Philatelic Literature Specialists

Great Britain

Forrestier Smith, Peter A.

An Outline Postal History
Publisher: The East Anglia Postal History Study Circle, 1972

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, [iv] + 92 pages, small mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Green, Doris M.

and Check List of all Issues
Publisher: privately published, 1967

Paperback, [ii] + 26 pages, with Supplement (1969), paperback, [ii] + 8 pages, slight soiling to the covers, slight rust to the staples, in Good condition.

£15.00

A Specialised Postal History and Stamp Sale
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1970

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, with the prices realised, tiny corner-creases to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Postal History of the World, Airmail Covers and Adhesives
Publisher: Harmers, London, 1983

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + xxiv plates, with the prices realised, in Good condition.

£7.50

Douglas, James

Publisher: The Scottish Postmark Group, Edinburgh, nd [circa 1980]

Second edition, large (A4) hardback, illustrated, 71 pages, slight bend to the front cover, in Good condition.

£9.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part IV)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2022

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 144 pages, text in English, with a print-out of the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

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

Piat Dewavrin, F.X.

by a Postal Historian
Publisher: privately published, 1997

Small (A5) paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, minor shelf-wear, corners a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£12.50

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

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1959

Paperback, illustrated, [i] + 21 pages + plate, few spots of foxing to front cover, in Good condition.

£13.50

Summer 2021
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 2021

Paperback, illustrated, 104 pages, in Very Good condition.

£5.00

Hay, Ian

Publisher: HMSO, London, 1946

Paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, corner-crease to front cover and slightly to first few pages, slight dusty marks/foxing to front cover, in Good condition.

£14.50

Hyde, James Wilson

Its Curiosities and Romance
Publisher: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1889

Third edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt with decorative front board, frontispiece, xvi + 306 pages, 2cm tear to top of spine, small marks and stains to the covers, presentation bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, presented to a Post Office Telegraphs Messenger for proficiency at drill and general good conduct in 1906, some wear to front free-endpaper with loss of a tiny corner-piece, in Good condition.

£25.00

Beaumont, K.M. and Stanton, J.B.M.

Part Four: The Issues of King George V
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1957

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages + plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition (in pieces, marked and torn), slight spine-lean, slight toning to pages, a Good working copy.

£22.00

Cribb, Stephen

Vol. 1 The British Postal Order 1881-1981
Publisher: Squirrel Publishing, 1984

Paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 66 pages, covers quite rubbed, in Good condition.

£7.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 204 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Coerts, Gerrie and Maarsen, Fred and van Soest, Aart

Stories and Stamps
Publisher: Detail Topical Stamp Catalogues, Netherlands, 1995

Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 78 pages, text in English, tiny scuff to spine, in Good condition.

£5.00

Boyden, Peter B.

The History of the British Army Postal Service from 1795
Publisher: National Army Museum, London, 1990

Large format (A4) paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated in colour, 48 pages, ex-York Philatelic Society with library marks to title-page, corners creased, a Good reading copy only.

£7.00

Lumley, D.O.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Paper No. 23, paperback, 18 pages + plates, slight corner-crease to front cover, small dent to rear cover, in Good condition.

£12.50

Lumley, D.O.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1939

Post Office Green Paper No. 45, paperback, 21 pages + plates, some corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£12.50

Rose, Stuart

a survey of British stamp design
Publisher: Phaidon, 1980

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 128 pages, a few tiny marks to the page-edges, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£7.50

Daunton, M.J.

The Post Office since 1840
Publisher: The Athlone Press, London, 1985

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xviii + 388 pages + plates, Foreword by Asa Briggs, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned, minor shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£10.50

Historic Stagecoach Route Bristol-Chepstow-Monmouth-Hereford-Shrewsbury-Chester
Publisher: Hereford Head Post Office, circa 1982

Set of five large format postcards in card folder, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Donald, Archie

An Account of the Handling and Transportation of the Written Communication of Sevenoaks District (Westerham to Wrotham, Biggin Hill to Edenbridge) on the Road to Rye and Hastings
Publisher: Woodvale Press, Tenterden, 1992

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, xiii + 452 pages, short tear to dustwrapper, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned, binding a little shaken, in Good condition.

£13.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part II)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2020

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 176 pages, text in English, with a print-out of the prices realised, slightest signs of shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Hall, Arthur W.G.

Publisher: privately published, Nottingham, 1947

Hardback, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, 152 pages + plates, several short tears to the dustwrapper, book itself in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Williamson, Sir Frederick

Together with a copy and a transcription of the Proclamation of King Charles the First establishing the first State postal service for the conveyance of private letters in England and Scotland
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1934

Post Office Green Papers No. 1, paperback, 18 pages, slight age-wear else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Hudson, Capt. A.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Papers No. 28, paperback, 14 pages + 8 plates, rusty staples, dent to rear cover and slightly affecting some pages, in Good condition.

£12.50

Radice, F.R.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937

Post Office Green Papers No. 35, paperback, frontispiece + 14 pages, rusty staples, some tiny marks to covers, rear cover creased, in Good condition.

£10.00