General philatelic works
Paperback, illustrated, xiii + 190 pages, each section of the catalogue written in the language of that country (Estonian, Latvian, or Lithuanian), and with translation in English and German, pages toned, some corner-creases, tiny short tear to front cover, tear to rear cover with loss of small corner-piece, in Fair to Good condition.
Facsimile reprint, small format paperback, 204 pages + 45 plates, text in English, spine-lean, foxing to the page-edges, a Good reading copy.
Hardback, 297 pages, illustrated, text in French, spine very slightly rubbed, a few dusty marks, in Good condition.
First edition, hardback, original publisher’s dark green cloth gilt, illustrated, 55 pages, endpapers slightly toned, a few small blemishes to the covers, in Good condition.
Hardback, xi + 446 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, top of spine a little rubbed, a few small marks to rear cover and to edge of last couple of pages, in Good condition.
Hardback, illustrated, 168 pages, slight warping (bend) to the covers and twist to the binding, a Good working copy.
First edition, hardback, original pictorial green cloth, all page-edges gilt, [ii] + 154 pages, interleaved, a little rippling to the binding, ex-Sheffield Philatelic Society Library with library bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper, and small library stamps at front and back, missing front free-endpaper, in Good condition.
Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 65 + 40 pages, text in French, slight toning to the page-edges, mild corner-crease, in Good condition.
Hardback, clothbound, upper page-edges gilt, xxiv + 640 pages, with the four language Wörterbuch bound in at front, interleaved, text in German, foxing to endpapers, two pages of the Wörterbuch have come loose and are very chipped at the edges, in Good condition.
Harback, illustrated, 1590 pages, text in German, foot of spine very slightly rubbed, small remnants of a label to the front cover, page-edges slightly toned, binding solid, in Good condition.
Paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, text in English & Spanish, paper quite toned, edges quite chipped with a small amount of loss, fragile but nevertheless in Good condition.
Second edition, hardback, original green cloth binding, 12 + 424 pages, illustrated, text in German, slight dusty marks/mild foxing to page-edges, slight cracking of inner-hinge with pages 1-16 detached from main text block (but still present), in Good condition.
Hardback, recent cloth binding with remnants of the original front cover pasted to the front board, 121 pages + publisher’s advertisements, text in German, ex Junior Philatelic Society/National Philateic Society with library marks to front cover, front endpapers, title-page and one other page, tiny corner-pieces missing from first few pages, in Good condition.
Third edition, hardback, original publisher’s printed blue cloth, interleaved, xii + 160 pages, ex Bath Philatelic Society with library bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper else in Very Good condition.
First edition, paperback (card covers), comb-bound, illustrated, [iv] + 155 pages, in Very Good condition.
Paperback, illustrated, 161 pages, text in French, slight wear to head of spine, ex library marks to first and last pages, pages slightly toned, in Good condition.
Sixth edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, vii + 547 pages, bilingual text in French & English, corners of front cover very slightly bumped, a few minor blemishes, in Good condition.
Fifth edition, hardback, original cloth binding with embossed decoration, 512 pages + 168 plates, text in German, binding a little shaken, slight vertical crease to middle of spine, a couple of tiny tears to the front endpaper, ex libris Sveriges Filatelistforening with their inkstamp to front endpaper, in Good condition. With the 1885 Nachtrag (supplement) paperback with plain grey card covers, continuing the pages from 513 to 701, and plates 169 to 193, in Good condition.
Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, in Very Good condition.
Sixth edition, hardback, half-leather binding with marbled boards, xv + 523 pages, leather corners and spine quite rubbed with some loss to top of spine, paper-covered marbled boards also slightly rubbed with a little loss, some scattered foxing to endpapers and first & last few leaves, some pencil underlining & pencil notes in margins of pages, in Good condition.
Second edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 160 pages, text in German, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.
Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, in Very Good condition.
First edition, card covers, illustrated, 42 pages, slightly rusty staples, tiny short tear to edge of one page, in Good condition.
Paperback, illustrated, 160 pages, rubbed at top of spine, slight corner-crease to front cover, pages a little toned, in Good condition.
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.
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.
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.
Two volumes, paperback, original grey paper covers, illustrated, 170 + 148 pages, text in French, limited edition of 150, slight foxing to covers & endpapers, backstrips (spine coverings) worn with some loss, bindings splitting apart (these original paper covers were expected to be only temporary, as the owner was expected to have the volumes hardbound), internally in nice condition, would benefit from re-binding, in Good condition.
Paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, text in German with a Preface in English, bump to foot of spine with small amount of loss, slight age-wear, in Good condition.
Third edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt, illustrated, 240 pages + folding table of Siege of Paris Balloon flights, text in French, slight cracking to rear inner-hinge, inkstamps of Manchester Philatelic Society to front endpapers, else in Very Good condition.
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