.

Publisher: R.M. Willcocks, 1990

Hardback, dustwrapper, vi + 130 pages, illustrated, dustwrapper a little sunned to spine and a little chipped at top edge, a few spots of foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£18.00

Vallancey, F. Hugh

(1936)
Publisher: F. Hugh Vallancey, Sidcup, 1948

Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 17 pages, rather rusty staples, in Good condition.

£10.00

Wilson, Frank J.

A Guide and Catalogue
Publisher: Railway Philatelic Group, 1991

Paperback, 84 pages, signed by the author, covers slightly rubbed at corners else in Very Good condition.

£8.00

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd (1925)

Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, paperback, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, slight hint of spine-lean, knock to one corner with consequent slight corner-creasing to covers and pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Worsfold, Peter

An illustrated study of the development of their design
Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 2001

Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, slightest shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Osborne, H.

Repaired Impressions
Publisher: H.F. Johnson, London, 1949

Large hardback, original cloth gilt, illustrated, 238 pages + plates, spine slightly sunned, quite heavy foxing to the page-edges and to the endpapers and a little to the title-page otherwise internally clean, in Good condition.

£175.00

Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, circa 1963

Complete set of 40 photographic plates, later comb-binding with grey plastic covers, in Very Good condition.

£175.00

[Marshall, C.F. Dendy]

Complete Reconstructed Sheets from the collection of the late C.F. Dendy Marshall
Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, nd

Complete set of twelve photographs in original card folder, very slight bend to the plates, else in Very Good condition.

£175.00

Fryer, Gavin and Akerman, Clive (Editors)

Documentary History 1837 to 1864 Based on Sir Rowland Hill’s Journal and Ancillary Papers, with Glossary, Bibliography and Comprehensive Index
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2000

Two large volumes, hardbacks, dustwrappers, lviii + vi + 1304 pages, a few tiny marks to upper edges else in Very Good condition.

£120.00

[Wheat, Gilbert]

Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2009

Auction catalogue, paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated, 199 pages, one small pen inscription else in Very Good condition.

£10.00