Philatelic Literature Specialists

USA

The Americas

Gamett, James and Paher, Stanley W.

An Illustrated History
Publisher: Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, 1983

Hardback, dustwrapper, 176 pages, illustrated, a few short tears to the dustwrapper, in Good condition.

£9.50

Bergier, Joseph

Marques Occasionnelles Manuscrites
Publisher: L'Union Marcophile, Paris, 1989

Paperback, illustrated, 55 pages, text in French, some signs of use, in Good condition.

£9.50

Tristant, Henri

1840-1868
Publisher: L'Union Marcophile, Paris, 1984

Paperback, illustrated, 52 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Johnson, Robert and Lovejoy, Geoff

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2005

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 120 pages, in Very Good condition.

£11.00

Luff, John N. and Clark, Hugh M.

Part One – Postmasters’ Provisionals
Publisher: Scott Stamp & Coin Co., N.Y., 1937

Second (revised) edition, large hardback, original grey cloth gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author, 75 pages + 15 loose plates in pocket at end, small paper label to front cover, minor age-wear else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Publisher: Marken- & Ganzsachenhaus Co. and J.M. Bartels Co., New York, 1921

Auction catalogue, paperback, 68 pages + 40 plates, text in English, slight crease to front cover, a few tiny blemishes to the covers, slight creasing to page edges of the first few plates, in Good condition.

£95.00

Bussey, Lewis E.

Publisher: United Postal Stationery Society, 2010

65th Anniversary edition, hardback, xxxviii + 248 pages, illustrated, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London Library with library bookplate to front endpaper and embossed stamp to title-page, tiny knock to top corner of front cover and slightly creasing page corners, tiny dent to top edge of front cover, in Good condition.

£27.00

Jones, A.D.

A Chronology of the Early United States Government Air Mail, March-December 1918
Publisher: American Air Mail Society, New York, 1993

Large format paperback, illustrated, 128 pages, tiny corner-creases else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Meyer, Henry A. and Harris, Frederic R. et al

Its Stamps and Postal History
Publisher: The Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1948

First edition, paperback, original grey card covers, xii + 412 pages, illustrated, ex-Canadian Postal Museum library with library label to spine, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, some wear and sunning to the spine, in Good condition.

£45.00

Brannon, Peter A.

and a story of the Thomas Welsh Provisional Stamped Envelope together with the activities of the Montgomery Postoffice in the Confederate period
Publisher: privately published, Montgomery, Alabama, 1960

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xi + 166 pages, foxing and marks to the dustwrapper, slight cracking to binding, a Good reading copy only.

£12.50

Kohl, Paul

Publisher: Paul Kohl, Chemnitz, 1911

Small paperback, original blue paper covers, illustrated, 40 pages, text in German, a few small marks to the covers, slight corner-creasing, a few pencil marks to pages, two short tears to edge of one page, in Good condition.

£24.00

Long, Bryant A. and Dennis, William J.

The Story of the Postal Transportation Service
Publisher: Simmons-Boardman, New York, 1951

First edition, hardback, original brown cloth, dustwrapper, xii + 414 pages + plates, dustwrapper torn in several places with some loss, some dusty marks to page-edges, signed dedication to the original owner from the author, in Good condition.

£14.50

Henney, G.

with notes on the other armed forces
Publisher: Philatelic Society of Fiji, Suva, 1979

First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, front cover sunned, some foxing and creasing, a Good reading copy.

£6.50

Jersey, Stanley C.

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle of Great Britain, 1978

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 39 pages, slightest shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Hale, Joseph M.

Publisher: J.M. Hale & Everett Wallster, Boston, Mass., 1934

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, some toning to the covers, signed by the author, in Good condition.

£10.00

Smith, William

1639-1870
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1920

First edition, hardback, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, ix + 356 pages + 3 plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition with toning, creasing and tears with some loss, obvious spine-lean to the binding, toning and foxing to page-edges, a Fair to Good reading copy only.

£40.00

Slawson, George C. and Bingham, Arthur and Sprague, W. Drenan

Publisher: Collectors Club, New York, 1969

First edition, hardback, xi + 308 pages, illustrated, in Good condition.

£40.00

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

Cockrill, Philip

Trans-Pacific, Central & South American Routes
Publisher: Philip Cockrill, circa 1988

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

£10.00

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

Publisher: National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, 1950

Paperback, 112 pages, covers a little rubbed, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

["Høgensborg"]

The “Høgensborg” Collection (part II)
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2019

Auction catalogue, hardback, 84 pages, illustrated, text in English, tiny knock to top of spine else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Patton, Donald S.

1844-1882
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, nd [circa 1960s]

Paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, mild sunning and foxing to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.50

Feldman, Hugh V.

(Star Routes 1824-1875)
Publisher: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 2008

Large hardback, dustwrapper, x + 396 pages, illustrated, signed by the author, slight hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Part 1 Domestic
Publisher: US Post Office Dept., Washington DC, 1951

Hardback, original grey cloth, vii + 784 pages, some foxing to spine and to upper page-edges, slight bump to corner of rear cover, in Good condition.

£20.00