Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal History

Great Britain

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

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

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

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

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

Anon.

Publisher: Sunday School Union, London, nd [but circa 1890s]

First edition, pictorial card covers (12½” x 10″), 14 pages, chromo illustrations, the original stitching to the spine has perished and the spine has been crudely repaired with tape, corner-piece missing from front cover and with some other short tears and small amount of loss, gift inscription to first page, a well-loved copy with some scattered marks, short tears to edges and small corner-creases – in Acceptable condition.

£45.00

de Righi, A.G. Rigo

Publisher: The National Postal Museum, London, 1980

First edition, large format paperback, vii + 56 pages, one corner of front cover slightly rubbed, previous owner’s gift inscription inside front cover, in Good condition.

£8.00

Farrugia, Jean

Publisher: Post Office Archives, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, ix + 122 pages, small dents to the comb-binding, few creases and small knocks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.50

Buckley, Eric

Publisher: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1971

Limited edition of 300 copies, paperback, [viii] + 45 pages + 14 plates, marks to front cover, tiny mark to edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Andrews, D.W.

a postal history

Publisher: Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1987

Paperback, [viii] + 92 pages, illustrated, tiny mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Anon.

from 1558 to the Present Day

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1962

Paperback (pictorial card covers), 20 pages, illustrated, in Good condition.

£6.00

Anon.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, nd [1960s]

Paperback (pictorial card covers), 28 pages, illustrated, in Good condition.

£6.50

Morel, Richard Scott and Skinner, Paul

A brief history of Royal Correspondence between Britain and Asia

Publisher: privately published, 2014

Large format (A4) paperback, 75 pages, illustrated, ex-RPSL library with library label inside front cover and to last page, in Good condition.

£9.50

Fryer, Gavin

A Display to Fellows and Members of The Royal Philatelic Society London

Publisher: privately published, 2022

Large format (A4) paperback, 36 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Staff, Frank

1680 – 1918

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1992

Second edition (first paperback edition), paperback, 219 pages, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Hosking, Roger and Cockrill, Philip

Part II

Publisher: Philip Cockrill, c1990

Paperback, 88 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Feldman, Hugh

A history of their offices and handstamps within the General, Penny and Twopenny Posts

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust & the Postal History Society, 1998

Two large hardback volumes in slipcase, illustrated, 900+ pages, folding maps in pocket at rear, minor blemishes to the slipcase else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

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

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, v + 111 pages, tiny corner-creases to front cover, in Good condition.

£10.00

Stone, J.W.M.

A Calendar of Historical Documents

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1987

Hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 333 pages, dustwrapper a little chipped at top of spine, previous owner’s name to front endpaper, else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Morgan, Glenn H.

A Priced Catalogue of Sheets, Cards and Labels

Publisher: published by the author, 1995

Paperback, illustrated, x + 165 pages, label to front cover, tiny knock to foot of spine, pages fine, in Good condition.

£11.00

[Corsini]

1570-1601

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1988

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 77 pages, with the prices realised, some slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Corsini]

England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, The Low Countries, The Republic of Venice, Ragusa

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1984

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 80 pages, with the prices realised, some slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part V)

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2024

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 144 pages, text in English, with a print-out of the prices realised, very minor signs of wear else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Graveson, Samuel (editor)

An Account of Rowland Hill’s Great Reform of 1840 and of the Introduction of Adhesive Postage Stamps with Chapters on the Birth of the Postal Service

Publisher: The Postal History Society, London, 1940

Hardback, original brown cloth, illustrated, 144 pages, covers slightly rubbed, slight corner-crease, slight foxing to the page-edges, a Good reading copy.

£30.00

[Wiseman, W.A.]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 1994

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 176 pages, with the prices realised, minor dusty marks to top-edges, corner of front cover very slightly rubbed, else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Mackay, James

Publisher: privately published by the author, Glasgow, 2000

Paperback, illustrated, v + 163 pages + maps, minor signs of use, few slight dusty marks, in Good condition.

£15.00

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