Robert Murray Stamp Shop
Robert Murray
Stamp Shop
5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens, Ferry Road,
Edinburgh, EH3 5PU
Tel. 0131 552 1220 :: 0131 478 7021
0845 0500 886
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LITERATURE LIST
October 2011
This is a retail price list of second-hand books and catalogues available from stock. It is not an auction, and all items are available on a “first-come, first-served” basis. In most cases we have only one example available, so don’t delay in ordering. Condition is not normally mentioned unless worthy of comment; a price at the end of the “comments” is the published retail price.
Books can be purchased in our shop, or can be booked to be added to auction purchases, or can be sent mail order, subject to our normal charges ([price of items] plus [actual postage] plus [£1 per order handling charge]).
We have much more available, and a second list is already well progressed, which will probably be issued in November.
General Philatelic Interest
Title / Author/Publisher / Year / Comments / PriceAdvancements in Stamp Collecting / Kurt Feyer / 1994 / Spiral bound softback 385pp. Very specialised (excessively ?) / £5
Elvis in the Post: a catalogue and guide to Elvis stamps / Jo Woodward / 1997 / Softback 120pp well illustrated in b/w. / £5
Introducing thematic collecting. / Alma Lee and Richard West / 1990 / 32pp booklet. Some useful ideas. / 50p
Collecting Postal History. / Dimitry Kardaieroff / 1973 / Hardback188pp. Well illustrated, informative. / £5
Advanced philatelic research. / Patrick Pearson / 1971 / Hardback138pp. Interesting, informative. Ex-library. / £5
Stamps, Posts and Postmarks. / Ian Angus / 1973 / Hardback 128pp. Good general introductory book. / £3
Famous stamps of the world / Max Hertsch / 1968 / 40pp with colour plates / £4
Observer’s Book of Postage Stamps. / Anthony New / 1967 / Hardback 190pp with illustrations and colour plates. (3 copies) / £2
Album Weeds (Part II) / Rev. R.B.Earée / Reprint / Softback 336pp. Very useful, classic. / £20
Collecting stamps / Stephen Holder / 1979 / Paperback 63pp. Child’s guide to the hobby. Has seen short use as a dartboard. / £1
Stamp Collecting
(Collins Nutshell Books) / E.H.Spire / 1967 / Hardback 190pp with illustrations and colour plates. / £2
The Joy of Stamps / Hunter Davies / 1983 / Hardback 158pp. A fascinating ramble through philately. / £5
Stamps are money / R.J.Sutton / 1959 / Hardback 194pp. Well illustrated, instructive. / £4
How to arrange and write up a stamp collection / Phillips and Rang / 1961 / Hardback 58pp. Useful information, ideas and illustrations. / £3
The Language of stamp collecting / David Rennie / 1982 / Softback 122pp. useful information. / £2
The postmark on a letter. / R.K.Foster / c.1950 / Hardback 77pp. Well illustrated, informative. / £3
Stamp Collecting / Stanley Phillips / 1968 / Paperback 301pp. Well illustrated. Useful information – good stuff ! / £4
James Chalmers – Inventor of the Postage Stamp. / W.J.Smith and
J. Metcalfe / 1970 / Hardback 148pp. Interesting history. Includes page of reproductions. / £7
Watermark 74 / Colin Cohen / 1974 / 32pp pamphlet issued as an exhibition handbook. Interesting information about watermarks. / £5
Postage stamps / L. & M. Williams / 1950 / Paperback 32pp. Well illustrated, informative children’s book. / £2
Philatelic Literature / James Negus / 1991 / Hardback 290pp. Text only. Quite heavy duty. / £10
The Stamp collector / WJ Hardy and ED Bacon / 1898 / Hardback 286pp. Some (poor) illustrations, interesting though dated text. Ex-library. / £5
A history of Anaesthesia through postage stamps. / Alistair Mckenzie / 2000 / Softback 146pp. Well illustrated. Fascinating information. (£9.50) / £9
Dinosaur stamps of the world / Baldwin and Halstead / 1991 / Softback 128pp. Well illustrated. Lots of information. (£10) / £4
Gibbons Stamp Monthly / Gibbons / Jun 48 to Aug 49 / Hardback. Articles and ads. / £2
Gibbons Stamp monthly / Gibbons / Sept 49 -Aug 50 / Hardback. Articles and ads. / £2
Collections and recollections / Bruce Auckland / 1991 / Philatelic autobiography, very limited original distribution. / £8
Higlett Bijou Bibliography / Gavin Fryer / 1997 / Soft back 90pp. Bibliography of a philatelic writer. / £5
Thematic and Topical Stamp Collecting / AJ Branston / 1980 / Hardback 176pp. Information, ideas, plates and illustrations / £2
United Kingdom
First Post / Peter Davies and Ben Maile / 1990 / Hardback 127pp. Well illustrated history of mails from 1840. (£14.95) / £8.
Reform of the Post Office Vol.II / G. Fryer / 2000 / Largely appendices for vol.I. Large high quality book. / £30
Rainbow trials / David Rowse / 2000 / Hardback 180pp. Lavishly illus. history of the Rainbow Trials of 1840. (£75) / £40
Catalogues
Title / Author/Publisher / Year / Comments / PriceGB Concise / Gibbons / 1989
2002
2007 / More detailed that “CBS” but not too specialised. / 50p
£2
£5
Collect British Stamps / Gibbons / 2006 / The standard popular UK colour catalogue and checklist. / £1.50
Customised Stamps sheets of GB / 2007 / Softback. Spiral bound. 180pp. Lots of information, colour illus. (£19.95) / £6
Connoisseur catalogue of Machin stamps / 1995 / Softback. 498pp. Lots of information and illustrations. / £3
Collect Channel Is. and IOM. / Gibbons / 2000
2002 / £3
£3
IOM catalogue of stamps and Postal History. / DJ Whitney / 1979 / Paperback. 83pp. Lots of information. Well illustrated. / £4
Catalogue of British local stamps. / G Rosen / c.1979 / Well illustrated with lots of information.
Scarce book ! / £8
Stoneham GB catalogue 12th edition / 1998 / £3
Collecting British FDCs / Bradbury / 2000 / £1
Collect GB FDCs / Booth / 1998/99 / £1
Faroe Islands / E Wowern / 1976
1982 / Stamps and postmarks GF10 / £2
£4
Catalogue of Junior Philatelic Society lending library / 1937 / 32pp pamphlet / £2
Special postmarks on pictorial card and covers / Field / 1950 (?) / Some illustrations. Priced in shillings / dollars. / £2
More special postmarks on pictorial card and covers / Field / 1950 (?) / Some illustrations. Priced in shillings / dollars. / £2
Scott classic specialised catalogue of stamps and covers 1840 - 1940 / Scott / 2006
2007 / Illustrated in Colour / £20
£30
Thematic stamps catalogue.
Chess / Dømfil / 2002 (?) / High quality colour illustrations of chess themed stamps 1947 – 2001. Text in English and Spanish. / £5
Thematic stamps catalogue
America UPAEP / Dømfil / 2005 / As above, but theme is Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal. / £5
Catalogue of Palestine and Israel postage stamps / Bale / 1978 / £2
Denmark stamp booklets catalogue / Rob Bloom / 1987 / 2 copies. Well illustrated. / £5
Specialised catalogue of Canadian stamps / Unitrade / 1999 / £3
The postal service guide to US stamps / USPS / 1984 / Softback. 300pp. Colour illustrations plus much useful information. / £1
Norgeskatalogen / Oslo Filatelistklubb / 2002 / Softback 430pp. Colour illustrations of Norwegian stamps. Some English text / £4
Scandinavia / Gibbons / 1982
2nd ed / £2
Non-philatelic interest
Title / Author/Publisher / Year / Comments / Price’45 – The Drive from the Rhine to the Baltic / Charles Whiting / 1985 / War anthology / £8
Chronology of WWII / Christopher Argyle / 1980 / Day by day progress of WWII / £5
Promotional Postal Orders / Howard Lunn / c1996 / Listings, descriptions, illustrations of promotional postal orders. / £4
Medals Year Book 1981 / DW Collett / 1981 / Softback. 255p. Useful information. Well illustrated. / £2
Collecting Cigarette Cards / Dorothy Bagnall / 1978 / Softback. 110pp. Text plus plates. / £2.50
The Sovereign Remedy – Touch-Pieces and the King’s Evil / Noel Woolf / 1990 / Softback. 64pp.Well illustrated. Learned work. / £4
British Coins: Market values / 2002,
2006 / £2
£3
The Face of Sweden / Sundström / 1951 / Photographs of Sweden / £5
Best Loved Bird Paintings by Audubon / c.20 Colour prints of birds. / £5
Les Lys et les Lions / Pierre Joubert / 1947 / Softback. 20pp. French Heraldry. Text in French. / £5
Printing Review / 1953 / Printing magazine. Coronation edition, includes paper samples etc. / £4
Prophet in Plimsoles / John G Gray / 1977 / Hardback 134pp. A life of Colonel R. Campbell of Edinburgh Uni. / £3
The Emigrant Scots / Michael Brander / 1982 / Hardback 198pp. Interesting Social History / £2.50
Die Grossen Trobadors / Rudolf Borchardt / 1924 / Hardback 80pp. Privately printed ? German balladeers (German throughout) / £5
Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 / Krause & Mishler / 1993 / Thousand-page catalogue of high reputation. / £15
Ditto – 1801-1900 / Krause & Mishler / 2004 / 1,280-pages, 4th edition / £15
Krause Standard Catalog of World Paper Money / George Cuhaj (Ed.) / 2007 / Lists standard issue banknotes of the world 1961-onwards / £15
We’ve got lots more ! Lists are already partly prepared for UK, Scotland, England, postal history, foreign countries, and so on. We always have piles of second-hand catalogues in our shop, so please have a browse any time you are in.