Literature
Monday 1 August 2005
SALE 675
* = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM
GREAT BRITAIN - GENERAL
2000 BATES - 1969 Directory of Stage Coach Services 1836, d/j. BAKER - 1968 Discovering The Bath Road, p/b. An early Shire publication. ARDOUIN - 1952 The Post Always Runs, booklet. UNSTEAD - 1958 Travel by Road Through the Ages, d/j. Aimed at juniors. PLUS a 30 page display using postcards and other illustrations, covering early postal transport - Bell Boys to Coaches. £15
2001 BUTLER - 1990 The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, d/j., almost as new. Plus 2 copies of the Addendum (booklets) to 1994. (3). £15
2002 CLEAR - 1955 John Palmer (of Bath) : Mail Coach Pioneer, torn d/j. Has an unusual dedication. AUSTEN - 1978 English Provincial Posts, d/j. CROFTS - 1967 Packhorse, Waggon and Post, d/j. ANDERSON & ANDERSON - 1973 Quicksilver : A Hundred Years of Coaching 1750 - 1850. (4). £24
2003 HASLAM & MORETON - 1989 Post Office Notices extracted from The London Gazette 1666 to 1800. HAY - 1946 The Post Office Went To War. GLANCEY 1989 Pillar Boxes. G.P.O. 1963 Philatelic Bulletin Vol. 1 Nos. 1 - 10 and Vol. 2 Nos. 1 - 10, clipped together in folder. THE LONDON PHILATELIST - 6 single copies between 1980 and 1982. PLUS a folder of articles cut from STAMPS between 1980 and 1982. (12 items). £18
2004 IRVINE & SESHOLD - 1979 Errors in Postage Stamp Design, d/j. HOLMAN - 1989 The Stanley Gibbons Guide to Stamp Collecting. BRIGGS - 1983 Stamp Collecting : How to Arrange and Write-up a Stamp Collection (revised edition), d/j. PETERS - 1985 Inventors on Stamps, p/b. (4). £20
2005 KELLY - 1867 Post Office Directory for Wiltshire. Original but re-bound, without title pages but includes the map. £75
2006 MACKAY - 1987 Philatelic Terms Illustrated, p/b. NOVÁCEK - 1989 Guide to Stamp Collecting, d/j. IRVINE & SESHOLD - 1979 Errors in Postage Stamp Design, d/j. Plus 4 other items. (7). £12
2007 MISCELLANY of Great Britain in carton including :- STAFF - 1964 The Penny Post 1680 - 1918, torn d/j. FOSTER & SHEPPARD - 1984 British Archives : A Guide to Archive Resources in the United Kingdom, p/b. SMITH - 1985 British Private Posts 1680 - 1980 ; Vols 4 & 5 both covering the 1971 Postal Strike, p/b. AWCOCK - 1989 Automatic Letter Sorting in the United Kingdom, p/b. PLUS 29 smaller books/booklets. (34). HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £24
2008 SMALL MISCELLANY - including : VINER - 1965 The Postal History of Chichester 1635 - 1900, booklet ; KING - 1978 Alice Through the Pillar Box (and what she found there). D/j. ; ROBSON'S - (1837) The Mail and Coach Conveyance List for 1837. A modern re-print. PLUS 3 other items. (6). £10
2009 MISCELLANY - Small bundle of books, booklets and pamphlets which includes : NELSON - 1967 Handbook of British Perfins. RIGBY-HALL - What IS Postal History? BLAKE - The Book of Postal Dates 1635 - 1985. BAREFOOT - 1989 Great Britain Revenues. WILLCOCKS & SEDGEWICK - The Spoon Experiment 1853 - 1858. ENTWISTLE - 1997 A Priced Checklist of British Army & Field Post Offices 1914 - 1919 and also 1939 -1946. (24 items). £15
2010 MISCELLANY in bundle including :- MOSS - 1991 A Collector's Guide to the Care and Repair of Books and Documents, 46pp. booklets. JOHNSON - 1982 Unpaid and Underpaid Mail 1840 - 1921 : England and Wales, pamphlet. BENNETT & WATSON - 1972 Philatelic Terms Illustrated, p/b. PHILLIPS & RANG - 1971 How to Arrange and Write-Up a Stamp Collection, d/j.BAREFOOT & HALL - 1986 British Commonwealth Revenues, p/b.POST OFFICE ARCHIVES - 1990 three catalogues covering Hand-Struck Stamps : Proof Books 1823 - 1989 ; Emergency Services- War 1859 - 1950 ; and Vacancies & Appointments 1737 - 1957. Etc. (13). £15
2011 PIGOT & CO. Facsimile editions covering Berks., Bucks., Glos., Hamps. and Oxon (1830), Essex, Herts. and Middlesex (1839) and Kent, Surrey and Sussex (1839). P/bs., with appropriate maps. (3). £20
2012 PIGOT & Co. - 1994 Facsimile edition of the 1834 Directory covering Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire, as new. £15
2013 POST OFFICE -1850? Directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire and Wiltshire. Includes appropriate maps. Has been re-bound at some stage. Some toning and foxing of pages. PIGOT & Co. - (1830) Commercial Directory covering Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, Somersetshire and Wiltshire. A1993 facsimile edition. (2). £100
2014 EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE - 1843 Turnpike Roads in England : A Collection of the Acts of Parliament Now in Force. Covers worse for wear and binding a little loose in places. £50
2015 WILSON HYDE 1889 The Royal Mail : Its Curiosities and Romance. GIBBARD JACKSON - 1934 From Post Boy to Air Mail : The Story of the British Post Office. VALE 1967 The Mail-Coach Men of the Late Eighteenth Century, d/j. AUSTEN 1978 English Provincial Posts 1633 - 1840, d/j. STAFF 1992 The Penny Post 1680 -1918, p/b. edition. WILLCOCKS 1975 England's Postal History, d/j. (6). £24
2016 WILSON, Sir JOHN Bt. 1953 The Royal Philatelic Collection. The definitive work published by Viscount Kemsley. Leather bound, gold tooled, de luxe edition in original slipcase. Book in very good condition but there is some wear to slipcase. Also included is the original Prospectus, but this is foxed. £150
GREAT BRITAIN - QUEEN VICTORIA
2017 BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS : Posts and Telegraphs I Session 1837 - 38. This and the following 2 lots are facsimile reproductions published by the Irish University Press in 1968. £30
2018 BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS : Posts and Telegraphs 4. Postage, Post Office and Money Orders. Session 1843 - 77. £30
2019 BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS : Posts and Telegraphs. 6 and 7 Post Office Establishments. Session 1897. and 8 Telephones Sessions 1895 - 98. (3). £60
2020 ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1970 The Maltese Cross Cancellations of the United Kingdom, second edition. WESTLEY - 1950 Postal Cancellations of London 1840 - 1890. (2). £15
2021 BACON - 1920 The Line-Engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Vols. I and II. Re-bound in hard covers but still with uncut page edges. A few inevitable stains/foxing but generally clean. £180
2022 BROWN - 1970 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 5 complete. Spiral bound p/bs., but Vols. 2 and 4 have been incorporated into hard covers (5). £50
2023 BROWN - 1972 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 4. Spiral bound P/bs., in individual slip cases. (4). £40
2024 BROWN - 1972 The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. I, II and III covering Die 1, Plates 1 to 131. £30
2025 BROWN - 1979 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols 1 (revised edition, p/b.) & 2 (incorporated into hard covers). ORMOND - A Set of Plating Cards for the Penny Black. (3). £20
2026 EVANS - 1970 The Mulready Envelope and its caricatures, d/j. Being a facsimile reprint of the original 1891 edition. BAKER - Two Postal Stationery Society Monographs :- 1999 Victorian Private Stationery Impressed with Embossed Stamps and 2000 The Mulready Postal Stationery. (3). £15
2027 GERTH - 1978 Penny Black Stamp Centenary 184 - 1940. In 3 Vols., p/b. An International Stamp Centenary Association publication. GREAT BRITAIN CORRESPONDENCE CLUB (USA) 1985 Handbook of British Philately for the Intermediate Collector. Loose leaf , housed in 2 ring binders and with an Index. (5). £18
2028 LITCHFIELD - 1949 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, foxing of page edges and end papers. ALCOCK & MEREDITH - 1949 British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated, faded spine and part covers. WIGGINS - 1962 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part Two : The Perforated Line Engraved Issues, d/j. SEYMOUR & GARDINER-HILL -1967 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part One : The Imperforate Line-Engraved Issues, third edition, d/j. JOHNSON - 1944 British Postage Stamps, d/j. ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY - 1969 The Royal Philatelic Society 1869 - 1969. de RIGHI - 1980 The Story of the Penny Black and its Contemporaries, p/b. Plus the 2001 edition of the SG Specialised Queen Victoria catalogue, p/b. (8). £24
2029 OSBORNE - 1946 British Line Engraved Stamps : Twopence Blue Studies of Plates 1 to 15. Faded spine and parts of covers. £100
2030 ROWSE - 2000 'Rainbow Trials' : May - December 1840, d/j., as new. SAMUEL & HUGGINS - 1980 Specimen Stamps & Stationery of Great Britain, d/j. Good condition. ZAPHIRIOU - 1987 Postal History of the Ionian Islands, d/j. Foxing of page edges top and right. (3). £50
2031 SEYMOUR - 1934 The Stamps of Great Britain Part I The Line-Engraved Issues 1840 - 1853. A review copy. Plus 1950 the Second Edition of the same title, torn d/j. BROWN 1972 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864 Vol. 1 : Die I, Plates 1 - 45. Hard cover version. WIGGINS & TONNA 1974 The Plating of Alphabet III QA to TL only. (4). £20
2032 SEYMOUR - 1950 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1840 - 1853, second edition. Torn d/j., and signs of wear. TODD - 1941 A History of British Postage Stamps, worn d/j. BATES - 1969 Directory of Stage Coach Services 1836, d/j. GRIMWOOD-TAYLOR - 1990 The British Postal Reforms of 1839 - 1840, p/b. Dedicated signed copy. (4). £20
2033 SEYMOUR - 1967 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain - Part One : The Imperforate Line-Engraved Issues, Third edition, d/j. BEAUMONT & EASTON - 1964 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain - Part Three : The Embossed Issues and The Surface Printed Issues of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, revised edition, d/j., LITCHFIELD - 1949 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, p/b., broken spine. SMITH & METCALFE - James Chalmers : Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp, d/j. (4). £20
2034 SMITH - (1917) The Development of Rates of Postage. A modern facsimile reproduction. £12
2035 STATHAM - 1995 The Essential Guide to the Great Britain Line Engraved 1d. and 2d. Stars 1840 - 1864. Fourteen spiral bound volumes housed in pairs in special folders. Almost 3000 pages of detailed information compiled over many years by a very patient and methodical philatelist. Very good condition. £450
2036 MELVILLE - 1920 The Tapling Collection of Stamps and Postal Stationery at the British Museum, booklet, slight cover wear. HURT & WILLIAMS - 1942 Priced Catalogue of Local Postage Stamps : Parts 1 to 5. In home-made binding together with BAKER - 1945 Catalogue and Handbook. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS - 1952 A Century of Stamp Production. Souvenir booklet containing stamps as illustrations (stuck down). Also 1942 Stamp Anniversaries, booklet. (4). £12
2037 TONNA - 1980 Penny Red Stars : Die II Alphabet III ( Plates 22 to 68, R.17) !855 - 1862. Part I ONLY- -AA to JL. D/j. £12
2038 WIGGINS & TONNA - 1973 The Plating of Alphabet III. In 5 spiral bound vols., in special folder. £40
2039 WIGGINS - 1982 British Line Engraved Stamps Repaired Impressions. 1855 - 1879 One Penny Die II. Signed copy No. 32, in slipcase, as new. £60
GREAT BRITAIN - LOCAL POSTS
2040 CUMMINGS - 1910? The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge. Mildly affected by damp towards rear. £15
GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY MAILS
2041 MARK - 2000 British Censorship of Civil Mails During World War I, 1914 - 1919, p/b., as new. CROUCH & HILL - 1951 British Army Field Post Offices 1939 - 1950, p/b., rusted staples. (2). £18
GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL HISTORY/POSTMARKS
2042 ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1941 The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland. Supplements 2, 3, 4, 7 & 8. P/b., inevitable cover wear. £15
2043 BEALE 1998 A History of the Post in England from the Romans to the Stuarts, d/j., as new. LOVEGROVE - 1975 "Herewith My Frank...." OXLEY - 1973 The English Provincial Local Posts 1765 - 1840, d/j. (3). £30
2044 BRUMELL - 1930 Postmarks of the British Isles and 1936 The Franking System in the Post Office 1652 - 1840, both p/b. ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks : A Short History and Guide, p/b. ROBERTSON - 1961 Great Britain : Post Roads, Post Towns and Postal Rates 1635 - 1839. WIGGINS - 1962 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain - Part Two The Perforated Line-Engraved Issues, torn d/j. MUIR - 1990 Postal Reform & The Penny Black, p/b. PLUS 6 misc. booklets etc. (12). £20
2045 HEBDON - 1994 Burnley Postal History, p/b. Signed copy. NELSON - 1967 The Handbook of British Perfins, booklet. STITT DIBDEN - 1971Newspaper Branch Cancellations, p/b. Also 1974 Squared Circle Postmarks, p/b. PARMENTER - 1986 Barred Numeral Cancellations Vol. 4 Lancashire to Nottinghamshire, p/b. PLUS 8 other items. £20
2046 MACKAY - 1982 The Parcel Post of the British Isles. Plus 1981 British Post Office Numbers 1924 - 1969 and 1982 Registered Mail of the British Isles. (3, all p/bs.). £18
2047 MACKAY - 6 p/b. books on postmarks by this prolific author comprising : Surcharged Mail of the British Isles (1984), English and Welsh Postmarks Since 1840 (1980), The Circular Namestamps of Scotland (1978), The Skeleton Postmarks of Scotland (1978), Scottish Postmarks (1978), text and illustrations in separate volumes. (6). £24
2048 MACKAY - 1984 Surcharged Mail of the British Isles, p/b. £12
2049 MACKAY - 1988 Postmarks of England & Wales, p/b. HASLAM & MORETON - 1989 Post Office Notices extracted from the London Gazette 1666 - 1800, p/b. MOY - The Use of the 1894 Coded Time System in English Provincial Offices, p/b. ROBERTSON - 1961 Great Britain : Post Roads, Post Towns, Postal Rates 1635 - 1839, d/j. Larger format version. CROSS POST - 1985 Vols. 1 to 4 hard bound into two vols. (7 items). £24
2050 ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks : A Short History and Guide, p/b. BRUMELL - 1946 British Post Office Numbers 1844 - 1906. ROBERTSON - 1961 Great Britain : Post Roads, Post Towns and Postal Rates 1635 - 1839. Small binding fault. MACKAY - 1980 English & Welsh Postmarks Since 1840, p/b. 1986 Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of England & Wales, p/b. WHITNEY - 1997 Collect British Postmarks, seventh edition, p/b. WILLCOCKS - 1975 England's Postal History, d/j. (7). £24
2051 MISCELLANY - in carton, of books and catalogues including MORGAN - 1995 British Stamp Exhibitions : A Priced Catalogue of Sheets, Cards and Labels, p/b. WILLCOCKS & JAY - 1988 The British County Catalogue of Postal History Vol. 4,d/j. Fine, mint copy. SCOTT-ARCHER - 1970 The Welsh Post Towns before 1840, d/j. STANLEY GIBBONS - 1996 Great Britain Specialised Catalogue Vol. 4 : Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Definitive Issues. Loose leaf, in special ring binder. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. (18). £20
2052 MISCELLANY in bundle containing HODGSON & SEDGEWICK - 1984 The Scottish Additional ½d. Mail Tax,booklet, second edition. ROSEN - 1970 Catalogue of British Local Stamps, p/b. HEWLETT - 1979 A Provisional Guide to the Valuation of the Numeral Cancellations of the British Isles, p/b. EDWARDS & LUCAS - 1984 G.B. Official Perfins, p/b. MEREDITH - 1953 Scots Local Cancellations. Etc. (15 items). £15
2053 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY - Small group (15) of Yorkshire Postal History Society publications covering Goole, Bradford, Sheffield, Doncaster, Dronfield, Chapeltown, Bridlington, Beverley, etc. £24
2054 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY - Small group (15) of Yorkshire Postal History Society publications covering Halifax, Harrogate,Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield, Middlesborough, Scarborough, Whitby, Spurn etc. £24
2055 MISCELLANY of 'Local' postal history books from around England, including :- HOBBS - 1987 Postmarks of Worthing 1806 - 1987, p/b. FRANKS - 1993 Postal History of Carshalton in Surrey, p/b. EVANS - 2000 The Postal History of the March and Chatteris Areas of Cambrideshire, p/b. MUGGERIDGE - 1972 The Postal History of Maidstone and the surrounding villages, p/b. (40+ items in carton). HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £30
2056 MOUBRAY & MOUBRAY - 1992 British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840 - 1875. Includes Errata and Amendments. Signed copy. Scarce. £190
2057 MOUBRAY & MOUBRAY - 1992 British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840 - 1875. Includes corrections and errata. As new. £180
2058 MOY - 1999 The Use of the 1894 Coded Time System in British Post Offices, p/b. Plus the 2004 first supplement. ARKELL - 1977 The Parcel Post Labels of Great Britain Part 2 - Yorkshire, p/b. BATCHELOR - 1971 Pre-Victorian Stamps & Franks,booklet. WILSON F.J. - 1991 Great Britain & Ireland Travelling Post Office Postmarks : A Guide and Catalogue. L'ESTRANGE EWEN - 1983 Priced Catalogue of the Newspaper and Parcels Stamps Issued by the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom 1855 -1906, p/b. Facsimile of the original 1906 edition. (5). £15
2059 OGILBY'S ROAD MAPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1675. From Ogilby's "Britannica 1675. A large format reprint, (15¾ x 10½ in.). £100
2060 PARMENTER - 1984 Barred Numeral Cancellation. A complete set covering England and Wales in 6 volumes, p/b. Very clean condition. £24
2061 PROUD - 1984 Postmarks of the Date Impression Books Post Office Records : Section 3 Vols. 5 & 6. ALCOCK -1984 Scots Local Cancellations Illustrated 1854 - 1860, p/b. ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1970 The Maltese Cross Cancellations of the United Kingdom, second edition, p/b. HIBERNIAN - 1972 Specialised Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Ireland 1922 - 1972, first edition, d/j. Plus 4 other booklets, 3 on Ireland - Maltese Crosses, Undated Namestamps and Adhesive Revenues. (8). £20
2062 ROBERTSON - 1961 Great Britain : Post Roads, Post Towns and Postal Rates 1635 - 1839, d/j. Slight loosening of rear cover. HENDY - 1997 Ship Letters. THE PHILATELIC HISTORY SOCIETY - 1985 Philatelic Paraphernalia Nos. 2 to 29 (1985-92) inc. Plus 2 other items. £18
2063 SANFORD & SALT - British Postal Rates, 1635 to 1839, p/b. TABEART - 1989 United Kingdom Letter Rates 1657 - 1900 : Inland & Overseas, p/b. JOHNSON & PEET - 2000 British Postal Rates : 1937 to 2000 : Dulac, Wilding and Machin Issues, p/b. (3), £30
2064 SCOTT - 1983 Official Franking 18-- -1840, p/b. de RIGHI - 1980 The Story of the Penny Black and its Contemporaries, p/b. SUSSEX - 1980 The Norwich Post Office 1568 - 1980, p/b., signed copy. MOY - 1991 The Use of the 1894 Coded Time System in English Provincial Offices, p/b. (4). £15
2065 STITT DIBDEN - 1974 Squared Circle Postmarks, p/b. COHEN - 1987 Collecting British Squared Circle Postmarks, p/b. (2). £12
2066 TABEART - 1989 United Kingdom: Letter Rates 1657 - 1900 : Inland and Overseas, p/b., Plus the 1991 Supplement. (2). £15
2067 WESTLEY - 1950 Postal Cancellations of London. ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks : A Short History and Guide. Quarter Bound Second Impression, slight cover wear at edges. (2). £15
2068 WELLSTED - 1979 Postmarks of the Date Impression Books Post Office Records : Sections 1 & 2. POST OFFICE ARCHIVES - 1990 Hand-struck Stamps : Proof Books Etc. 1823 - 1989. ALSO 6 Indexes to Minuted Papers between 1839 and 1981, p/bs. (9). £24
2069 WILLCOCKS & JAY - 1978 The British County Catalogue of Postal History. Vols. 1,2, 3 and 5. Vol. 3 is a good, clean copy of the scarce London area. WILLCOCKS - 1972 The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland. (5, all with d/js.). £30
2070 WILLCOCKS & JAY 1981 The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland, d/j. ALSO The British County Catalogue of Postal History, Vols. 2 and 3 (a good clean copy of the elusive London vol.), d/js. (3). £24
2071 WILSON - 1990 History of the Post in Derby, p/b. As new. Signed copy. £15
2072 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY - 21 Yorkshire Postal History Society publications covering towns and areas around the county. Must be nearly a complete sequence Nos. 1 to 22 (21 missing). £20
GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL HISTORY OF LONDON
2073 FELDMAN - 1997 Letter Receivers of London. In two volumes. Very slight soiling to slipcase otherwise as new. £30
2074 PARMENTER - 1999 Barred Numeral Cancellations of London. As new. £20
2075 WESTLEY - 1950 The Postal Cancellations of London 1840 - 1890, d/j. £12
GREAT BRITAIN - STATIONERY/SPECIMENS
2076 BODILY, JARVIS & HAHN - 1984 British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. SAMUEL & HUGGINS - 1980 Specimen Stamps & Stationery of Great Britain, d/j., good condition. (2). £45
2077 BODILY, JARVIS & HAHN - 1984 British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. £40
2078 DAGNALL - 1985 The Evolution of British Stamped Postcards & Letter Cards : Their History & Documentation, d/j. £18
2079 DAGNALL - 1985 The Evolution of British Stamped Postcards & Letter Cards :Their History & Documentation, slightly worn d/j. £15
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