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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.

Miss Fitte [Melville, F.J.]

Part I. The British Empire
Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 59 pages, previous owner’s name in pencil to front cover, slightly rusty staples, spine toned, small piece missing from top of spine, in Good condition.

£12.50

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

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud-Bailey, 2000

Hardback, dustwrapper, 320 pages, illustrated, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£20.00

Hinchcliffe, Colin

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle, 1997

Second edition, large format (A4) loose-leaf pages in binder, illustrated, 42 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

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

Duberal, Ross

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle of Great Britain, 1998

Large paperback, illustrated, [xi] + 113 pages, corners of covers very slightly rubbed/creased, else in Very Good condition.

£17.50

Gladstone, Norman

Publisher: Central Stamp Gallery, London, 1975

Large format paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 112 pages, covers rather dust-marked, top and foot of spine slightly knocked, pages fine, in Good condition.

£14.50

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

Mackay, James

Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of Ireland
Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1985

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, text in English, tiny mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Hopkins, A.E.

Originating at Sea, on Land and in the Air
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1967

Third edition, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 180 pages, dustwrapper slightly soiled and with a couple of short tears, in Good condition.

£13.50

Ladany, Shaul P.

Publisher: Society of Israel Philatelists, 1995

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, vi + 53 pages + 105 illustrations, minor shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Buday, George

Publisher: Spring Books, London, 1964

Second edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xxiii + 304 pages + plates, dustwrapper a little rubbed and with a short tear, pages tanned (as usual), in Good condition.

£20.00

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

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud-Bailey Co., East Sussex, 1992

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 368 pages, slight spine-lean, page-edges dust-marked and foxed, internally clean, an acceptable working copy only.

£15.00

[Liddell, P.J.]

and Vatican
Publisher: H.R. Harmer, London, 1965

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 52 pages, with the prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

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

Burge, A.R.

Publisher: The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1978

First edition, paperback, illustrated, [v] + 100 pages, small mark to front cover, spine sunned and with a tiny tear to the foot of the spine, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.00

A Summary of Displays and Activities
Publisher: Nottinghamshire Philatelic Society, 2014

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, slight corner-crease to foot of spine else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

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

Nicholson, M.P.

Publisher: Philip Cockrill, nd [circa 1982]

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, circular dent to front cover, some shelf-wear to the covers, pages fine, Good condition.

£7.00

Dormer Legge, H.

Publisher: Orlo Smith & Co., Melbourne, nd [circa 1946]

Paperback, illustrated, 141 pages, slight wear, some wear to spine, small mark inside front cover, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.00

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

[Benwell, Basil B.]

Publisher: Harmers, London, 1985

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, with the prices realised, slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£6.50

Ohlhues, E.

Danske frankoafstemplinger fra Postkontor- og Hjemmefrankeringsmaskiner
Publisher: Stella Filatelist Forlag, Copenhagen, 1947

Paperback, illustrated, 152 pages + Supplement, 12 pages, text in Danish, some marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.50