Philatelic Literature Specialists

USA

The Americas

Melville, Fred J.

Government Postage Stamps
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1913

Hardback, quarter leather gilt, grey card boards, original paper covers bound in, 72 pages + iv publisher’s advertisements, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London library with some library marks to front endpaper, a little foxing to the first two pages, in Good condition.

£18.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909

Paperback, illustrated, 68 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, small (½ cm) piece missing from foot of spine, previous owner’s name to front cover, slightly rusty staples, pages fine, a Good reading copy..

£9.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 55 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover and bookplate inside front cover, previous owner’s name to front cover, slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£9.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, small (½ inch) piece missing from top of spine, previous owner’s name to front cover, rusty staples, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£8.50

[Mizuhara, Meiso]

Meiso Mizuhara Exhibition Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2003

Auction catalogue, paperback, 128 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Bergier, Joseph

Publisher: privately published, 2001

First edition, large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 250 pages, main text in French but with useful introductory pages in English, signed dedication from the author, minor dusty marks and tiny signs of use, in Good condition.

£30.00

Publisher: Robert A. Siegel, New York, 2019

Auction catalogue, paperback, 109 pages, illustrated, with a print-out of the prices realised, slight corner-crease to front cover and to pages, in Good condition.

£8.50

[Risvold, Floyd E.]

Publisher: Spink Shreves, New York, 2010

Set of 3 auction catalogues in slipcase, hardbacks, illustrated, 294 + 299 + 177 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good+ condition.

£45.00

Greer, George K.

Selma, Alabama to Columbus, Mississippi September 26, 1949
Publisher: Post Office Department, Birmingham, Alabama, 1949

Paperback, card front cover, no rear cover (as issued?), 34 pages, holes punched for filing, signed by the author, in Good condition.

£15.00

Cohen, Louis

Publisher: La Posta Publications, Oregon, 1987

La Posta Monograph Series Volume 1, paperback, viii + 69 pages, illustrated, a few dusty marks, in Good condition.

£7.50

Segerstrom, Kenneth

Publisher: La Posta Publications, Oregon, 1988

La Posta Monograph Series Volume 3, paperback, [iv] + 100 pages, illustrated, a few dusty marks, small corner-crease to rear cover and to a few pages, in Good condition.

£7.50

Meschter, Daniel Y.

through June 30, 1870
Publisher: La Posta Publications, Oregon, 1989

La Posta Monograph Series Volume 4, paperback, iv + 87 pages, illustrated, slight rust to the staples, tiny corner-crease, in Good condition.

£7.50

Sloat, Ralph L.

Publisher: Bureau Issues Association, Arlington, 1977

First edition, paperback, ix + 86 pages + 2 folding tables, illustrated, ex-Canadian National Postal Museum Library with library label to front cover, library bookplate inside front cover and library pocket at rear, in Good condition.

£8.50

Seymour, J.B.

With Notes on the Effect of British Penny Postage in the United States
Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1938

Paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, covers quite sunned at margins, a few tiny creases, in Good condition.

£11.50

Boughner, Fred

Publisher: Amos Press, Ohio, 1988

Hardback, illustrated, vi + 186 pages, signed by the author, ex-National Archives of Canada with library label to spine and small bookplate inside front cover, in Good condition.

£8.50

Hosking, Roger

Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2002

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Hosking, Roger

Publisher: privately published, 2005

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 48 pages, in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Rose, Jon

Publisher: Linn's Stamp News, USA, 1996

Large format paperback, viii + 191 pages, illustrated, Ex-National Philatelic Society Library with label to spine and a couple of small library stamps to the rear of the title-page, minor signs of use to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£11.50

Petschel, H.K.

A History of U.S. Postal Counterfeits
Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1997

Paperback, illustrated, v + 266 pages + colour plates, ex-Leeds Philatelic Society Library with label to spine, library bookplate inside front cover and library marks inside covers and to title-page and final page, short (1cm) tear to front cover at top of spine, covers a little corner-creased/rubbed, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£8.50

Thomas, Don

A Pictorial Review of Colonel Lindbergh’s Association with TAT, TWA and PAA as Technical Advisor
Publisher: privately published, Florida, 1988

First edition, large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 40 pages, top and foot of spine bumped with consequent corner-creases, in Good condition.

£10.00

Goodkind, Henry M.

Publisher: The Collectors Club, New York, 1958

Paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, some shelf-wear, one or two small marks to the covers, spine a little rubbed, corners slightly creased, a Good reading copy.

£16.00

Baldus, Wolfgang

Publisher: privately published by the author, Munich, 2012

Paperback, colour illustrated, 88 pages, mild shelf-wear to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Glines, Carroll V.

Publisher: Tab/Aero, USA, 1990

First edition, paperback, illustrated, x + 165 pages, a little spotting to the front cover else in Very Good condition.

£4.00

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

Beachboard, John H. (editor)

Publisher: United Postal Stationery Society, 1995

United Postal Stationery Society 50th Anniversary edition, hardback, illustrated, lvi + 366 pages, minor tiny marks else in Very Good condition.

£11.50

“Who’s Who” in the Stamp World
Publisher: H.L. Lindquist, New York, 1938

Second edition, hardback, 434 pages, illustrated, ex-Canadian Postal Museum with library bookplate inside front cover and library pocket at back, some dusty marks and slight mottling to the cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

Zwisler, Perry F.

Volume 2 1968-1972
Publisher: American Air Mail Society, USA, 1973

Hardback, illustrated, 168 pages, slight warping (bend) to the covers and twist to the binding, a Good working copy.

£20.00

Helbock, Richard W.

Publisher: La Posta, Oregon, 1987

Paperback, [v] + 272 pages, illustrated, ex-Canada National Archives & RPSL Library with library label to spine and bookplates at front, covers a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£8.50