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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.

Osborne, H.

Publisher: H.F. Johnson, London, 1946

Second edition, large hardback, original cloth gilt, illustrated, 170 pages + plates, spine a little sunned, some small marks to the endpapers, slight corner-creases to front free-endpaper, in Good condition.

£120.00

Harper, Charles G.

A Picturesque History of the Coaching Age
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London, 1903

First edition, two volumes, hardback, original red cloth gilt, top page-edges gilt, frontispiece + xii + 360 pages, frontispiece + xi + 368 pages, illustrated with full-page plates and numerous illustrations within the text, bindings a little sunned, a couple of short tears to foot of both spines, small mark to spine of Vol II, some cracking to front inner-hinges of both volumes, a little scattered foxing to endpapers, in Good condition.

£60.00

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 380 pages, text mainly in English (Germany and Austria sections in German), in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Die Sammlung “Bredeney” (Teil 4)
Publisher: Württembergisches Auktionhaus, Stuttgart, 2019

Auction catalogue, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 183 pages, text in German, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

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

Willcocks, R.M.

With notes on Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1975

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 167 pages, some small marks and wear to the dustwrapper, foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£15.00

Goebel, Raymond

Publisher: Soluphil, Luxembourg, 1988

Paperback, illustrated, [ii] + 33 pages, text in French, some shelf-wear to the covers, pages a little toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

Trotter, Brian

Publisher: privately published, 2012

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Ford, Eric H.

Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1971

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 68 pages, some corner-creasing, covers quite soiled, internally clean, a Good reading copy.

£7.50

Stevenson, W. Iain

Henry Fawcett and Postal Reform
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2001

Published as a Supplement to The London Philatelist, paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, covers very slightly sunned and showing tiny signs of use, pages fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Seymour, J.B. and Gardiner-Hill, C.

Part One The Imperforate Line-Engraved Issues
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1967

Third edition, revised & enlarged, hardback, dustwrapper, 336 pages + illustrations, slight foxing to title-page, foxing to page-edges, a Good reading copy.

£27.00

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

Sénéchal, Jean

Publisher: L'Académie de Philatélie, 1995

Large format paperback, illustrated, 166 pages + colour plates, text in French, covers very slightly rubbed at edges else  in Very Good condition.

£22.00

[Burrus, Maurice]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, Basel, 1964

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 176 pages, bilingual text in French & German, with the prices realised, top of spine slightly rubbed, some shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£12.50

formed by a distinguished Scandinavian Philatelist
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1967

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 36 pages + 24 plates, with the prices realised, some corner-creases, slight toning to the page-edges, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£10.50

including a further selection of items from the Claude Cartier Collection
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1977

Auction catalogue, paperback, 16 pages + 24 plates, with the prices realised, some shelf-wear to the covers, in Good condition.

£9.50

[Amundsen, Lars]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1972

Auction catalogue, paperback, 55 pages, with the prices realised, spine slightly sunned, corner of front cover slightly rubbed, in Good condition.

£12.50

[Amundsen, Lars]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1969

Auction catalogue, paperback, 35 pages + 20 plates, with the prices realised, a little sunning to spine and front cover, prices realised a little chipped at one edge, in Good condition.

£12.50

Chapier, Georges

Etude historique et descriptive des émissions apocryphes et de Fantaisie, Avec Supplément
Publisher: Emile Bertrand, Lucerne, circa 1950s

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 65 + 40 pages, text in French, slight toning to the page-edges, mild corner-crease, in Good condition.

£18.00

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

Incl. The “Alpaca” Collection (part I)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 88 pages, with print-out of prices realised, text in English, very slight wear to the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

[Burrus]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, Basel, 1967

Auction catalogue, paperback, 28 pages, with the prices realised, bilingual text in French & English, dusty marks to the covers, slightly rusty staples, tiny corner-crease, in Good condition.

£12.50

[Burrus]

Gill-Burrus
Publisher: Robineau & Behr, Paris, 1967

Auction catalogue, paperback, 40 pages + 23 plates in separate brochure, text in French, a few small marks to the front cover, slight corner-creases to the covers, in Good condition.

£12.50

[Burrus]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, Basel, 1967

Auction catalogue, paperback, 72 pages, with the prices realised, bilingual text in French & English, slight shelf-wear to the front cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

[Burrus]

Gill-Burrus
Publisher: Robineau & Behr, Paris, 1967

Auction catalogue, paperback, 50 pages + 22 plates in separate brochure, with the prices realised, text in French, slight corner-crease to rear cover and to a few pages, in Good condition.

£16.00

Publisher: Afinsa, Madrid, 1998

Auction catalogue, large hardback, slipcase, 287 pages, text in English & Spanish, ex-NPS Library with small library marks at front, few minor marks to the slipcase else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Cockrill, Philip

Plating the 1881 3 Cents and 1882 Numeral Issues
Publisher: Privately published, nd (circa 1980s)

Paperback, 60 pages, a few tiny marks to the covers, in Good condition.

£7.50

Cockrill, Philip

Part II Occupation Surcharges for I.E.F., Baghdad, Iraq & Mosul 1914-1919
Publisher: privately published by the author, nd [circa 1980s]

Paperback, 72 pages, illustrated, crease to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£14.00