Descriptive Atlas of the World & General Geography published by Blackie & Son, 1893, with 75 maps, a detailed 80 page index of places and 210 pages of information on the countries of the world. A very large and heavy volume, a useful reference for the postal historian.

Various pre-war publications including "History of Railway Letter Stamps" by H. L'Estrange Ewen, 1901 (431 pages, hardbound, a few binding faults); other Ewen catalogues (5); Melville books including "Postage Stamps in the Making", "New ABC of Stamp Collecting", "All about Postage Stamps", "The Complete Philatelist", etc., (10); "Morleys Philatelic Journal" 1903-06 in two volumes; "Stamp Collectors Annual" various editions for 1908-16 (5); "Postage Stamps of the United Kingdom 1840-90" by Westoby, "Reprints" by E.D Bacon, etc. (48).

Various books mainly on British Empire subjects including Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia volumes IV (Australasia) and V (North America), books on Sarawak by Forrester-Wood, G. Hansford & L. Noble, etc, Robson Lowe publications on Cyprus, Malta, Burma, Gambia, Gibraltar and Ascension, various works on Sierra Leone, Niger Coast, Falkland Islands, "KGV Key Plates" by P. Fernbank, "Fiji, Stamps and Postal History 1870-75" by J. Rodger & R. Duberal, "G.B Used Abroad" by J. Parmenter, "Gold Coast" by J. Sacher, "The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, volume VI", etc. (69).

Various books on worldwide topics including postage rates, air mails, forwarding agents, forgeries and cinderellas, with "Blindmans Mail" by G. Fryer, "The Postal History of the Forwarding Agents" by K. Rowe, "The Development of Rates of Postage" by A. Smith, 1917, etc. (19).

The De La Rue Collection published by The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2014. The superb set of six hardbound volumes, cased, reproducing in colour the entire philatelic collection formed by De La Rue (subsequently sold in the 1970s). This set was produced in very small quantities for subscribers only, at an original cost of å£480.

The Royal Philatelic Collection by Sir John Wilson, the superb hardbound volume, pristine condition, cased (the card case unusually intact).

Printers/Specimen Stamps. Various books including "An Introduction to Advanced Philately" by Alexander Sefi, first edition, 1926, no 126 of an edition of 250; "Perkin Bacon Records" by Percy de Worms in two volumes; "The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps" by J. Easton; "Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies" by Marcus Samuel; "UPU Specimen Stamps" by J. Bendon, etc. (9).

Maritime Mail. Various books including "Australia New Zealand UK Mails to 1880", "Admiralty Mediterranean Steam Packets 1830 to 1857" and "British West African Packets to 1900" all by Colin Tabeart, "British Maritime Postal history" volumes 1-3 by R. Kirk or P. Cattell, "Mexican Maritime Mail" by K. Schimmer and J. Heath, "A Caribbean Neptune" by R. Stone, "Australian Mails via Suez" by R. Kirk, "Atlantic Mails" by J. Arnell, "Maritime Disaster Mail" by N. Hoggarth and R. Gwynn, "Early Routings of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1842-79" by P. Kenton and H. Parsons, etc. (28).

Military Mail. Various books including "The Postal History of the British Army in World War 1" by A. Kennedy and G. Crabb; Edward Proud books (7) comprising British Army Postal Service volumes 1-3, Canadian Military Posts volume 1-2, Indian Army Postal Service volumes 2-3, etc. (15).

Europe. "Post Map of Europe" published by James Wyld, 457 West Strand, London, c.1855, showing detailed postal routes across England and most of Europe, hand coloured, laid down on cloth, 118x88mm when opened out, the board cover apparently mislabelled "Wyld's Map of the Theatre of War".

British West Indies. Various one country works, with "The Stamps of Barbados" and "The History of the Post Office in Barbados" both by E. Bayley; "Turks Islands and Caicos Islands to 1950" by J. Challis; Robson Lowe publications comprising The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Stamps volume 6 on Leeward Islands, "Bermuda" by M. Ludington, "St. Vincent" by A. Pierce & J. Messenger, and "Jamaica Postal History 1662-1860" by T. Foster; and B.W.I Study Circle publications comprising "Montserrat to 1965" by L. Britnor and C. Freeland, "Dominica" by E. Toeg, "Leeward Islands" by M. Oliver, "Antigua" by C. Freeland and J. Jordan, "Tobago" by P. Ford, C. Freeland & E. Barrow, "Trinidad" by J. Marriott, M. Medlicott & R. Ramkissoon, "Nevis" by F. Borromeo & C. Freeland. (14).

British West Indies. The extensive accumulation of books on stamps, postal history or postcards including works on censorship, maritime mail, Jamaica, St. Kitts, etc. Also 1950-58 "B.W.I Philatelist" journals (32), "British Caribbean Philatelic Journal" 1-53 in three volumes, and some non-philatelic books including 1934 "Handbook of Trinidad & Tobago". (63+).

France. "La Poste Maritime Francaise, volumes I - IX by Raymond Salles, the original volumes published between 1960 and 1975 with all addendums, also "Catalogue de Marques de Passage 1815-75" volume 1 by J. Van der Linden (1977 edition). A classic set of books detailing all French maritime datestamps, entry marks, consular agency datestamps in the Americas, "F" and "Fr" accountancy handstamps, in fine condition. (10).

France & Colonies. Various books on stamps, postcards or postal history of France, Martinique or Guadeloupe including "Les Colonies Francaises, Tarifs et Service Postal 1848-78, Les Colonies D'Amerique" and "Introduction A L'Histoire Postale" volumes 1 and 2 all by M. Chauvet, etc. (19).

Netherlands & Colonies. "A Postal History of Curacao" by F. Julsen and A. Benders; "Suriname, A Postal History 1700-1956" by J. Riddell; "De Nederlandse Scheepspost 1600-1900" by C. Delbeke; and "Netherlands Mails in Times of Turmoil, volume 1, 1568-1795" by K. Adema. (4).

Sweden. "Swedish Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations 1855-1895" by J. Billgren, T. Bjaringer and L. Stone, 235 pages, gold edges, leather bound, No. 109 of 200 copies, privately published 1986. A superb work.