Philatelic Literature Specialists

Maritime

Great Britain

The Graham Booth Collection

Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2023

Auction catalogue, hardback, 96 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Tabeart, Colin

A study of the Maritime Postal Markings of the British Isles based on the work of Alan W Robertson

Publisher: James Bendon, Limassol, 1997

First edition, hardback, dustjacket, xiv + 314 pages, tiny nick to lower edge of front panel of the dustwrapper, lower corners of front cover very slightly bumped else in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Hosking, Roger and Cockrill, Philip

Part II

Publisher: Philip Cockrill, c1990

Paperback, 88 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfries, 1979

Large (A4) paperback, 40 pages + illustrations, tiny mark to front cover, slight toning to pages, in Good condition.

£11.50

Robertson, Alan W.

Publisher: privately published, nd (circa 1957)

First edition, 24 loose-leaf pages in card folder, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Sinfield, Cyril A. and Montgomery, Malcolm B.

An Examination of the History of the Post Office and the Postal Services in and about Portsmouth

Publisher: Portsmouth & District Philatelic Society, 2011

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, viii + 257 pages, some small signs of wear, in Good condition.

£18.00

Turner, David Duncan

Ocean and Imperial Penny Postage 1840-1918; Elihu Burritt to Sir John Henniker Heaton: a Maritime Social Philately Case Study

Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 2014

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 416 pages, slightest minimal shelf-wear to the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£65.00

Hosking, Roger

Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2002

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Mayne, Richard

1771-1971

Publisher: Picton Publishing, Chippenham, 1971

Hardback, dustwrapper, [x] + 108 pages, illustrated, dustwrapper price-clipped, some small old sellotape marks to endpapers and to verso of the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£10.50

Whitney, Dr. J.T.

Publisher: BPH Publications, 1981

Fourth edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 312 pages, dustwrapper slightly rubbed at edges and with a tiny tear, some foxing and toning to the page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£9.50

Arnell, J.C. and Mackenzie, K.S. (editor)

A history of the mail service between Great Britain and Canada to 1889

Publisher: National Postal Museum, Ottawa, 1980

No. 173 of 250 copies of the deluxe edition, hardbound in quarter morocco, slipcased, signed by both authors, xii + 412 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£100.00

McCloy, Brian; Oxley, Geoff and Stroud, Richard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2002

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, iv + 96 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Kirk, R.]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1987

Auction catalogue, paperback, 24 pages + 26 plates, some slight wear to the spine and covers, some pencil notes in page margins, in Good condition.

£8.50

Tristant, Henri

1837-1851

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1987

Paperback, illustrated, 175 pages, text in French, signed by the author, a few minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Moubray, Jane & Michael

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1992

First edition, large hardback, illustrated, xxxii + 512 pages + 2 colour plates, previous owner’s bookplate to front endpaper, tiny signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£65.00

Staff, Frank

Publisher: Adlard Coles Ltd., 1956

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth binding, dustwrapper, illustrated, 191 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with tears and loss, slight hint of spine-lean, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£30.00

Ruffle, J.W.B.

Maritime Mail 1815-1868: Part 2

Publisher: Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1988

Large format paperback, illustrated, xx + 33 pages, some foxing to page-edges, in Good condition.

£8.50

Proud, Hector and Kirk, Reg and Proud, E.B. (editor)

The British Sea Post Offices in the East

Publisher: Proud Bailey Co. Ltd., East Sussex, 2003

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 476 pages, one or two tiny signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Publisher: Les Congolâtres, 2017

Bulletin No. 30, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 129 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Robinson, Howard

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1964

Hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, 327 pages + plates, few short tears to dustwrapper, slightest hint of spine-lean, pages fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

[Ellott, Gerald]

Publisher: Prestige Philately, Australia, 2011

Auction catalogue, large paperback, illustrated, 106 pages, prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Leslie, H.W.

Being an Account of the Operations of the Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 1914-1919

Publisher: Heinemann, London, 1920

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, 207 pages + plates, tiny hint of spine-lean, foxing to page-edges and a little scattered foxing to pages, minor cracking to rear inner-hinge, a Good reading copy.

£13.50

Tabeart, Colin

An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century

Publisher: privately published, 1999

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 189 pages, yellowing to the transparent plastic front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

Osborn, Geoffrey

A Study of Letters Sent to and from British Royal Navy Officers Serving Abroad in the Victorian Era

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, Bristol, 1995

Large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 134 pages, tiny dent to spine, covers a little rubbed at edges and slightly creased at corners, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£11.50

Robertson, Alan W.

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1960

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, interleaved, 68 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with dusty marks, numerous tears and loss of some pieces, a little foxing to the endpapers, corner-crease to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£24.00

Cockrill, Philip

Transatlantic Routes

Publisher: Philip Cockrill, nd [circa 1987]

Paperback, 84 pages, illustrated, binding slightly askew, slight shelf-wear to the covers, small scuff to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

and also An Order in Council, dated 5th April 1805

Publisher: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, London, 1805

Hardback, marbled paper-covered boards, 86 + [60] pages, covers a little rubbed, minor spine defects, in Very Good condition.

£195.00