Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Volume VII. A Bibliography of the Writings, General, Special and Periodical Forming the Literature of Philately, Divided into Two Parts: (1) Authors and Titles, (2) Periodicals
by Bacon, E.D
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Aberdeen University Press, London, first edition, 1911. Cloth, folio, gilt devices on boards, top edge gilt, 36 cm,. xi pp, 924 columns. Approximately 8,000 entries. The scarce catalogue of a superb collection of literature on all aspects of philately. The nucleus of the collection was that formed by John Kerr Tiffany of St Louis, which the Earl of Crawford acquired in 1901. "Tiffany included in his collection all separate works, journals, retail and wholesale price-lists from the smallest to the largest, notices of dealers and societies, articles on stamp-collecting in non-philatelic magazines, works on postal history and music with philatelic or postal titles. In fact he made it his object to obtain every scrap of paper from a single leaf to the largest volume, which had any bearing whatever on philately and the Post Office in all languages and from every quarter of the globe." Crawford added substantially to Tiffany's collection and engaged E.D. Bacon to produce this catalogue, on which he worked for 10 years, the scale of his researches being evident in the numerous detailed annotations, especially of the scarcer items. The most important sections of Crawford's British collection were later acquired by King George V. Covers slightly rubbed, short tear to rear joint, otherwise Good.
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- Title
- Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Volume VII. A Bibliography of the Writings, General, Special and Periodical Forming the Literature of Philately, Divided into Two Parts: (1) Authors and Titles, (2) Periodicals
- Author
- Bacon, E.D
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, folio, gilt devices on boards, top edge gilt, 36 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers slightly rubbed, short tear to rear joint, otherwise Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Aberdeen University Press, London, first edition, 1911
- Date Published
- 1911
- Pages
- xi pp, 924 columns
- Keywords
- LINDESIANA: philately philatelic literature Postage service - Bibliography Stamp collecting Stamp collectors stamps Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of 1847-1913; Bacon, Edward Denny; Tiffany, John Kerr
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