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We specialise in all aspects of philatelic literature on a full-time basis and hold extensive stocks of second-hand and selected new titles. Below is a selection of the newest items added to the site.

Hawkins, Joel A.

Publisher: privately published, Arizona, nd {circa 1990s]

Paperback, loose-leaf pages, illustrated, ii + 39 pages, in Very Good condition.

£6.50

Moschetti, Cesare

Emessi dal 1901 al 1931
Publisher: privately published, 1931

Paperback, illustrated, vi + 178 pages, text in Italian, slight spine-lean, covers a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£25.00

Meredith, C.W. and Kidd, Cyril

Light is shed on the “Posted in Advance” Scheme for Delivery on Christmas Day, 1902-9
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1954

A Philatelic Adviser Handbook, paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 24 pages, a few slight marks to the covers, small corner-crease, in Good condition.

£6.50

Marsh, Victor [pseudonym of H. Edgar Weston] and Van Gelder, Peter (editor)

Publisher: The Postal Stationery Society, 1998

75th Anniversary edition, paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, sunning (fading) to the spine area of the covers else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Weston, H. Edgar

Publisher: British Guiana Philatelic Society, Georgetown, 1920

First edition, reprinted from “The British Guiana Philatelic Journal” December 1919, 8 pages + 2 plates, covers a little soiled, tiny piece missing from lower edge of front cover, in Good condition.

£21.00

Weston, H. Edgar and Van Gelder, Peter (editor)

Publisher: The Postal Stationery Society, 2003

New edition, privately bound with cloth-covered card covers, gilt lettering to front cover, illustrated, 20 pages, ex libris Brian Birch with his bookplate inside front cover, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Air Mail Services – Summer Season, 1921
Publisher: Post Office, London, April 1921

Leaflet, 4 pages, some creases, in Good condition.

£20.00

Baldwin, N.C.

1911-1960
Publisher: Reda SA, Geneva, 1969

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 47 pages, foxing to the covers and a little to the page-edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Vollmeier, Paolo

Publisher: Sirotti Editore, Milano, 1979

First edition. large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 389 pages, text in Italian, with the very useful Introduction also in English, French & German, dustwrapper spine sunned else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Vollmeier, Paolo

Fino al 1851
Publisher: Firenze, 1974

First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 299 pages, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Johnson, Robert and Lovejoy, Geoff

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2005

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

£11.00

Tabeart, Colin and Lucas, Bernard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2006

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 110 pages, in Very Good condition.

£11.50

Johnson, Robert and Wheatley, Richard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2008

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, ix + 110 pages, minimal shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£11.00

[Buranasombati, Pichai]

Publisher: David Feldman, Singapore, 1995

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 159 pages, text in English, slightest hint of lean to the spine, else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Ewen, H. L'Estrange

Describing all Varieties issued by the Railway Companies of Great Britain and Ireland under the authority of the Postmaster-General
Publisher: Ewen's Colonial Stamp Market, London, 1901

First edition, hardback, original half-leather gilt binding, top-edges gilt, illustrated, vii + 430 pages, original leather corners rubbed with some loss, front board and front free-endpaper detached, missing the backstrip (spine-covering), minor dusty marks to first and last few leaves else contents clean, in need of rebinding but a Good working copy.

£85.00

Birch, L.

Its Aberrations, Flaws, Abnormalities
Publisher: The Midland Stamp Co., Birmingham, no date

Hardback, illustrated, [iv] + 36 pages + plate loosely inserted, slight wear to spine and corners of the covers, few pencil marks to the pages, a Good working copy.

£20.00

James, H.A.H.

Publisher: The King George VI Collectors Society, 1999

Large format paperback, illustrated, 170 pages, some slight marks to the covers, minor creasing and some wear, in Good condition.

£14.50

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

Staff, Frank

1680 – 1918
Publisher: The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1964

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 219 pages + plates, crease and short tear to dustwrapper with tiny amount of loss, book itself in Very Good, clean condition.

£12.00

Part IV – Important Stamps & Covers of the British Empire
Publisher: Spink & H.R. Harmer, London, 2005

Auction catalogue, paperback, 202 pages, illustrated, corners of covers very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Sweet, Fay

Publisher: The British Library & Royal Mail, London, 2002

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 112 pages, with two sets of the Golden Jubilee stamps loosely inserted, in Very Good condition.

£6.00

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1958

Auction catalogue, paperback, 24 pages, with a photocopy of the prices realised, slight corner-crease to front cover, in Good condition.

£9.00

Unused, Used and On Cover. Including the General Issues of French Colonies
Publisher: Mercury Stamp Company, New York, 1953

Auction catalogue, paperback, 84 pages, illustrated, text in English, mild dusty marks to the covers, tiny nick to edge of rear cover, else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

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

Tombs, R.C.

Publisher: J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, circa 1899

First edition, original red cloth gilt, decorated front cover, 295 pages + plates, spine sunned and slightly rubbed, some foxing to the endpapers, original owner’s name to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£22.00

Woodall, Robert G.

Publisher: privately published, 1964

First edition, paperback (card covers), circa 160 pages + plates, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Brunel, Georges

Publisher: Charles Mendel, Paris, nd [circa 1907]

First edition, hardback, red cloth binding with original brown paper covers bound in, illustrated, 23 pages, text in French, ex-Junior Philatelic Society Library with Crouch Bequest bookplate inside front cover, some library marks to endpapers,  some foxing to the pages, in Good condition.

£20.00

Wall, Alan J.

1830-1860
Publisher: Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1996

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, viii + 30 pages, illustrated, a couple of tiny marks to the rear cover, very slight crease to rear cover and last few pages, in Good condition.

£9.50

Stray, Julian

Publisher: The British Postal Museum & Archive, London, 2006

Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated in colour, viii + 79 pages, some slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£5.00

Briggs, Daniel

Publisher: Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, Bristol, 1983

Paperback, 22 pages, illustrated, small inscription to front cover and previous owner’s name inside, in Good condition.

£5.00