Thorp Prescott H (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Includes Index. Light Shelf Wear. Light Smudging Of The Page Edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue stapled soft cover booklet with black title. Nice overall condition with mild cover wear. 9 x 6 with 8 pp. Undated circa 1930's. Illustrated. Scarce postage stamp collecting book.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Scott Stamp and Coin Co. New York 1934 24 page chapbook. age toning to wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. fine. 1st edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards with gilt magnifying glass, stamp tongs, and stamp decoration. 208 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on heavy paperstock. Keywords: Stamp Collectors, Albums, Catalogs, Paper Watermarks, Printing, Perforations, Condition, Cancellations, Stamp Societies, Philatelic Press.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published in 1975 by Minkus Publications, The Complete Guide to Stamp Collecting is a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to philately, written for beginners while remaining useful to advanced collectors. Prescott H. Thorp, one of the most respected mid-20th-century American philatelic writers, covers the full scope of stamp collecting, from postal history and stamp design to paper types, perforations, cancellations, albums, catalogs, and valuation. The book is generously illustrated throughout with black-and-white images of historic stamps, postal documents, and early postal systems, and includes chapters on international stamps, stamp societies, and the philatelic press. Particularly notable is its cultural framing of stamp collecting as an educational and lifelong pursuit, reinforced by contemporary endorsements and quotations from Franklin D. Roosevelt and Arthur E. Summerfield. This copy is clean and complete, presenting as a well-preserved example of a classic Minkus reference title. A solid, visually engaging resource for collectors, postal historians, and anyone interested in the golden era of American stamp collecting.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. very good hardcover with dust jacket. Some wear and batter. Writing on bottom edge. Some foxing.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No date stated. Volume 1, Apr. 1934-Mar. 1935 in one. (coins, coinage, numismatics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 15th edition, 1st printing ; 303 pp. ; white black and red pictorial boards ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Postmasters provisional stamps -- Regular postal issues -- Commemorative issues -- Air mail issues -- Special Delivery stamps -- Air mail special delivery stamps --Postage due stamps -- Post offices in China -- Parcel post stamps -- Parcel postage due stamps -- Special handling stamps -- Registration stamps -- Certified mail stamps -- Newspaper stamps -- Official carrier stamps -- Official stamps -- SPecial printings -- Envelopes and wrappers -- postal cards -- message and reply cards -- Savings stamps -- Revenue stamps -- General isses and documentary stamps -- Proprietary stamps -- Future delivery stamps -- Stock transfer stamps -- Silver purchase stamps -- Cigarette tubes stamps -- Potato stamps -- Tobacco sale tax stamps -- Playing card stamps -- Wine stamps -- Hunting permit (Duck) stamps -- Federal boating stamps -- Match and medicine stamps -- Confederate stamps -- Luminescent stamps -- Canal Zone -- Cuba -- Danish West Indies -- Guam -- Hawaii -- Philippines -- Puerto Rico -- Ryukyu Islands -- United Nations -- Famous people featured on U S Stamps. ; hundreds of black and white images of stamps reproduced throughout ; decorative endpapers ; foxing, spotting on textblock edges, else G. Book.…

Octavo. Vol. 17, No 1-10 (March-December) which includes the three part series titled The Pony Express of 1860-61 by Edward S. Knapp in which he explains the history behind the Pony Express cover and not the history behind the Pony Express itself. Illustrated throughout with covers and stamps used in various countries, what to look for in identification, bound in yellow cloth, unlettered spine scarce.…