Numismatics
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Stern, M F : Ancient Maps and Explorers' Routes on Stamps. Map Collectors' Series No 15. London: Map Collectors' Circle 1964. (Map Collectors' Series) 22p booklet with numerous illustrations, ex library, re-bound in plain brown card boards with cloth spine, typewritten label to front, library stamp to title page, a fresh and unused item, excellent condition PKM 144535 £10
Stanley Gibbons : Stanley Gibbons Ltd Priced Catalogue of Stamps of Foreign Countries (1908) Part 2. 19th Edition. London: Stanley Gibbons 1908. 636p green cloth, many illus, front inner hinge torn so that binding detaches from bookblock, text clean PKM 142850 £14
von Thurn und Taxis, Joseph : Ged�chtnisausstellung zum 450. Todestag Franz von Taxis (Thurn und Taxis Ausstellung 1967) Frankfurt 1967. ca. 35p, covers illustrated with Thurn & Taxis postage stamps, many plates (some coloured), a very good copy PKM 140265 £12
Vat, Dan van der : Decimal Money in Daily Use. London: Cornmarket 1968. 12p stapled booklet, pages unmarked, VG PKM 138825 £14
Seaby, B A : Standard Catalogue of Coins of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Seaby 1956. 102p blue card cover, sunned, corners chipped, pages unmarked and clean, good condition PKM 138417 £11
King, C W : Antique Gems. Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History; and as Illustrative of Ancient Art. With Hints to Gem Collectors. London: Murray 1860. 498p + 32p of advertisments, bound in brown cloth with embossed frame and gilt vignette on covers, spine frayed and with a few small library labels, bookplate and stamps within, but a solid copy of the first edition of this richly illustrated work PKM 134697 £40
Whitaker, Joseph : An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1967. London: Whitaker 1966. 1204 xxxv green cloth with red spine and gilt lettering, ex lib with remains of labels on spine, bookplate, pages unmarked, with b&w plates, binding firm, VG PKM 134463 £13
Lister, Raymond : College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge. Cambridge: Golden Head 1966. 64p paperback with wrapper dustjacket, VG+ with bookplate PKM 133887 £14
(No Author) : Facts & Figures: Tables and General Knowledge containing Arithmetical Tables, Decimals, Weights and Measures, Metric System, General Knowledge Data including Astronomical and Geographical Facts etc. London: Philip. 64p slim green card covers, printed on grey paper, stapled, 12.5 cm, pages clean, no date, early 1900s?, unique little booklet, VG PKM 129669 £15
Allen, John : Post and Courier Service in the Diplomacy of Early Modern Europe. The Hague: Nijhoff 1972. (Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees) 162p large paperback, excellent clean copy, well preserved, first edition, not a funny reprint, not a photocopy either PKM 128829 £46
Bugli, Maria Santina [Ed]: Monete e Medaglie di Mantova e dei Gonzaga dal 12 al 19 Secolo: La Collezione della Banca Agricola Mantovana, Vol 1: Mantova nell' eta dei Gonzaga, una capitale europea. Milano: Electa 1996. 188p large heavy cloth with red illustrated dj, boxed, b&w and colour illustrations throughout, charts, pages nice and clean, one corner sl bumped, hardly used, VG+ PKM 123901 £52
Laurent, Claude-Marcel : Le Jeu de Tarots: R�gle et Pratique. Paris: Bornemann 1975. (Tous les Jeux et leurs R�gles) 87p pb, b&w illustrations, pages clean, hardly used, VG PKM 120918 £10
Christ, Karl ; Staveley, E S et al: Historische Probleme der griechisch-sizilischen Numismatik; Provocatio during the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B C. (= Historia, Zeitschrift f�r Alte Geschichte, Vol 3, No 4, 1954/55) Wiesbaden: Steiner 1955. pp 385 - 504 orig paper covers, minor shelf wear to edges, pages clean and mostly uncut, fold out chart, various contributors, texts in English or German, as good as unused, VG+ PKM 116280 £12
Koffsky, Peter : The Consul General's Shanghai Postal Agency 1867 - 1907. Washington: Smithsonian 1972. (Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology) 46p stapled, large format, with illus, VG+ PKM 109726 £12
Fox-Davies, Arthur : A Complete Guide to Heraldry. Revised edition. London: Nelson 1951. 647p hardback, nearly 800 designs mainly from drawings by Graham Johnston (herald painter to the Lyon court), beautiful drawings some in colour, frontispiece, plates, ex lib, pages roughly cut, very good condition PKM 99992 £40
: The Commonwealth Catalogue of Queen Elizabeth Postage Stamps. 1958 Edition. London: Commonwealth Stamp Copy 1958. 58p with dustjacket, inserted a letter from Pennock Philatelist, going into some detail about Seychelles 5c of 45c with varieties, promising to supply additional numbers and describing conditions. Book smells a little PKM 97139 £8
Lightbown, R : Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver. London: Clowes 1975. 255p grey pb, virtually as new, lush photographs, indexes, detailed notes, dedication on flyleaf, produced for exhibition at Victoria and Albery Museum, pages unblemished PKM 96767 £25
Sargent, George : The Crooked Sixpence. London: Religious Tract Society 1887. (Religious Tract Society Library) 159p frontisp, small format, cloth dusty a bit dull, sl worn PKM 92037 £8
(No Author) : The Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1972. London: HMSO 1970. vi 566p bound in plain green cloth, tables, calendars, index, explanations, VG+ PKM 87974 £21.6
(No Author) : Postwertzeichen, colour plate with see-through text explaining each, recto and verso, removed from Brockhaus Handbuch des Wissens 1922. Leipzig: Brockhaus 1922. (Handbuch des Wissens) plate, removed from binding, VG PKM 84021 £4.5
Sachs, David : The Future of the Pound. British Federation of Commodity and Allied Trade Associations 1947. 20p cream stapled pamphlet with card cover, slight dust around the edges but pages clean, VG PKM 71038 £10.8
Coulton, G G : The Meaning of Medieval Moneys. London: Bell & Sons 1934. 16p blue stapled pamphlet, ex-lib, pages clean, VG PKM 70826 £5.4
Johnson, T E : The Post Office and You. London: General Post Office 1957?. 43p large stapled pb, illustrated with photographs, center signature detached, VG ex lib copy PKM 60900 £9
Grierson, Philip : Coins and Medals: A Select Bibliography. (Helps for Students of History No 56) London: Historical Association 1954. 88p stapled limp cloth, VG PKM 45245 £9
P�rlist, A : Riigi Visiitkaart. Tallinn: Valgus 1970. 96p+ 32p plates, stapled with card wrapper, dj, illus incl 1 half-tone plate in text, glossary, 16 half-tone plates at end, VG+: a book about Latvian stamps PKM 34155 £9
Podagelis, I ; Guzas, E [Eds]: Postal Issues Catalogue: Republic of Lithuania 1990 - 1994. Vilnius: Lithuanian Post 1994. 80p stapled with card wrapper, photographic paper throughout, many half-tone plates in text, table, also incl errata slip laid in, some faint pencil markings otherwise VG PKM 33039 £5.4
(No Author) : Erakollektsionide n�itus "Minu huviala": Katalog. Tallinn: Eesti NSV Karskus�hing 1988. 24p stapled paper wrapper, exhib cat, also incl advertisement for further exhib laid in, few markings otherwise VG: postcards, stamps, cameras? PKM 33033 £8
Vende, Valdeko : Filokartia. Tallinn: Valgus 1981. 82p+16p plates, stapled with card wrapper, 9 half-tone plates in text, 16 colour plates at end, VG PKM 33032 £6
T�nisson, U : Fillumeenia. Tallinn: Valgus 1975. (Kollektsion��r) 80p+8p plates, stapled with card wrapper, many half-tone plates in text, bibliogr, 8 colour plates at end, front hinge opened otherwise VG PKM 33031 £3.6
Vihman, V ; Kruuse, H : 100 Aastat Filateeliat Eestis. Tallinn: �f� Eesti Vabariiklik Osakond 1988. 96p stapled, as typescript, several half-tone plates, tables, page has corner missing otherwise VG PKM 33030 £7.2
[Schulman, Jacques]: Schulman: Coins and Medals: Centenary Auction Sale. (Catalogue 271). Amsterdam: Schulman 1980. [xii] 226 106p 4to illus hb, auction cat, organised with sections on coins, medals & paper money, jetons, Papal coins, Greek, Roman & Byzantine coins, numismatic literature, orders & decorations, 105p half-tone plates at end, library stamp, sl rubbing to corners otherwise VG+ PKM 31856 £15
(No Author) : M�nzen und Medaillen: Auktion 178. M�nchen: Hirsch 1993. 141p large pb, 114 plates, VG PKM 28657 £10.8
North, George : Remarks on Some Conjectures relative to an antient Piece of Money endeavouring to prove it a Coin of Richard, the First King of England of that Name, Shewing the Improbability of the Notion therein advanced... London: Sandby 1752. [ii] 42p 4to sewn, removed from binding, appendix reprinted from Journal of the Society of Antiquaries, pages decaying at edges, some faint pencil markings, title page detached and first two sections loose, some foxing PKM 22778 £34
Pennington, James : The Currency of the British Colonies. (1848) New York: Kelley 1967. 247p cloth as new PKM 9632 £12.6
Mukherjee, B N : Coins and Currency Systems of Post-Gupta Bengal. (AD 550 - 700). New Delhi: Munshira 1993. x 72p 8plates, 25cm cloth, dj, as new PKM 7967 £14
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