Philatelic Literature Specialists

Non-philatelic books

Writing Antiques
Mell, George

Writing Antiques

Publisher: Shire Publications, 1988

Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 32 pages, VG condition.

£3.00

Herszberg, Catherine and Proenza, Anne

Publisher: Le Cherche Midi, Paris, 2001

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 141 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Heimermann, Benoît and Margot, Olivier

La Fabuleuse Épopée de Mermoz, Saint-Exupéry, Guillaumet
Publisher: Arthaud, Paris, 2003

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 199 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Scott, John

Publisher: Edward and Charles Dilley, London, 1778

First edition, hardback, half leather, marbled boards, leather label to spine, [32] + 352 + [20] pages, re-backed with new leather spine, front inner hinge cracking slightly, occasional foxing, in Good condition.

£150.00

Kurc, Alain and Le Cercle des Cartophiles du Loiret

1908-1914
Publisher: Le Cercle des Cartophiles du Loiret, 2004

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 216 pages, text in French, very slight shelfwear to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Publisher: A. Karamitsos, Athens, 2012

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 126 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Gunn, John

Qantas 1919-1939
Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 1985

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 400 pages, slight signs of wear else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Senkevich, D.A.

Publisher: "Mezhnumizmatika", Moscow, 1989

Hardback, illustrated, 210 pages, bilingual text in English & Russian, Very Good condition.

£24.00

Vaabengaard, Mette

The untold story of SAS Cargo
Publisher: Freddy Stenboms Förlag, Stockholm, 2004

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 237 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Wixted, Edward P.

Some men, women and flying machines seen in north-west Australia in the pioneering period: international flights, round-Australia flights, and the completion of the Darwin air link to the eastern States
Publisher: Boolarong Publications, 1985

Large hardback, illustrated, 216 pages, slightest hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Jackson, A.J.

Publisher: Putnam, London, 1973-74

Complete set in 3 volumes, second (revised) edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrappers, illustrated, 567 + 560 + 636 pages, two dustwrappers price-clipped, light signs of wear, else in VG condition.

£60.00

Thomas, Don

Artistic Publicity of the Early Airlines
Publisher: privately published, Florida, 1990

First edition, large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 64 pages, light shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Kantola, Ilkka and Laurla, Kari K. and Termonen, Teuvo

2.1 Flags of the Swedish Kingdom and of the Russian Empire
Publisher: Oy Hobby Books Ltd., Espoo, 1988

Paperback, illustrated, 276 pages, main text in Finnish, English & Swedish, in Very Good condition.

£28.00

Bray, Maurice I.

Publisher: Moorland Publishing, 1986

Large paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated, 240 pages, corners of rear cover lightly rubbed, edges lightly soiled, in Good condition.

£12.00

Blair, Arthur

Publisher: Batsford, London, 1986

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 128 pages + colour plates, dustwrapper price-clipped else in VG condition.

£12.50

Evans, H.L.

An Abridged History of the Paper by H.L. Evans, its Editor, 1920-1950, with a description of the mechanical developments during the past century
Publisher: Stamford Mercury, nd (circa 1950)

Oblong format, paperback, illustrated, 12 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Hill, C.W.

Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., 1991

Reprint, paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated, 32 pages, in Fine condition.

£4.50

Porter, Rev. J.L.

Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons, London, 1866

Hardback, original green cloth gilt, with title and engraved vignette of ruined temple in gilt on front cover, gilt title and decoration to spine, and blind-stamping on rear cover. 371 pages, tinted vignette illustration to title-page, plus frontispiece and six other illustrations with tissue guards. Bright binding with only slight rubbing at head and foot of spine. Endpapers and tissue-guards a little foxed, previous owner’s name on front endpaper, top-edge a little dusty, else a Very Good copy.

£95.00

Silvester, Reginald

Part 2
Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1981

First edition, paperback, pictorial card covers, 100 pages, illustrated, in Fine condition.

£6.50

Trotter, Captain L.J.

From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1899

Third (revised) edition, hardback, original red cloth, lx + 445 pages + plates, repaired tear to large folding map, else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Sprake, Austin and Darby, Michael

The Reference Book on Thomas Stevens’ mounted silk woven pictures and silk woven bookmarkers
Publisher: privately published, 1968

Limited first edition of 1000 copies of which this book is No. 366, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 156 pages. Slight wear and short tear to the dustwrapper, else in Very Good condition.

£30.00