Overland Mail Postal Study Route by Sidebottom John (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp.xi 174. Illustrated with maps, a frontis.,7 plates and vignettes in the text. Ex-Library with new front endpaper, round perforated stamp on tite page and numbers on verso and occasional stamps in bottom margins of a few pages. Blue cloth with a little light wear to head and foot of spine and corners and a red stain down down rear spine edge and red linepart way across upperhalf with a small red patch at bottom rear edge. Contents clean and bright. May require extra overseas airmail shipping.…

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 174pp, small quarto. slight cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good- chipping, cover wear, chipping to edges, Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUN IN LIGHT BLUE CLOTH HARDCOVER, THIS 4to 1948 FIRST EDITION IS VG. PUBLISHED FOR THE POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY BY ALLEN AND UNWIN IN LONDON. X1/174pp WITH PREFACE BY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY CHAIRMAN, ROBSON LOWE, 18 CHAPTERS, 13 APPENDICES, THREE MAPS SHOWING OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE, SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THOMAS WAGHORN'S CACHET'S, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX. ALSO, 8 ILLUSTRATIONS AND 9 ENGRAVINGS OR VIGNETTES. FIXED FRONT ENDPAPER CARRIES BOOKPLATE OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS PHILATELIC SOCIETY, DATED 1958. GENERAL CONDITION VG. …

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. A light blue casebound book with black text on the spine. There is a mostly white dust jacket with black text on the spine. xi, 174 pages; illustrated with black-and-white images. VG-/VG: The dust jacket is stained and worn at the edges and corners. The book has clean pages and solid binding.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1945. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Thomas Fletcher Waghorn was the pioneer of the Overland Mail Route to India via Cairo and Suez. Sea and air mail routes are to this day, evidence of Waghorn's forgotten courage and perseverance during the 19th century. Originally published in 1948, from letters and General Post Office records, this volume is amply illustrated and supplemented with maps, geographical and technical route data, government Acts, agent details, fares and postage rates, transit times, quarantine regulations and facsimiles of cachets (a distinguishing mark, or seal historically used in postal services). This book is a detailed and fascinating history of the overland mail route to India via Suez and will be of interest to those interested in the history of communications, as well as economic, political and diplomatic history.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. very good(-). First. Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, upper front cover in right corner faded from sun exposure, front flyleaf and last blank page partially browned. London: George Allen and Unwin, (1948). History of the Overland Mail Route from England via Egypt to India.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light blue cloth boards w/ dark blue titling to spine / no DJ. Binding square and tight, covers lightly soiled/rubbed w/ light bubbling (mostly to rear), gently bumped corners and a hint of concavity along vert axis, fep SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS and dated 1948, otherwise, text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages w/ dusted/soiled/foxed page ends. 174 pps, 1/2 Title, portis, (presumed 1st Edition), illus's, facsim's, photos, plates, maps, append's, biblio, index, notes. An excellent, well-documented treatise on mail service from Great Britain to India including steam navigation, rail, and overland routes, Waghorn's journeys and agency in the mid-1800s, financial difficulties and quarantine regulations as originally prepared by one of Great Britain's most noted collectors (Sidebottom), augmented by new and complimentary information prepared by (Clear) and published for the Postal History Society in Great Britain. Signed by Author(s).…