Philatelic Literature Specialists

Airmail

Great Britain

Hopkins, A.E.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Bath, 1929

Hardback, original orange cloth, 23 pages + 6 plates, previous owner’s name to front pastedown-endpaper, slight hint of foxing to front free-endpaper, in Good condition.

£30.00

Baldwin, N.C.

A Chronological Record of all Projected, Attempted and Successful Atlantic Flights until the Inception of Regular Services, and a Priced Catalogue of Souvenirs

Publisher: F.J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, 1945

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, 95 pages, mild signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Entwistle, Charles R.

Transatlantic & Beyond

Publisher: Chavril Press, nd

Paperback, 24 pages, very slight marks to the covers, very slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£6.00

Sanford, Kendall C.

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2003

Large (A4) paperback (card covers), illustrated, xii + 190 pages + appendices, with separate price guide loosely inserted, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Redgrove, H. Stanley

The Story of their Development from the Venture of the Great Western Railway in 1933 to the Outbreak of the War with Germany

Publisher: privately published, 1940

Hardback, x + 150 pages + 4 plates, illustrated, Foreword by Sir William Lindsay Everard, M.P., some toning to the free endpapers, very slight cracking to front inner-hinge, some slight foxing to top page-edges, a few handwritten corrections to pages, a Good reading copy.

£50.00

Mackay, James

Publisher: Batsford, London, 1971

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 216 pages, slight shelfwear and dusty marks to the dustwrapper, minor foxing to page-edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

Beith, Richard

A chronological history of aerophilatelic events with Yorkshire connections

Publisher: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1983

Paperback, illustrated, 70 pages, some dusty marks and foxing to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£6.50

Cluett, Douglas

Flights and other links between Croydon Airport and Australia

Publisher: London Borough of Sutton Leisure Services, 1988

Large paperback, illustrated, iii + 77 pages, corners a little rubbed, but contents clean and sound, in Good condition.

£7.50

Kronstein, Dr. Max

1830-1935

Publisher: American Air Mail Society, 1978

Hardback, illustrated, vi + 310 pages, slight dusty marks to the page-edges else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Farrugia, Jean and Gammons, Tony

Five centuries of postal transport by land, sea and air

Publisher: National Postal Museum, London, 1980

Paperback, illustrated, 84 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Beith, Richard

Publisher: privately published, 1981

No.263 of a limited edition of 750 copies, paperback, 84 pages, dusty marks to the covers and to top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£7.50

Short, Simine

An Aerophilatelic Handbook

Publisher: American Air Mail Society, Chicago, 1987

Hardback, illustrated, 261 pages, spine-lean, small mark to fore-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£30.00

Baldwin, N.C.

Publisher: Francis J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, 1966

Paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, slight creasing to front cover, in Good condition.

£6.50

Newall, Alexander S.

Publisher: Newall Consultants Ltd., London, nd (circa 1983)

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xv + 226 pages, dustwrapper slightly rubbed and with a very short tear, ex libris National Archives of Canada with bookplate to front endpaper and label to spine, in Good condition.

£12.50

Gatchell, L.B. (Editor-in-Chief)

A Reference Listing of the Airposts of the World, Volume One

Publisher: American Air Mail Society, 1966

Fourth edition, Deluxe edition, hardback, silver page-edges, signed by the editors, illustrated, 541 pages, ex libris Canada National Postal Museum with label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Holmes, Donald B.

an illustrated history 1793-1981

Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter Inc., New York, 1981

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 226 pages, ex libris Canada National Postal Museum with label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown endpaper and library pocket at rear, else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

[Wilson, Harold]

of British and Australian – Airmail, Railway and Local Postal History

Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2005

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Champion, Théodore

Publisher: Théodore Champion, Paris, 1930

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.

£35.00

1980 London Congress

Publisher: International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies (FISA), 1980

Paperback, illustrated, 87 pages, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£4.00

Vogt, Ronny

Publisher: Irish Airmail Society, 1997

Second edition, large format paperback (card covers), pictorial card dustwrapper, illustrated, 266 pages, in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Clement, Alfred

1795-1954

Publisher: privately published, Graz, 1955

Paperback, illustrated, 160 pages, text in German, some wear to spine, covers toned and creased at corners, previous owner’s name to title-page, page-edges slightly spotted, occasional small blemishes to page margins but contents mainly clean, a Good working copy.

£30.00

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

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

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

Publisher: Spink, London, 2012

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 82 pages, slight corner creases to front cover else in VG condition.

£7.50

[Bergier, Joseph]

including the collection formed by Mr. Joseph Bergier FRPS,L of Transatlantic Pioneer Air Mails

Publisher: Harmers, London, 2004

Auction catalogue, large format paperback, 27 pages + 48 pages of colour plates, with the prices realised, in VG condition.

£9.50

Champion, Théodore

Publisher: Théodore Champion, Paris, 1924

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.

£20.00

Pickering, John

Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1977

First edition, paperback, illustrated, viii + 93 pages, slight corner-crease to front cover, pages lightly toned, spine slightly sunned, else in VG condition.

£9.00

Gunn, John

Qantas 1919-1939

Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 1985

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 400 pages, slight signs of wear else in Very Good condition.

£22.00