An assortment of specialist volumes primarily focused on military postal history and industrial engineering. The collection includes multiple copies of several titles, notably Sierra Leone, History of the South African Army Postal Service, and The Canadian Military Posts Volume 3. These philatelic titles feature various binding styles, including white wrappers with pictorial spine vignettes and brown cloth with black-stamped titles.
The lot also contains a two-volume set of History of His Own Time by Gilbert Burnet, presented in dark green cloth with gilt-lettered black labels on the spines. Engineering and steam power subjects are represented by Ronald H. Clark’s The Steam Engine Builders of Norfolk (Haynes Publishing, bearing reference F678) and John Crawley’s Ploughing Engines in Focus. Further specialized works include The Postal History of German East Africa in a green hardcover format. The group represents a significant gathering of niche historical research materials and reference works.
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