A Hundred Years Of Postage Stamps

Peter Davies, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1940. Second Edition. 300 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing… Read more about this item

Peter Davies, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1940. Second Edition. 300 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pencil markings to free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to… Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. University library withdrawl rebound in newish blue buckram with white spine titles; contents stiff and clean. Illustrated. ; 300 pages .

London: Peter Davies. Bound in blue cloth with clear title lettering to spine, this 1939 First Edition is close VG. X/300pp with Foreword, 11 Chapters and Three Appendices (List of the hundred most valuable stamps in the world). Numerous stamps illustrations, engraved bookplate of Rosemary Stewart to fornt fixed endpaper. Very minor biro scribbled to blank verso of title page;… Read more about this item