There's a monster waiting at the end

It's a British Invasion here, or at least a British-Canadian one, as so many of this installment of new arrivals are about stamps from those countries. At our sales volunteer's request, we recently acquired brand-spanking-new editions of both Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps, 1840-1970 and Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue. Stanley Phillips also made an appearance in the 1935 The Beginner's Book of Stamp Collecting, which made me sneeze when cataloging and since I didn't want to open it again, it won't make an appearance here.




This catalog, though, is a lovely shade of blue and features the Queen. It is also not dusty, musty, or toning.

As for Canada, we had three books donated that will interest Canada collectors, listed below. Other geographic regions-- Colorado and the Canal Zone. A nice sampling of the globe.








The real story, though, are the books with stunning photographs and illustrations. Two about Arizona will delight Arizona researchers and enthusiasts.

Title: Saguaro: a View of Saguaro National Monument and the Tucson Basin.

Author (text): Gary Paul Nabham

Photographer: George H.H. Huey

Publisher: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1986.

Sometimes it does snow here in the Sonoran Desert, and when it does, it creates spectacular landscapes.

I had to include this page because of my sister's pet tortoise, Squirt. I first learned of tortoises' fondness for prickly pear fruits when I babysat Squirt and called my sister, concerned about all the redness on Squirt's face. It turned out to be prickly pear fruit juice. Squirt is a messy eater.








Mail Me Art is a collection of absolutely extraordinary pieces of mail art. The book contains envelopes and packages decorated with a wide variety of art styles from artists all over the world. It also includes interviews with the artists. I could only include a very small sampling here. Come check out the book to see them all!

Title: Mail Me Art: Going Postal With the World's Best Illustrators and Designers.

Author: Darren Di Lieto

Publisher: HOW Books, 2009.

Yup, there's a monster.

And now a complete list of all our recent arrivals:

Books:

• Arizona Then and Now by Allen A. Dutton
• The Beginner's Book of Stamp Collecting by Stanley Phillips
• Canada: the 1967-1973 Definitive Issue by F.W.L. Keane, J. Paul Hughes, Robert J. Lemire, Kenneth W. Pugh, Kenneth Rose, Edward J. Whiting, Michael B. Dicketts, E.L. Covert, John Aitken, and George A. Vanderbergh
• Canada Varieties of the Queen Elizabeth Era: Part 1 Basic Types by Kenneth Pugh.
• Canal Zone Postal History Stationery: 2014 (third edition) edited by Irwin J. Gibbs
• Mail Me Art: Going Postal With the World's Best Illustrators and Designers by Darren Di Lieto
• Saguaro: a View of Saguaro National Monument and the Tucson Basin by Gary Paul Nabham and George H.H. Huey
• Standard Catalogue of Canadian Booklet Stamps by Bill McCann
• [Stanley Gibbons] Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps, 1840-1970
• Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue

Journal:

• Colorado Postal Encyclopedia [computer file] by William Baur, Steven R. Morehead, and Roger D. Rydberg

Auction Catalog:

• Altdeutsche Staaten und Deutsches Reich 1849-1874: Die Sammlung John Simon, Heinrich Kohler Auktionhaus