Philatelic Literature Specialists

Maritime

Great Britain

An Introduction to Ocean Letters
Hosking, Roger

An Introduction to Ocean Letters

Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2002

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Hosking, Roger

Publisher: privately published, 2005

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 48 pages, in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Tabeart, Colin

Publisher: James Bendon, Limassol, 2002

First edition, hardback, plain blue cloth binding (no gilt lettering), illustrated, xvi + 278 pages, signed by the author to title-page, in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Mayne, Richard

1771-1971
Publisher: Picton Publishing, Chippenham, 1971

Hardback, dustwrapper, [x] + 108 pages, illustrated, dustwrapper price-clipped, some small old sellotape marks to endpapers and to verso of the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£10.50

Whitney, Dr. J.T.

Publisher: BPH Publications, 1981

Fourth edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 312 pages, dustwrapper slightly rubbed at edges and with a tiny tear, some foxing and toning to the page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£9.50

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Les Congolâtres, 2017

Bulletin No. 30, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 129 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Robinson, Howard

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1964

Hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, 327 pages + plates, few short tears to dustwrapper, slightest hint of spine-lean, pages fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

[Ellott, Gerald]

Publisher: Prestige Philately, Australia, 2011

Auction catalogue, large paperback, illustrated, 106 pages, prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Leslie, H.W.

Being an Account of the Operations of the Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 1914-1919
Publisher: Heinemann, London, 1920

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, 207 pages + plates, tiny hint of spine-lean, foxing to page-edges and a little scattered foxing to pages, minor cracking to rear inner-hinge, a Good reading copy.

£13.50

Tabeart, Colin

An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century
Publisher: privately published, 1999

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 189 pages, yellowing to the transparent plastic front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

Osborn, Geoffrey

A Study of Letters Sent to and from British Royal Navy Officers Serving Abroad in the Victorian Era
Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, Bristol, 1995

Large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 134 pages, tiny dent to spine, covers a little rubbed at edges and slightly creased at corners, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£11.50

Robertson, Alan W.

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1960

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, interleaved, 68 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with dusty marks, numerous tears and loss of some pieces, a little foxing to the endpapers, corner-crease to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£24.00

Cockrill, Philip

Transatlantic Routes
Publisher: Philip Cockrill, nd [circa 1987]

Paperback, 84 pages, illustrated, binding slightly askew, slight shelf-wear to the covers, small scuff to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

and also An Order in Council, dated 5th April 1805
Publisher: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, London, 1805

Hardback, marbled paper-covered boards, 86 + [60] pages, covers a little rubbed, minor spine defects, in Very Good condition.

£195.00

Morley, Walter

including The Penny Posts and Town Paids of Ireland
Publisher: Walter Morley, Catford, 1922

Small paperback booklet, 32 pages, illustrated, ex-F.A. Bellamy library with his handstamp to the front cover, tiny nick to upper edge of front cover and a few small marks, pages clean, in Good condition.

£15.00