Warmsley Arthur (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Inscribed copy, probable first edition, in excellent used condition. The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the community and in the Bridgeport Public Schools. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover, quarto, 257pp. In publisher's navy cloth boards with gold lettering. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, which has shelf wear to edges and some dust-soiling overall. ** Illustrated history of the postal service in Connecticut. The author, Arthur J. Warmsley (1913-1998) was an enthusiastic philatelist, and tells anecdotes of the history of the postal service from the post riders of early America through the establishment of the US Post Office and the transport of mail via the New Haven Steamboat Company and the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Illustrated throughout with photographs and 18 full-page plates of the postmarks (cancels) of individual Connecticut towns. OCLC 4103893. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Portland, Connecticut: Self-Published, Printed By Connecticut Printers, 1977. First edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated in black and white, including many examples of historical postmarks. Blue cloth with dustjacket. Minimal edge rubbing, firm binding, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some light scuffing to the rear panel, no chips or tears. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Ed. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Connecticut History, Post Offices.