Philatelic Literature Specialists

General philatelic works

Swarbrick, Bob

Home and Abroad, A Postal History 1664-1994

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2006

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, x + 162 pages, one or two tiny blemishes else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Adema, Kees

Volume 1 1568-1795

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2010

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 168 pages, in Very Good+ condition.

£45.00

Gwynn, Robin and Hoggarth, Norman

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2010

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, iii + 322 pages, in Very Good+ condition.

£60.00

Meech, Alan

Publisher: The British Philatelic Trust, 1993

No. 208 of a limited edition, large (A4) paperback (card covers), x + 125 pages, in Very Good+ condition.

£10.00

Shaw, John; Stafford, Glen; and Todd, Raymond

Displays by: John Shaw, Glen Stafford and Raymond Todd

Publisher: privately published, 2018

Paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Blau, Fred F. and Deighton, Cyril [Len]

Ein Philatelistisches Handbuch

Publisher: Sieger-Verlag, 1991

Hardback, [viii] + 144 + [viii] + 72 pages, illustrated, text in German, ex-National Philatelic Society Library with small library marks to verso of title-page, minor signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Beech, David R. and Berry, Allan P. and Startup, Robin M.

Publisher: privately published, 2004

Large format (A4) hardback, original green cloth with gilt title to spine, xv + 288 pages, in Very Good+, unused condition.

£30.00

Holmes, H.R.

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1971

Large hardback, original orange cloth, top-edges gilt, 189 pages + plates, a few minor blemishes, small signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£85.00

Clark, Rex

A Guide to the High Postage Rates in Great Britain and their Reform, 1812-1840

Publisher: privately published by the author, 2009

First edition, large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, viii + 262 pages, in Fine unused condition.

£20.00

Clement, Alfred

Das hervorragende Standardwerk von internationalem Format

Publisher: "Neue Sammlerschau", no date [circa 1948]

First edition, paperback, 40 pages, illustrated, text in German, in old German Gothic script, pages toned else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

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

Griffiths, Alan J.

A display of the Stamps and Postal History of this Maritime Province to the Royal Philatelic Society London

Publisher: privately published, 2009

Paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, in Very Good condition.

£4.50

Sanford, Kendall C. (Editor)

Whole Nos. 66, 67, 69-73

Publisher: Wreck & Crash Mail Society, 2012-14

Seven issues, A4 paperbacks, illustrated, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Harris, Albert H. (editor)

Publisher: Harris Publications, London, 1938

Paperback, iv + 112 pages, illustrated, spine a little chipped with tiny amount of loss, few slight corner-creases, slight toning to pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Bailey, W.J. and Toop, E.R. (Edited by Edward B. Proud)

Between the Wars and World War Two – 1920 to 1946

Publisher: E.B. Proud, 1985

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 367 pages, slightest signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

[Fitzpatrick, Floyd W.]

also including Aitutaki, Niue and Penrhyn Island

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 1989

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 179 pages + 4 colour plates, with the prices realised, slightly bruised to top of spine else in Very Good condition.

£11.50

Cockburn, Peter

Publisher: privately published, 2014

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, very slight corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Marsh, Victor [pseudonym of H. Edgar Weston] and Van Gelder, Peter (editor)

Publisher: The Postal Stationery Society, 1998

75th Anniversary edition, paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, sunning (fading) to the spine area of the covers else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Weston, H. Edgar

Publisher: British Guiana Philatelic Society, Georgetown, 1920

First edition, reprinted from “The British Guiana Philatelic Journal” December 1919, 8 pages + 2 plates, covers a little soiled, tiny piece missing from lower edge of front cover, in Good condition.

£21.00

Weston, H. Edgar and Van Gelder, Peter (editor)

Publisher: The Postal Stationery Society, 2003

New edition, privately bound with cloth-covered card covers, gilt lettering to front cover, illustrated, 20 pages, ex libris Brian Birch with his bookplate inside front cover, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Air Mail Services – Summer Season, 1921

Publisher: Post Office, London, April 1921

Leaflet, 4 pages, some creases, in Good condition.

£20.00

Baldwin, N.C.

1911-1960

Publisher: Reda SA, Geneva, 1969

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 47 pages, foxing to the covers and a little to the page-edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Johnson, Robert and Lovejoy, Geoff

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2005

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 120 pages, in Very Good condition.

£11.00

Tabeart, Colin and Lucas, Bernard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2006

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 110 pages, in Very Good condition.

£11.50

Johnson, Robert and Wheatley, Richard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2008

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, ix + 110 pages, minimal shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£11.00

[Buranasombati, Pichai]

Publisher: David Feldman, Singapore, 1995

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 159 pages, text in English, slightest hint of lean to the spine, else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Ewen, H. L'Estrange

Describing all Varieties issued by the Railway Companies of Great Britain and Ireland under the authority of the Postmaster-General

Publisher: Ewen's Colonial Stamp Market, London, 1901

First edition, hardback, original half-leather gilt binding, top-edges gilt, illustrated, vii + 430 pages, original leather corners rubbed with some loss, front board and front free-endpaper detached, missing the backstrip (spine-covering), minor dusty marks to first and last few leaves else contents clean, in need of rebinding but a Good working copy.

£85.00

Staff, Frank

1680 – 1918

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1964

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 219 pages + plates, crease and short tear to dustwrapper with tiny amount of loss, book itself in Very Good, clean condition.

£12.00