Philatelic Literature Specialists

Post Office History

Great Britain

Raynham, F.J. and Calvert, W.S.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Papers No. 27, paperback, colour frontispiece, 24 pages + plates, some foxing and marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

Carter, W.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937

Post Office Green Paper No. 36, paperback, 22 pages + plates, slight foxing and tiny marks to the covers, slight crease to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Clear, C.R.

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, 1935

Post Office Green Papers No. 15, first edition, paperback, frontispiece, 19 pages, very slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.

£14.50

Ballantyne, R.M.

A Tale of Her Majesty’s Mails
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., London, 1881

Later impression (“tenth thousand”), hardback, original embossed green cloth gilt, vi + 424 pages + plates + publisher’s advertisements, front and rear hinges cracking, foxing to first page, original owner’s gift inscription at front, in reasonably Good condition.

£24.00

Hyde, J. Wilson

Publisher: Adam & Charles Black, London, 1894

First edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt, xvi + 355 pages, spine slightly toned and marked, a short tear to the front inner hinge, in Good condition.

£25.00

Muir, Douglas N.

A New Appreciation
Publisher: The National Postal Museum, London, 1990

First edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 242 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Rennie, Paul

GPO Posters
Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2011

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 96 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Gurney, David

Publisher: C.I.S.S. Publishing, 2001

Large paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, [viii] + 376 pages, with separate valuation guide in pocket at end, corner-creases to the front cover and some pages, in Good condition.

£20.00

Campbell-Smith, Duncan

The Authorized History of Royal Mail
Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2012

Paperback, xxx + 849 pages + 32 plates, slight shelfwear, page-edges very slightly toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

Jackson, G. Gibbard

The Story of the British Post Office
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, nd [circa 1920s]

Hardback, original blue cloth, xii + 244 pages + plates, covers rubbed and with some marks, page-edges toned, a little foxing, a Good reading copy only.

£10.00

Proud, Edward B.

Post Office Records: Section 3, Volumes 5 & 6
Publisher: Proud-Bailey, 1984

Hardback, illustrated, 231 pages, tiny mark to front cover, price sticker to rear cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Austen, Brian

A study based on Kent examples
Publisher: Phillimore, 1978

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 192 pages, dustwrapper price-clipped and very slightly rubbed at edges, slightest hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£7.50

Shackleton, Tim

Publisher: Royal Mail Stamps, London, 1990

Paperback (thin card covers), dustwrapper, illustrated, 40 pages, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

West, Richard and Muir, Douglas N.

Publisher: Royal Mail, London, 1994

Hardback, illustrated, 55 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Proud, Edward B.

Post Office Records: Section 2, Volumes 3 & 4
Publisher: Proud-Bailey, 1983

Hardback, illustrated, 97 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Ardouin, E.G.

A Story of the British Post Office
Publisher: The Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, London, 1952

Small paperback, illustrated, 45 pages, slightly rusted staples, a little creasing/mild shelfwear, in Good condition.

£8.50

Adamson, T.L.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935

Post Office Green Papers No. 18, paperback, 20 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Harper, Charles G.

Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London, 1907

First edition, two volumes, hardback, original green cloth, frontispiece + xix + 358 pages, frontispiece + xiii + 332 pages, illustrated with full-page plates and numerous illustrations within the text, Vol. 2 a little rubbed to spine and with slight foxing to preliminaries, edges a little dusty, else in Very Good condition.

£48.00

Fryer, Gavin

How the Blind have been Served by the Post
Publisher: privately published by the author, 2010

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xii + 165 pages, dedication from the author to the previous owner on title-page, slight mark/shelfwear to dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£38.00

Aaron, Henry

Looking at Street Furniture
Publisher: Warne, London, 1982

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 182 pages, slight wear to dustwrapper, in Good condition.

£7.50

A Celebration in 25 Postcards
Publisher: Royal Mail, London, 2002

Paperback (pictorial card covers), lightly rubbed at edges else in VG condition.

£6.50

Hey, Colin G.

Victorian Genius and Benefactor 1795-1879
Publisher: Quiller Press, London, 1989

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xviii + 192 pages + plates, pages very toned (browned), in Good condition.

£9.00

Scott, John

Publisher: Edward and Charles Dilley, London, 1778

First edition, hardback, half leather, marbled boards, leather label to spine, [32] + 352 + [20] pages, re-backed with new leather spine, front inner hinge cracking slightly, occasional foxing, in Good condition.

£150.00

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: The Postal History Society, Bath, 1966

Paperback, illustrated, 98 pages + xiii plates, rear cover corner-creased and with a slight scuff, edges a little dusty, in Good condition.

£12.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1986

Large (A4) paperback, 120 pages + xvii plates, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Lovegrove, J.W.

Publisher: privately published, 1989

Second edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 140 pages, in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Moore, Mary F.

Publisher: General Post Office, nd (circa 1967)

Paperback (illustrated card covers), illustrated, 56 pages, covers slightly scuffed with a little loss, but internally very clean. In Good condition.

£5.00