Marshall, CF. Dendy

The British Post Office from Its Beginnings to the End of 1925

Oxford University Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #005509479

First edition in the original red cloth stamped in gilt, embossed gilt device on upper cover (spine a bit faded with wear to extremities; endpapers and adjoining blanks foxed, top edge foxed). Provenance: With the bookplate and inscription of noted philatelist Sydney Raine (after whom the Sydney Raine Trophy for Postal History is named). With a delightful light pencil inscription from Sydney Raine (he of the bookplate)... to himself! 'Raine / As a mark of esteem & respect from himself! Christmas 1946.'B/w Illustrations.

Price: $85.00