Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal History

Great Britain

Ward, Ronald and Sedgewick, William A.

Publisher: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1979

No. 207 of a limited edition of 250 copies, paperback, [iii] + 67 pages + 5 plates + map, slight dusty to the top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£7.50

Lewis, Eric and Sedgewick, William A. and Ward, Ronald

Publisher: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1979

No. 60 of a limited edition of 250 copies, paperback, [ii] + 83 pages + 7 plates + map, tiny corner-crease, some dusty marks and foxing to the page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£7.50

Torrance, A.R. and Morenweiser, K.

Section 2: United Kingdom

Publisher: The Civil Censorship Study Group, 1991

First edition, large paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 244 pages, ex-RPSL Library with library bookplate inside front cover, a few tiny marks to the covers and page-edges, minor corner-creases, in Good condition.

£20.00

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

Andrews, Les

Publisher: Exley Publications, Watford, 1984

First edition, hardback, illustrated, 285 pages, slight dusty marks to upper page-edges, in Good condition.

£20.00

Goodwyn, Charles W.

Postal Reform 1837-1841 as Reflected in the Royal Philatelic Collection

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 1999

Large format paperback (card covers), illustrated, xv + 112 pages, signed dedication from the author to first page, very slight toning, tiny signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Publisher: Les Congolâtres, 2017

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

£15.00

Willcocks, R.M. and Jay, B.

Publisher: R.M. Willcocks, 1978

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, vi + 90 pages, price-clipped dustwrapper slightly rubbed and sunned to spine and with a couple of short tears, a few spots of foxing to preliminary pages, in Good condition.

£9.50

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

Page, Robert

Publisher: A. & C. Black, London, 1970

Reprint, hardback, pictorial boards, illustrated, 64 pages, ex-school library with small label to spine, library marks, library pocket at rear, minor marks to the covers, in Good condition.

£4.50

Johnson, Robert and Peet, Gordon

Dulac, Wilding and Machin Issues

Publisher: privately published, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, spiralbound, 164 pages, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Unique Watermark Master Plates; Southern Africa; Mulready Caricatures; G.B. 1883-84 & 1887 Issue Essays, Proofs & Colour Trials; Extensive Great Britain Postal History

Publisher: Argyll Etkin, London, 2013

Auction catalogue, paperback, 141 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Schouberechts, Vincent

500 jaar geschiedenis in Europa / 500 ans d’histoire en Europe

Publisher: Lannoo, 2016

Large hardback, illustrated, 206 pages, bilingual text in Dutch & French, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Swarbrick, Bob

Home and Abroad, A Postal History 1664-1994

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2006

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, x + 162 pages, one or two tiny blemishes else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Gwynn, Robin and Hoggarth, Norman

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2010

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, iii + 322 pages, in Very Good+ condition.

£60.00

Clark, Rex

A Guide to the High Postage Rates in Great Britain and their Reform, 1812-1840

Publisher: privately published by the author, 2009

First edition, large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, viii + 262 pages, in Fine unused condition.

Original price was: £20.00.Current price is: £15.00.

Staff, Frank

1680 – 1918

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1964

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 219 pages + plates, crease and short tear to dustwrapper with tiny amount of loss, book itself in Very Good, clean condition.

£12.00

Tombs, R.C.

Publisher: J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, circa 1899

First edition, original red cloth gilt, decorated front cover, 295 pages + plates, spine sunned and slightly rubbed, some foxing to the endpapers, original owner’s name to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£22.00

Briggs, Daniel

Publisher: Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, Bristol, 1983

Paperback, 22 pages, illustrated, small inscription to front cover and previous owner’s name inside, in Good condition.

£5.00

Harper, Charles G.

A Picturesque History of the Coaching Age

Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London, 1903

First edition, two volumes, hardback, original red cloth gilt, top page-edges gilt, frontispiece + xii + 360 pages, frontispiece + xi + 368 pages, illustrated with full-page plates and numerous illustrations within the text, bindings a little sunned, a couple of short tears to foot of both spines, small mark to spine of Vol II, some cracking to front inner-hinges of both volumes, a little scattered foxing to endpapers, in Good condition.

Original price was: £60.00.Current price is: £45.00.

Stevenson, W. Iain

Henry Fawcett and Postal Reform

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2001

Published as a Supplement to The London Philatelist, paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, covers very slightly sunned and showing tiny signs of use, pages fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Forrestier Smith, Peter A.

An Outline Postal History

Publisher: The East Anglia Postal History Study Circle, 1972

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, [iv] + 92 pages, small mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

A Specialised Postal History and Stamp Sale

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1970

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, with the prices realised, tiny corner-creases to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Postal History of the World, Airmail Covers and Adhesives

Publisher: Harmers, London, 1983

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + xxiv plates, with the prices realised, in Good condition.

£7.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part IV)

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2022

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

£15.00

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

Piat Dewavrin, F.X.

by a Postal Historian

Publisher: privately published, 1997

Small (A5) paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, minor shelf-wear, corners a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£12.50

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

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