Philatelic Literature Specialists

Fred J Melville

General philatelic works

Melville, Fred J.

With an Appendix: “Notes on the Postal Adhesive Issues of the United Kingdom During the Present Reign” by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
Publisher: The Junior Philatelic Society, London, [1904]

Small paperback, illustrated, 56 pages + viii plates, foot of spine slightly rubbed with tiny amount of loss, slight corner-crease, small signs of use, in Good condition.

£9.50

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

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd (1925)

Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, paperback, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, slight hint of spine-lean, knock to one corner with consequent slight corner-creasing to covers and pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1916

Paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, staples rather rusted, minor foxing, slight creasing to the front cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

Melville, Fred. J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1936

Melville Stamp Books No. 28, paperback, 48 pages, Andorran stamp fixed to title-page, illustrated, covers quite marked, spine rubbed with some loss, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

"Single CA" and Melville, Fred J. (editor)

Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, nd [1910]

“The Postage Stamp” Handbooks VI. Paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, covers detached, spotting to rear cover, a few short tears to the covers, ink annotation to margin of one page, in Fair/Good condition.

£12.50

Dalwick, R.E.R. and Melville, Fred J. (editor)

Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, nd [1910]

“The Postage Stamp” Handbooks IX. Paperback, illustrated, 33 pages, edges of covers chipped with a little loss, corner-crease to foot of spine, rusty staples, in fairly Good condition.

£12.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: published for the Philatelic Institute by Fred J. Melville Ltd., London, [1919]

Small paperback, 9 pages, illustrated, stamp shop ink-stamp to front cover, pin-hole to upper margin of covers and pages, tiny corner-crease to front cover, rusty staple, covers detached, in Fair condition only.

£15.00

A Handbook for Philatelists
Publisher: Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, London, 1906

Hardback, privately bound in plain card covers (without the original paper covers), 53 pages, illustrated, with blank pages bound in at end, some neat handwritten annotations in page margins and several pages of handwritten notes to the blank pages at back, a few spots of foxing and small marks, a Good working copy.

£12.00

Melville, Fred. J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909

Melville Stamp Books No. 4, first edition, paperback, illustrated, 68 pages + xvi publisher’s advertisements, short tear to front cover at top of spine, small piece missing from top of spine, front cover marked, in Good condition.

£10.00

Melville, Fred. J.

A Short Introduction to the Joys of the Stamp Album
Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, nd [1910]

“The Postage Stamp” Handbooks No. 8, paperback, illustrated, 30 pages + [iv] publisher’s advertisements, loss of tiny corner-piece from front cover, short tear to edge of rear cover, some marks to front cover, in Good condition.

£9.50

Peckitt, W.H. [Melville, Fred J.]

Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, 1909

Paperback (card covers), 59 pages + iii publisher’s advertisements, illustrated, ex-H.R. Holmes with his signature at front, covers rubbed and torn at edges with small amount of loss, first and last few pages slightly toned and a little foxed, in Good condition.

£14.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909

Paperback, illustrated, 65 pages + xv publisher’s adverts, ex-National Archives of Canada with library label to front cover and bookplate inside front cover, long tear to front cover along spine, edges of covers chipped and with some tears, small ownership marks else pages fine, in reasonably Good condition.

£10.00

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

Melville, Fred. J.

How War Stamps will illustrate many interesting side-lights on the present War
Publisher: published for the Junior Philatelic Society by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1918

Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, slightly rusty staples, ex-Aberdeen University with small handstamp to first few pages, in Good condition.

£22.00

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd [1925]

Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, hardback, original publisher’s grey cloth, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, previous owner’s ink-stamp to front pastedown-endpaper, minor signs of age, in Good condition.

£24.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, [1919]

Philatelic Institute Papers No.2. Paperback booklet, 4 pages, front and rear covers coming loose, slight marks to rear cover, in Fair/Good condition.

£11.50

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1929

Hardback, original publisher’s grey cloth, illustrated, 57 pages, ex Canada National Postal Museum with label to spine/front cover, bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper and library pocket to rear endpaper, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Gardner, W. and Melville, Fred J. (editor)

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, [1924]

Hardback, original grey paper covers bound-in, 32 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Melville, Fred. J.

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1915

Paperback, illustrated, 67 pages, small rusty staple marks else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Crouch, L.W. and Melville, Fred J. (Editor)

Publisher: H.F. Johnson for the Junior Philatelic Society, London, [1910]

Large format paperback, illustrated, 15 pages, creasing and short tears to the edges of the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1925

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 93 pages, ex libris L.N. & M. Williams with their bookplate inside the front cover, front cover tanned in places and lightly scuffed, front inner hinge cracking slightly, in Good condition.

£15.00