THE FALMOUTH PACKETS 1689-1851
Written by Tony Pawlyn.
Stock no. 1831019
Published by Truran. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

First full length study of this unique maritime service to be published for over 100years. For 160 years Falmouth was the centre of international communications between Britain and her allies and colonies on the Atlantic run. At its peak over forty vessels were employed as mail-packets, working out of Falmouth ferrying official dispatches, mail, passengers and bullion. Built for speed and lightly armed these small vessels had not only to contend with the elements but hostile navies and privateers. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos/illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1850221758. A very nice copy.

F.R. KENDALL: EXTRACT FROM LETTERS 1858-1865
Written by Franklin Richardson Kendall.
Stock no. 1826617
Published by P & O. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Franklin Richardson Kendall was born into a family with great naval traditions and joined the P & O Head Office in London. He remained with P & O for 50 years before retiring. This is a collection of selected extracts from letters written to his mother during the tumultous times of change between 1858 and 1866. Large format. Cloth spine, cream cardwraps with black title to front. Tipped in colour frontis of the Ripon leaving Southampton. B/w photos. 89 pages. A few light creases to covers. Covers are a little grubby from handling. Contents clean.

A POSTAL HISTORY OF SWANSEA AND DISTRICT
Written by D.R. Gwynn; P.R. Reynolds; H.R. Warren.
Stock no. 2139686
Published by Swansea Philatelic Society. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and stamp marks. ISBN: 0950933201. Spine is browned. Some creasing to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

THE WELSH POST TOWNS BEFORE 1840
Written by Michael Scott Archer.
Stock no. 1322822
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 137 pages. ISBN: 0900592060. Spine bumped. Some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly spotted.

A HISTORY OF THE SHIP LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Alan W. Robertson.
Stock no. 2115920
Published by Pardy & Son Ltd.. Circa 1955. Almost very good condition.

An edition on Art Paper Limited to 600 copies. Large format. Blue cloth 'folders'. One volume contains sections A-D, next volume contains Section E (the catalogue) and third volume contains Supplement No. 4 (Section E, Part 4). Many b/w photos. SIGNED by author to Volume containing sections A-D. This is copy no. 353. Ex-lib. with some old library stamp marks etc. Covers have some uneven fading and a few marks. Foxing to outer page edges; some page browning.