Paperback, illustrated, 104 pages, in Very Good condition.
Philatelic Literature Specialists
Postal History
Great Britain
Hyde, James Wilson
Its Curiosities and Romance
Publisher: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1889
Third edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt with decorative front board, frontispiece, xvi + 306 pages, 2cm tear to top of spine, small marks and stains to the covers, presentation bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, presented to a Post Office Telegraphs Messenger for proficiency at drill and general good conduct in 1906, some wear to front free-endpaper with loss of a tiny corner-piece, in Good condition.
£25.00
Coerts, Gerrie and Maarsen, Fred and van Soest, Aart
Stories and Stamps
Publisher: Detail Topical Stamp Catalogues, Netherlands, 1995
Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 78 pages, text in English, tiny scuff to spine, in Good condition.
£5.00
Boyden, Peter B.
The History of the British Army Postal Service from 1795
Publisher: National Army Museum, London, 1990
Large format (A4) paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated in colour, 48 pages, ex-York Philatelic Society with library marks to title-page, corners creased, a Good reading copy only.
£7.00
Daunton, M.J.
The Post Office since 1840
Publisher: The Athlone Press, London, 1985
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xviii + 388 pages + plates, Foreword by Asa Briggs, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned, minor shelf-wear, in Good condition.
£10.50
Historic Stagecoach Route Bristol-Chepstow-Monmouth-Hereford-Shrewsbury-Chester
Publisher: Hereford Head Post Office, circa 1982
Set of five large format postcards in card folder, in Very Good condition.
£10.00
['Besançon']
The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part II)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2020
Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 176 pages, text in English, with a print-out of the prices realised, slightest signs of shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.
£15.00
Hudson, Capt. A.
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936
Post Office Green Papers No. 28, paperback, 14 pages + 8 plates, rusty staples, dent to rear cover and slightly affecting some pages, in Good condition.
£12.50
Radice, F.R.
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937
Post Office Green Papers No. 35, paperback, frontispiece + 14 pages, rusty staples, some tiny marks to covers, rear cover creased, in Good condition.
£10.00
Notice from the Post Office
Publisher: GPO, London, nd [circa 1902]
Leaflet, single folded sheet, 4 pages, vertical crease caused by folding, some small spots of foxing, in Good condition.
£20.00
Newport, William
Their Postal History, Stamps and Postal Markings
Publisher: H. Garratt-Adams & Co., Birmingham, 1950
Paperback, illustrated, 66 pages, a few tiny marks to the front cover, a little light foxing, in Good condition.
£8.50
Stitt Dibden, W.G.
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1963
First edition, paperback (card covers), 85 pages + plates (one folding), some marks to the front cover, rear cover detached (but still present), pages fine, in Good condition.
£17.50
Langston, Colin M. and Parsons, Cyril R.H.
Publisher: The British Postmark Society, London, 1957
British Postmark Society Monograph No. 1, paperback, illustrated, 13 pages, in Very Good condition.
£12.00
['Besançon']
The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part III)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021
Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 148 pages, with a print-out of the prices realised,, text in English, in Very Good condition.
£12.50
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
Greenwood, Jeremy
Publisher: Postal History Society, 1971
Paperback (card covers). comb-bound, circa 64 pages, in Very Good condition.
£12.50
Stitt Dibden, W.G. and Tebbutt, L.
Publisher: The Postal History Society, Bath, 1961
Paperback, illustrated, 49 pages + plates, spine sunned else in Very Good condition.
£12.00
Evans, Martin B.
Publisher: East Anglia Postal History Study Circle, 2000
Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 173 pages, with Supplements 1-3 loosely inserted, light corner creasing to covers else in Very Good condition.
£14.50
Mackay, James A.
Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1983
Large (A4) paperback, 349 pages, minor shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.
£30.00
Taylor, F.W.
Publisher: privately published, circa 1997
Paperback, ii + 72 pages + 3 supplementary pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.
£12.50
January, 1937
Publisher: Post Office, London, 1937
Paperback, 973 pages, a well used copy, covers creased and rubbed, page corners of first and last few pages creased with a few tears and occasional loss of small edge pieces, a dog-eared copy in Fair/Poor condition but complete.
£24.00
A Review of Post Office Activities
Publisher: HMSO, London, 1951
Paperback, [iv] + 92 pages, illustrated, tiny short tear to lower-edge of front cover, slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.
£10.00
containing the Chief Public Regulations of the Post Office
Publisher: Postings, Oxted, 1994
Facsimile reprint, paperback, 173 pages, some slight corner-creasing to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.
£8.50
Parmenter, John
1840 to 1930
Publisher: Rossiter Trust & BPT for the LPHG, 2002
Large format hardback, 118 pages, illustrated, slight hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.
£30.00
Raynham, F.J. and Calvert, W.S.G.
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936
Post Office Green Papers No. 27, paperback, colour frontispiece, 24 pages + plates, some foxing and marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.
£20.00
Carter, W.G.
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937
Post Office Green Paper No. 36, paperback, 22 pages + plates, slight foxing and tiny marks to the covers, slight crease to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.
£15.00
Clear, C.R.
Together with a copy and a transcription of the Proclamation of King Charles the First establishing the first State postal service for the conveyance of private letters in England and Scotland
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935
Post Office Green Papers No. 15, first edition, paperback, frontispiece, 19 pages, very slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.
£14.50
Baines, F.E.
Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1895
In two volumes, hardback, original maroon cloth gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, vii + 337 + 345 pages + plates + folding map, scratch marks to the front covers (probably where labels have been removed), slight dents to the fore-edges of the covers, a little foxing to the tissue guards, in Good condition.
£40.00
Ballantyne, R.M.
A Tale of Her Majesty’s Mails
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., London, 1881
Later impression (“tenth thousand”), hardback, original embossed green cloth gilt, vi + 424 pages + plates + publisher’s advertisements, front and rear hinges cracking, foxing to first page, original owner’s gift inscription at front, in reasonably Good condition.
£24.00
Hyde, J. Wilson
Publisher: Adam & Charles Black, London, 1894
First edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt, xvi + 355 pages, spine slightly toned and marked, a short tear to the front inner hinge, in Good condition.
£25.00
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