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We specialise in all aspects of philatelic literature on a full-time basis and hold extensive stocks of second-hand and selected new titles. Below is a selection of the newest items added to the site.

Piat Dewavrin, F.X.

by a Postal Historian

Publisher: privately published, 1997

Small (A5) paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, minor shelf-wear, corners a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£12.50

Walton, Frank

Publisher: privately published, 2016

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Osborn, Geoffrey

A Study of Letters Sent to and from British Royal Navy Officers Serving Abroad in the Victorian Era

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, Bristol, 1995

Large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 134 pages, tiny dent to spine, covers a little rubbed at edges and slightly creased at corners, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£11.50

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1959

Paperback, illustrated, [i] + 21 pages + plate, few spots of foxing to front cover, in Good condition.

£13.50

Summer 2021

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 2021

Paperback, illustrated, 104 pages, in Very Good condition.

£5.00

[Part 1]

Publisher: privately published, 1965

Hardback, illustrated, 136 pages, short tear at top of spine, front cover a little sunned and very slightly creased at corner, in Good condition.

£7.50

Jacques, W.A.

The Story of its Stamps and Postal History

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1974

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 68 pages, with the 1985 Supplement and Price Guide, paperback, 32 pages, ex National Philatelic Society Library with a couple of small library marks to the front endpaper, a few spots of foxing to top page-edges, in Good condition.

£12.00

Thornhill, W.B.

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1998

Reprint, hardback, 78 pages + viii plates, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Cheung, Andrew and Wong, Danny

Nos. 1-21

Publisher: Hong Kong Philatelic Society, Hong Kong, 1997-2017

21 issues, paperback, illustrated, text mainly in English with some articles in Chinese, minimal signs of use else in Very Good condition.

Original price was: £95.00.Current price is: £50.00.

Miss Fitte [Melville, F.J.]

Part I. The British Empire

Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 59 pages, previous owner’s name in pencil to front cover, slightly rusty staples, spine toned, small piece missing from top of spine, in Good condition.

£12.50

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

Beaumont, K.M. and Stanton, J.B.M.

Part Four: The Issues of King George V

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1957

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages + plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition (in pieces, marked and torn), slight spine-lean, slight toning to pages, a Good working copy.

£22.00

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud-Bailey, 2000

Hardback, dustwrapper, 320 pages, illustrated, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£20.00

Hinchcliffe, Colin

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle, 1997

Second edition, large format (A4) loose-leaf pages in binder, illustrated, 42 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Henney, G.

with notes on the other armed forces

Publisher: Philatelic Society of Fiji, Suva, 1979

First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, front cover sunned, some foxing and creasing, a Good reading copy.

£6.50

Duberal, Ross

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle of Great Britain, 1998

Large paperback, illustrated, [xi] + 113 pages, corners of covers very slightly rubbed/creased, else in Very Good condition.

£17.50

Cribb, Stephen

Vol. 1 The British Postal Order 1881-1981

Publisher: Squirrel Publishing, 1984

Paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 66 pages, covers quite rubbed, in Good condition.

£7.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 204 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Ladany, Shaul P.

Publisher: Society of Israel Philatelists, 1995

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, vi + 53 pages + 105 illustrations, minor shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Buday, George

Publisher: Spring Books, London, 1964

Second edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xxiii + 304 pages + plates, dustwrapper a little rubbed and with a short tear, pages tanned (as usual), in Good condition.

£20.00

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

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud-Bailey Co., East Sussex, 1992

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 368 pages, slight spine-lean, page-edges dust-marked and foxed, internally clean, an acceptable working copy only.

£15.00

[Liddell, P.J.]

and Vatican

Publisher: H.R. Harmer, London, 1965

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 52 pages, with the prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

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

Burge, A.R.

Publisher: The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1978

First edition, paperback, illustrated, [v] + 100 pages, small mark to front cover, spine sunned and with a tiny tear to the foot of the spine, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.00

A Summary of Displays and Activities

Publisher: Nottinghamshire Philatelic Society, 2014

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, slight corner-crease to foot of spine else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Lumley, D.O.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Paper No. 23, paperback, 18 pages + plates, slight corner-crease to front cover, small dent to rear cover, in Good condition.

£12.50

Lumley, D.O.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1939

Post Office Green Paper No. 45, paperback, 21 pages + plates, some corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£12.50

Nicholson, M.P.

Publisher: Philip Cockrill, nd [circa 1982]

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, circular dent to front cover, some shelf-wear to the covers, pages fine, Good condition.

£7.00

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