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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.

Jarvis, Steve and Wright, Paul

A Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London
Publisher: privately published, 2017

Paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Richards, Simon

A Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London of the island’s Stamps and Postal History 1763-1978
Publisher: privately published, 2019

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 60 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Newport, William

Their Postal History, Stamps and Postal Markings
Publisher: H. Garratt-Adams & Co., Birmingham, 1950

Paperback, illustrated, 66 pages, a few tiny marks to the front cover, a little light foxing, in Good condition.

£8.50

Sáenz, Dr. Carlos Mata and Cohen, Alex and Fossum, Earl G.

Publisher: Society of Costa Rica Collectors, Texas, 1978

Second edition, paperback, illustrated, vii + 104 pages, bilingual text in Spanish & English, with separate 1987 booklet of Additions & Corrections, 13 pages, covers quite sunned/toned, tiny mark to front cover, slight chip to top of spine, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.50

Bousquet, Augusto Victor

(Argentina-Chile) 1919-1930
Publisher: Centro Filatelico Buenos Aires, 1985

Paperback, illustrated, 104 pages, text in Spanish, spine and covers slightly sunned, pages a little toned, in Good condition.

£25.00

Ludington, M.H.

The Handstruck Stamps and Cancellations
Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1956

Paperback, 40 pages, illustrated, covers very slightly sunned, very slight corner-crease to front cover, else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Publisher: HMSO, London, 1907

Large format (34 x 21 cm) paperback, original printed blue paper covers, v + 104 pages, covers chipped at edges with some loss, loss of fragments from top and foot of spine, some pages corner-creased with loss of a few tiny pieces – slightly fragile but contents sound, in Fair to Good condition.

£75.00

(Vol. I – Vol. XI) 1908-1918
Publisher: Wolfgang Maassen/Phil*Creativ Verlag, 2019

Reprint, limited edition of 40 copies only (33 numbered subscriber’s copies and 7 un-numbered – this copy being un-numbered), in two volumes, hardback, 992 pages, in Very Good+ condition.

£500.00

[Hackmey, Joseph]

The Joseph Hackmey Collection (part I)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2018

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, 112 pages, with the prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Nathan, S.

Postage Stamps; Locals; Seals and Commemorative Handstamps
Publisher: Spanish Philatelic Society, Brighton, 1978

Interesting handbook on the theme of railways in Spanish philately, including labels and vignettes. Well illustrated in black & white.

£9.50

Heller, Ernst

Publisher: The Spanish Philatelic Society, Brighton, 1982

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 384 pages, tiny nick and mark to dustwrapper, else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Nasution, Khoo Salma and Wade, Martin

Publisher: Janus Print & Resources, Penang, 2003

Large hardback, pictorial covers, illustrated, 304 pages, minimal signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Batten, A.G.M.

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1984

Large format (A4) paperback, [ii] + 22 pages, front cover corner-creased, signed dedication from the author to the previous owner (Francis Kiddle) to title-page, in Good condition.

£9.50

Burrows, Peter C.

An illustrated history of British Army Form A.2042 and other military postcards issued since 1900
Publisher: privately published, 1987

Large format paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, unpaginated (circa 300+ pages), in Very Good condition.

£36.00

Nicholson, L.C.C.

Publisher: privately published, London, 1949

Paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, slightest shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Dibden, W.G. Stitt

A Research Document
Publisher: Postal History Society, 1966

Paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 118 pages + folding map, in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Legendre, James

Publisher: privately published, Paris, 1970

Paperback, illustrated, 333 pages, text in French, some spotting to the upper page-edges, tiny corner-crease to front cover and first couple of pages, in Good condition.

£25.00

Vol III No. 4-Vol XX No. 6 (Whole Nos. 13-104)
Publisher: Society of Indo-China Philatelists, USA, 1973-1990

92 issues bound in nine volumes, privately bound in various paper or card bindings, a few marks and some wear to the bindings, some corner-creases, some ownership marks to front covers of issues, in Good condition.

£40.00

Sen, Ananda Gopal

Publisher: Manik Jain, Philatelia, Calcutta, 1996

Reprint, hardback, dustwrapper, iv + 176 + xxiv pages + 8 fold-out pages, slight spine-lean, dusty marks/foxing to upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£12.00

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

Poste, Télégraphe, Téléphone
Publisher: Musée Postal, Bruxelles, circa 1951

Paperback, pictorial front cover, illustrated, 93 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Waugh, William M.

Their Chronology, Civil Post Offices having Postmarks, and Typical Postmarks
Publisher: France & Colonies Philatelic Society, N.Y., 1980

Paperback, illustrated, 29 pages, marks to the covers, corner-crease to covers and pages, a Good working copy.

£8.50

Patka, Frederic J.

Publisher: Vienna, 1989

Large hardback, original blue cloth, illustrated, 871 pages, text in German, small scratch-mark to front cover, mild shelf-wear, else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Melville, Fred. J.

How War Stamps will illustrate many interesting side-lights on the present War
Publisher: published for the Junior Philatelic Society by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1918

Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, slightly rusty staples, ex-Aberdeen University with small handstamp to first few pages, in Good condition.

£22.00

Wyndham, L.A.

Publisher: privately published, printed by Cape Times Limited, Cape Town, 1936

Hardback, original blue cloth gilt, frontispiece, iv + 126 pages + fold-out map + plates, a few slight marks to the front cover, in Good condition.

£45.00

Anderssen, Justus and Kjos, Gunnar and Haworth, W.B. (editor)

I. A Contribution towards the Study of the Issues of 1877-78 (Shaded Posthorn) II. Plate Variations of the Issues 1894-1909
Publisher: Séfi, Pemberton & Co., London, 1923

“The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain” Studies in Philately No. 2, English translation by Benjamin Goodfellow, paperback, 30 pages + 4 loose plates, very short tears to front cover at top and foot of spine, corner-piece of front cover torn and almost detached, slight foxing to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£16.00

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1963

First edition, paperback (card covers), 85 pages + plates (one folding), some marks to the front cover, rear cover detached (but still present), pages fine, in Good condition.

£17.50

Bennett, J. Bruce and Parsons, Cyril R.H. and Pearson, George R.

Publisher: The British Postmark Society, London, 1963

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated. 62 pages. small marks to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Reisener, Hasso O.

Publisher: Collectors Mail Auctions, 1978

Second edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 340 pages, dustwrapper rubbed and with some short tears and loss of a piece to the rear, book has only minor wear else in Very Good condition.

£28.00

Friedemann, Albert and Wittmann, Dr. Heinrich

Handbook and Specialised Catalogue
Publisher: Collectors Mail Auctions, South Africa, 1980

First English edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, 197 pages + 75 plates, dustwrapper slightly sunned, minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£35.00