THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION
Sir John Wilson
Published by The Viscount Kemsley @ The Dropmore Press, 1952
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Hardcover
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FULL RED LEATHER with gilt crest to front. 5 raised bands. Leather to bevelled boards. As NEW. Gilt to top edge pages. xiv, 12 colour plates with tissue. Numerous b&w photographs, plates, illustrations etc. In matching red slip case. ( not leather). At over 5 kg and because of value not suitable for export as has to go airmail tracked and signed and insured. UK will have to go guaranteed insured. In my opinion, as a philatelist a truly lovely item. Seller Inventory # 13662
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION
Publisher: The Viscount Kemsley @ The Dropmore Press
Publication Date: 1952
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
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Prospectus for The Royal Philatelic Collection. Edited By Clarence Winchester. 8 Pages, Large Folio. Tipped in Plate.
Published by
The Dropmore Press, London
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First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Condition: Near Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition and only edition of the Prospectus. 8 pages, unnumbered. One tipped in plate, illustrations, examples of stamps. "Published by the Gracious Permission of His Majesty King George VI." Folio size. Printed wrappers with some offsetting to covers, some wear and creasing to top edges. RARE. Seller Inventory # 004167
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The Royal Philatelic Collection
Published by
The Viscount Kemsley at The Dropmore Press Ltd, London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1952, 1st edition. Thick Foliio. 37cm x 27cm, approx. Illustrated. Publisher's full red buckram, gilt titles. Some fading to spine and board edges. Binding square and firm. Some bumping to corners. Small marginal nick to fore-edge of one page, otherwise contents in good clean order. A 'Very Good' copy. This is a large heavy book, shipping to be advised. Seller Inventory # 014500
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THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION - IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
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Viscount Kemsley at the Dropmore Press Ltd., London, 1952
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. first edition. 10 x 14 1/2 in. Paginated in sections. Scarlet cloth boards with gilt crest on cover, titles on spine. Text has full-pg color plates with tissue guards and numerous B&W plates. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers are like near new with minor wear to the spine cloth. No shelf wear, extremely clean and fresh. Binding tight and text spotless. Slipcase is in the same scarlet color and is very good, with mild wear to edges, a few tiny spots, a bit scuffed on one side, top a little dented. Overall a very fine copy. Oversize, will require extra shipping costs. Antiques. RGR. Seller Inventory # 43558
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The Royal Philatelic Collection. In Slipcase
Published by
The Viscount Kemsley at The Dropmore Press, London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Court Street Books LLC, Florence, AL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Massive gorgeous book. Full red leather with 5 raised bands on spine. A few small scuffs to spine, else fine. Slipcase is bright, some shelfwear, top seams just started to split but holding very strong. No international or priority shipping on this tome. Note this is the full red crushed morocco binding--it also came in a less expensive cloth binding. Seller Inventory # 017943
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THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION
Published by
Viscount Keimsley/The Dropmore Press: London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frontis portrait of King George VI; color illus. of stamps, 14.5 x 10.5", full red crushed morocco with gilt royal emblem ("Dieu et mon Droit") on cover; teg, vp, covers with very minor rubbing, white-ink number near foot of spine, EX-LIBRARY with a minimum of markings (the number on spine, a few ink stamps to prelims) else a nice copy in a rubbed and broken (missing top cover) wooden slipcase. Sumptuous example of philatelic reference. SCARCE in U.S. Seller Inventory # 99-9130
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The Royal Philatelic Collection
Published by
The Viscount KemsleySUB1|Stamps, Royal, Philately, Collection, George, Stamps, London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: BIANCOLIBRARY, BILLINGSHURST, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. A first edition in very good to excellent condition overall. Many fine plates. Describes the entire stamp collection of the time at the end of George VI's reign. Some fine black and white illustrations. Frontispiece of King George VI. Internally very clean overall. Full leather covers. Bright embossed gilt coat of arms on front board. Five raised bands on spine. Excellent condition of spine. In red case - this is in very good bright condition with some marks. Buying more than one book will save on postage costs. We have split our books into 70 + categories. Size: 10" - 14.25" Tall. Seller Inventory # 007186
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The Royal Philatelic Collection. [A catalogue of the collection begun by H.M. King George V and continued by H.M. King George VI].
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London: The Viscont Kemsley at the Dropmore Press First Limited Edition, 1952
Used
Hardcover
Signed
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
folio, (9.75 x 14 inches. 25 x 35.5 cm), pagination: viii, 85, 76, 48, 63, 64, 75 pages, two photographs of King George V and King George VI as frontispieces, 12 colour plates, 16 monochrome plates (depicting albums, housing of the collection, and various album pages; printed on both sides) in the introduction part apart from 12 colour (depicting stamps and each protected by onionskin paper (Figure 6); printed on one side only) and 16 monochrome plates, with 48 monochrome plates of stamps and covers to catalogue section, bound in full red Nigerian morocco, stamped in gold with the Royal Coat of Arms on the front and the Tudor rose motif on the rear cover, gilt titled spine with raised bands. A fine bright clean copy in the original publisher's slipcase. LIMITED EDITION of 1,500 finely bound copies. Ex Libris Gary S. Ryan RDP FRPLS with his fine presentation label to slipcase. Gary Sidney Ryan was an eminent philatelist who specialised in the stamps and postal history of Hungary and later in revenue stamps. Ryan was awarded the Crawford Medal of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1988 for his work on the cancellations of Hungarian Post Offices on the first stamps of Hungary and he signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1980. His philatelic writing won him a rarely awarded Grand Prix award for Literature at Frankfurt in 1989. With Robson Lowe and Ronald Butler, Ryan was one of the founders of The Revenue Society of Great Britain in 1990. Published in late 1952 and winner of The Crawford Medal in 1953, this is the most luxurious and beautiful philatelic book of all time. The book consists of two parts: (a) introduction narrating the story of the royal collection followed by the (b) catalogue of the collection. The catalogue comprises of five sections for Great Britain, British America, British Africa, British Asia, and British Australasia. The Royal Philatelic Collection was edited by Clarence Winchester and authored by Sir John Wilson, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection from 1938 to 1969 as well as the President of The Royal Philatelic Society London from 1934 to 1940 and again from 1949 to 1950. At that time the Royal Collection consisted of 330 large albums containing a total of nearly a quarter million of stamps. Seller Inventory # 3964
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THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION by sir john wilson bt keeper of the royal philatelic collection.
Published by
Dropmore Press, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition, deluxe issue. Publisher's full red morocco, with the royal crest in gilt on the front board and five raised bands, gilt lettering and Tudor rose stamps to the spine and back board. Top edge gilt. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. A fine copy. Extensively illustrated with two collotypes of King George V & VI, twelve colour photographic plates with tissue guards, eight pages of monographs and forty-eight illustrations in a catalogue at rear. A finely illustrated history of the postage stamp collection of the British Royal Family as well as a detailed catalogue, arranged geographically by British territories on different continents. The Royal collection is held at St James' Palace in London, this catalogue of the collection being prepared by Sir John Wilson who was the president of the Royal Philatelic Society and known as the 'keeper' until 1969. Sir John was integral to the introduction of coloured albums that preserved the stamps and letters. He also led the resurrection of exhibitions and loans to museums after World War II. Seller Inventory # 46127
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