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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.

and also An Order in Council, dated 5th April 1805
Publisher: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, London, 1805

Hardback, marbled paper-covered boards, 86 + [60] pages, covers a little rubbed, minor spine defects, in Very Good condition.

£195.00

Raynham, F.J. and Calvert, W.S.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Papers No. 27, paperback, colour frontispiece, 24 pages + plates, some foxing and marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

Carter, W.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937

Post Office Green Paper No. 36, paperback, 22 pages + plates, slight foxing and tiny marks to the covers, slight crease to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Clear, C.R.

Together with a copy and a transcription of the Proclamation of King Charles the First establishing the first State postal service for the conveyance of private letters in England and Scotland
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935

Post Office Green Papers No. 15, first edition, paperback, frontispiece, 19 pages, very slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.

£14.50

Baines, F.E.

Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1895

In two volumes, hardback, original maroon cloth gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, vii + 337 + 345 pages + plates + folding map, scratch marks to the front covers (probably where labels have been removed), slight dents to the fore-edges of the covers, a little foxing to the tissue guards, in Good condition.

£40.00

Ballantyne, R.M.

A Tale of Her Majesty’s Mails
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., London, 1881

Later impression (“tenth thousand”), hardback, original embossed green cloth gilt, vi + 424 pages + plates + publisher’s advertisements, front and rear hinges cracking, foxing to first page, original owner’s gift inscription at front, in reasonably Good condition.

£24.00

Hyde, J. Wilson

Publisher: Adam & Charles Black, London, 1894

First edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt, xvi + 355 pages, spine slightly toned and marked, a short tear to the front inner hinge, in Good condition.

£25.00

Volume I Inland Services and General Information
Publisher: The Stationery Office, Dublin, 1959

Paperback, 285 pages, first page toned else in Very Good condition.

£18.00

Daynes, J.A.

A priced list of censor marks and labels used by British Empire and Allied Forces in Exile
Publisher: The Forces Postal History Society, 1984

Large paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 117 pages + 1986 Supplement, very slight corner-crease to front cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

Foster, G.A.

Publisher: Chas. Nissen & Co., London, 1910

First edition, large format, paperback, illustrated, 56 pages, covers a little chipped at edges with small amount of loss, in Good condition.

£30.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1981

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 50 pages + ix plates, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Charlton, Alfred

Publisher: P.L. Pemberton & Son Ltd., Leominster, 1955

Studies in Philately No.1 (New Series). Paperback, illustrated, 51 pages, slight wear to top of spine, slight marks to rear cover else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Field, F.J.

A Chronology
Publisher: Francis J. Field Ltd., Sutton Coldfield, 1935

First edition, card covers, 129 pages, illustrated, spine and covers slightly rubbed at extremities and somewhat soiled, foxing to endpapers and page-edges, and with scattered foxing throughout. A Good working copy.

£12.50

Field, Francis J. and Baldwin, N.C.

1911
Publisher: Francis J. Field, 1934

First edition, hardback, illustrated, 82 pages, spine and upper portions of covers sunned, in Good condition.

£40.00

Hopkins, A.E.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Bath, 1929

Hardback, original orange cloth, 23 pages + 6 plates, previous owner’s name to front pastedown-endpaper, slight hint of foxing to front free-endpaper, in Good condition.

£30.00

Lowe, Robson

Part One
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1937

Small paperback, 8 pages, illustrated, covers a little toned, inscription (presumably by Robson Lowe) to Ben Goodfellow to front cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd [1925]

Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, hardback, original publisher’s grey cloth, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, previous owner’s ink-stamp to front pastedown-endpaper, minor signs of age, in Good condition.

£24.00

Phillips, Charles J.

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1908

First edition, large paperback, original grey printed covers, vi + 114 pages + 15 loose plates, covers chipped at edges with loss of tiny pieces, small (2cm) piece missing from top of spine and a smaller piece from the foot of the spine, pages and plates clean, in Good condition.

£75.00

Koeppel, Adolph and Manners, Raymond D.

Volume I The Adhesive Stamps, SUPPLEMENT
Publisher: The Fiscal Philatelic Foundation Inc., New York, 1986

Large format hardback, illustrated, v + 194 pages, slight hint of spine-lean, some scuff marks to the rear cover, in Good condition.

£95.00

Wolter, Karl Kurt

Geschichte, Typen der Stempel und BriefverschlĂ¼sse mit ihre Bewertung, Band I Vorzeit, FrĂ¼hzeit und Neuzeit (bis 1939) & Band II Neuzeit (1939-1965)
Publisher: Georg Amm, MĂ¼nchen, 1965-66

Two large hardbacks, dustwrappers, illustrated, iv + 147 + v + 157 pages + xxvii plates, text in German, with Preface in French & English, one or two short tears to the dustwrappers, else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Sundal, F. Aleem and Kasbati, Rafiq

Publisher: SK Publisher, Karachi, 1995

Paperback, x + 148 pages, illustrated, slight hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Baldwin, N.C.

A Chronological Record of all Projected, Attempted and Successful Atlantic Flights until the Inception of Regular Services, and a Priced Catalogue of Souvenirs
Publisher: F.J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, 1945

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, 95 pages, mild signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Van der Walt, Andries

A Study of the Development of the Postal History of Mafeking from 1881 to 1910
Publisher: Postmark and Postal History Society of Southern Africa, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, 36 pages, illustrated, some foxing and small marks to the covers, pages slightly toned, crease to rear cover and bend to pages, an acceptable reading copy only.

£8.50

Batten, A.G.M.

Publisher: Orange Free State Philatelic Society, Bloemfontein, 1983

Large format (A4) paperback, [vi] + 45 pages, covers slightly sunned, corners very slightly creased, in Good condition.

£12.50

Atlee, W. Dudley and Pemberton, Edward L. and Earée, Robert B.

An Illustrated Descriptive Catalog of Early Philatelic Forgeries
Publisher: Emile Bertrand, Lucerne, circa 1960s

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 168 pages, slight corner-creases to the covers, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.

£20.00

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, [1919]

Philatelic Institute Papers No.2. Paperback booklet, 4 pages, front and rear covers coming loose, slight marks to rear cover, in Fair/Good condition.

£11.50