Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal History

Great Britain

Postal Arrangements at the World Scout Jubilee Jamboree
Langston, Colin M. and Parsons, Cyril R.H.

Postal Arrangements at the World Scout Jubilee Jamboree

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

Hill, George Birkbeck

Publisher: Thos. De La Rue & Co., London, 1880

First edition, in two volumes, hardback, original green cloth gilt, xxii + 543 pages + plates + x + 516 pages, slight hint of spine-lean to Vol 1, some pages of Vol 2 unopened (uncut along upper edges), foxing to first and last few leaves and page-edges of both volumes, in Good condition.

£50.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfries, 1987

Second edition, large (A4) paperback, 69 pages, mild signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Parmenter, John and Smith, Ken

Numerals Used in Post Offices in England, Wales and Used Abroad 1844 to 1969. And the Status of Offices with Numeral Cancellations 1844 to 1906
Publisher: privately published, 2003

Looseleaf pages in binder, circa 400 pages, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

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

de Vekey, R.C.

Publisher: privately published, 1996

Second edition, paperback, comb-bound, circa 220 pages, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

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: G.P.O., 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

Farrugia, Jean Young

A History of Post Office Pillar and Wall Boxes
Publisher: Centaur Press, London, 1969

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xxi + 282 pages + plates, dustwrapper faded to spine and rubbed, book itself in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Smith, Peter A. Forrestier (editor)

Publisher: London Postal History Group, 1999

London Postal History Group Notebook Nos. 139/144, November 1999. Large (A4) paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 141 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

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

Smith, W.J.

The Postage Stamp – how it was invented
Publisher: David Winter & Son Ltd., Dundee, 1970

Hardback, dustwrapper, 148 pages + plates, dustwrapper slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Chalmers, Leah

Publisher: P.S. King & Son, London, 1939

Paperback, 45 pages + plates, tiny corner-crease to front cover, tiny tear to foot of spine, in Good condition.

£15.00

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

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

Baines, F.E.

Being a volume of reminiscences personal and otherwise
Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1895

First edition, hardback, original maroon cloth gilt, gilt decoration to front cover, tissue-guarded frontispiece, vi + 351 pages, spine sunned, in Good condition.

£35.00

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

Foster, G.A.

Publisher: Chas. Nissen & Co., London, 1910

First edition, large format, paperback, illustrated, 56 pages, covers a little chipped at edges with small amount of loss, in Good condition.

£30.00