Philatelic Literature Specialists

General philatelic works

Dollfus, Charles and Maincent, Paul

tome II: Les Aérostiers aux Armées, la Science, la Presse, les Dirigeables
Publisher: Icare, 1976

Large format, paperback, illustrated, 120 pages, text in French, minor wear to spine else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Dollfus, Charles and Maincent, Paul

tome I: Les Ballons du Siège, La Post Aérienne
Publisher: Icare, 1971

Large format, paperback, illustrated, 208 pages, text in French, a little rubbed at extremities else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Pace, Arnaldo

Publisher: F & N, 1973

Paperback, illustrated, 60 pages, text in Italian, short closed tear to front cover near spine, label fixed to spine with tape, a few other minor signs of wear but contenets fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

Champion, Théodore

Publisher: Théodore Champion, Paris, 1922

Second edition, hardback, cloth spine with paper-covered boards, illustrated, 121 pages, text in French, corners slightly rubbed, a little minor soiling but contents clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

Collins, A. Frederick

Publisher: D. Appleton - Century Co., New York, 1936

Harback, original pictorial cloth, xiv + 200 pages + plates, corner of front cover rubbed, small scuff to front endpaper, foxing to edges, in fairly Good condition.

£8.50

Deroche, Gilles

Publisher: Terres Ardennaises, 1987

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 56 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Tome 1 L’Aéromaritime, La TAI, Aigle Azur
Publisher: Icare, 1989

Large format, paperback, illustrated, 174 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Publisher: Icare, 1988

Large format, paperback, illustrated, 134 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Johnstone, Albert B. and Startup, Robin M.

The Story of the Railway Travelling Post Offices of New Zealand
Publisher: Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, Wellington, 2001

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiii + 206 pages, in Very Good condition.

£65.00

Publisher: Whitfield King & Co., Ipswich, 1902

Third edition, hardback, original dark blue cloth gilt, interleaved, vii + 362 pages + 58pp 1901 Price List, ex libris Brighton & Hove Philatelic Society with their bookplates to front endpapers, and small paper label to spine, else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Publisher: Bright & Son, London, 1916

Eleventh edition, small hardback, vii + 327 pages + 44pp publisher’s advertisements, ex libris Brighton & Hove Philatelic Society with their bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper, binding rubbed but solid, pages clean and crisp, in Good condition.

£9.50

Williams, L.N. & M.

Publisher: privately published, 1960

First edition, hardback, illustrated, 132 pages, bottom corner of front cover very slightly bumped else in VG condition.

£65.00

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

[Souren, Y.]

Parts I and II
Publisher: H.R. Harmer, New York, 1951

Auction catalogues, paperback, 148 + 88 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, Part I has short tears to spine and a little soiling to front cover, slight creasing to the covers, in Good condition.

£15.00

[Moens, J.-B.]

Publisher: J.-B. Moens, Bruxelles, 1885-91

Hardback, seven complete years (23rd-29th) bound together in two volumes (without the “Le Timbre Fiscal” supplements), half-leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spines, text in French, leather bindings a little rubbed, some occasional foxing, occasional marks and one or two short tears to page-edges, in Good condition.

£120.00

[Moens, J.-B.]

Publisher: J.-B. Moens, Bruxelles, 1884-85

Hardback, two complete years (22nd & 23rd) bound together in one volume, complete with the Supplements “Le Timbre Fiscal”, quarter-leather binding with raised bands and gilt title to spine, text in French, spine rubbed, mild foxing to first & last leaves and to edges, in Good condition.

£40.00

[Colby, Sylvester]

Publisher: Robert A. Siegel, New York, 1974

Auction catalogue, paperback, 40 pages, in VG condition.

£12.50

Ullrich, Michael

Verzeichnis der bisher erschienenen deutschsprachigen Literatur über die Philatelie des Großherzogtums Baden
Publisher: ArGe Baden, 1994

Paperback, 133 pages, text in German, very slight creasing, else in Very Good condition.

£18.00

Williams, L.N. & M.

Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1971

First edition in book form, fourth printing, hardback, illustrated, 629 pages + xxx index, slight spine-lean, mild spotting to top page-edges, slight rippling to lower margins of pages, a Good reading copy.

£35.00

Hurtré, André

Histoire, réglementation et catalogue
Publisher: L'Académie de Philatélie, 2007

Large format paperback, illustrated, 266 pages + valuation guide, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Chauvet, Michèle

1 – Genève de 1669 à 1849
Publisher: Brun & Fils, 2003

La Poste Internationale Tome 3. Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 305 pages, text in French, very light soiling to page-edges, minor wear else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

[Caspary, Alfred H.]

United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Publisher: H.R. Harmer, New York, 1955-1957

Hardback, blue cloth gilt, six catalogues bound in one volume, with all the prices realised and Index, slight fading/wear to upper portion of the spine else in Very Good condition.

£110.00

Pringle, John

A Record of the First Attempts to Carry Mail by Balloon in Great Britain, With a Chapter on Dr. Barton and his Dirigible Airship
Publisher: Privately published, nd (circa 1928)

Hardback, original blue cloth gilt, 126 pages, many illustrations including two colour plates, some wear to the covers, small marks to front cover, a little mild foxing to the endpapers, in Good condition.

£50.00

Startup, R.M.

N.Z. Military Postal Services 1950-57
Publisher: Laurie Franks, Christchurch, 1959

Second edition, paperback, 22 pages + illustrations, slight foxing to the covers else in VG condition.

£15.00

[Doolittle, F.W.]

The F.W. Doolittle Collection
Publisher: Sotheby's, London, 1980

Auction catalogue, paperback, 19 pages, with the prices realised, tiny scuff to front cover with small amount of loss to the surface area, else in VG condition.

£9.50

[Adams, H.C.V.]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1956

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, with the prices realised, short tear at foot of spine, light marks, pages clean, in Good condition.

£18.00

Fleming, Ian J.

A History of the Scottish Philatelic Society 1893-1993
Publisher: Scottish Philatelic Society, Edinburgh, 1993

Paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, VG condition.

£5.00