Philatelic Literature Specialists

USA

The Americas

Handbook of Naval Postmarks
Hale, Joseph M.

Handbook of Naval Postmarks

Publisher: J.M. Hale & Everett Wallster, Boston, Mass., 1934

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, some toning to the covers, signed by the author, in Good condition.

£10.00

Smith, William

1639-1870
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1920

First edition, hardback, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, ix + 356 pages + 3 plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition with toning, creasing and tears with some loss, obvious spine-lean to the binding, toning and foxing to page-edges, a Fair to Good reading copy only.

£40.00

Slawson, George C. and Bingham, Arthur and Sprague, W. Drenan

Publisher: Collectors Club, New York, 1969

First edition, hardback, xi + 308 pages, illustrated, in Good condition.

£40.00

Cockrill, Philip

Transatlantic Routes
Publisher: Philip Cockrill, nd [circa 1987]

Paperback, 84 pages, illustrated, binding slightly askew, slight shelf-wear to the covers, small scuff to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

Cockrill, Philip

Trans-Pacific, Central & South American Routes
Publisher: Philip Cockrill, circa 1988

Paperback, 88 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Birch, J. Alfred

(Formerly the Danish West Indies)
Publisher: The American Philatelic Society, 1966

Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, top of spine slightly rubbed, top corner creased, in Good condition.

£12.00
Meyer, Henry A. and Harris, Frederic R. et al

Its Stamps and Postal History
Publisher: The Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1948

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, xii + 412 pages, illustrated, mild signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£75.00

Entwistle, Charles R.

Transatlantic & Beyond
Publisher: Chavril Press, nd

Paperback, 24 pages, very slight marks to the covers, very slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£6.00

Publisher: National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, 1950

Paperback, 112 pages, covers a little rubbed, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

["Høgensborg"]

The “Høgensborg” Collection (part II)
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2019

Auction catalogue, hardback, 84 pages, illustrated, text in English, tiny knock to top of spine else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Patton, Donald S.

1844-1882
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, nd [circa 1960s]

Paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, mild sunning and foxing to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.50

Feldman, Hugh V.

(Star Routes 1824-1875)
Publisher: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 2008

Large hardback, dustwrapper, x + 396 pages, illustrated, signed by the author, slight hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Part 1 Domestic
Publisher: US Post Office Dept., Washington DC, 1951

Hardback, original grey cloth, vii + 784 pages, some foxing to spine and to upper page-edges, slight bump to corner of rear cover, in Good condition.

£20.00

Salles, Raymond

Tome IV Les Paquebots de l’Atlantique Nord, Antilles-Amérique Centrale et Pacifique Sud, États-Unis
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1965

First edition, paperback (cloth-covered card covers), illustrated, 301 pages, text in French, ex libris Harry Sutherland with his bookplate inside front cover, also ex-National Archives of Canada with their bookplate inside front cover and library label to spine, pages very lightly tanned, spine very slightly rubbed, in Good condition.

£24.00

[Dale/Lichtenstein]

United States, British Commonwealth, German States & Foreign
Publisher: Harmers, New York, 1992

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, with the prices realised, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Woodward, P.H.

Publisher: Sanford J. Durst, New York, 1978

Reprint, hardback, 583 pages, illustrated, ex-Canada Postal Museum with library label to spine, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, tiny mark to page fore-edges, else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Rich, Wesley Everett

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, USA, 1924

First edition, hardback, vii + 190 pages, ex-Canada Postal Museum with library label to spine and library bookplates to the front endpapers, small repair to title-page, else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Granville, Joseph Ensign

Publisher: H.L. Lindquist, New York, 1947

Third edition, two volumes, hardback, 174 + 94 pages, ex-Canada National Postal Museum with library label to spine/front covers, bookplate inside front covers and library pockets inside rear covers, also ex-RPSL Library with library bookplate to front free-endpapers, else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Publisher: Theron Wierenga, Michigan, 1979

Two volumes, hardback, circa 400+ pages + folding table in pocket, ex-Canada National Postal Museum with library labels to spines, bookplate inside front covers and library pockets inside rear covers, else in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Grant, Robert W.

Volume 1
Publisher: privately published, 1977

Looseleaf pages in binder, circa 250 pages, illustrated, ex-Canada National Postal Museum with library label to spine and bookplate inside front cover, else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

1939-1945
Publisher: The Printer's Stone, NY, circa 1990

Large format paperback (laminated card covers), comb-bound, xvi + 277 pages, very slight wear to the edges of the covers, a little foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£20.00

[Landini, Adriano]

The Adriano Landini Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2012

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 89 pages, text in English, with the prices realised, slight corner-creasing else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Cockrill, Philip

Part I Transatlantic Routes & Part II Trans-Pacific, Central & South American Routes
Publisher: Privately published, nd

The two booklets bound in one volume, publisher’s library edition, in dark green full leather binding with gold tooling, raised bands and leather labels to spine, illustrated, 84 + 88 pages, a few blemishes to the covers, some slight foxing to card covers and page edges, in Good condition.

£40.00

Hosking, Roger

Publisher: privately published, 1979

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 19 pages, signed dedication from the author to the previous owner, crease to rear cover and slight shelfwear, in Good condition.

£8.50

Kay, John L. and Smith, Chester M. Jr.

The Post Offices and First Postmasters from 1776-1976
Publisher: Quarterman, 1977

Hardback, dustwrapper, 199 pages, ex-National Archives of Canada Library with label to spine and bookplate inside front cover, edges of dustwrapper slightly chipped, slight signs of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£10.00

Kay, John L. and Smith, Chester M. Jr.

The Post Offices and First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980
Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1982

Hardback, 556 pages, ex-Canadian Postal Museum Library with label to spine, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, in Good condition.

£20.00

[Caspary, Alfred H.]

Publisher: H.R. Harmer, New York, 1957

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 103 pages, Forewords by Ezra Cole & Lawrence Shenfield, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£20.00