Library

A number of old books from the CSGB library.

Since we first started writing our reference books and publishing our magazines we have been keeping a copy of every one for the future. Even when wartime restrictions meant we could only produce our magazines to order we still managed to print one for the library. In later years, we have added to things by way of donations and purchases to cover books by other writers, and on subjects as diverse as cigarette packets, football cards, gum cards, postcards, and coffee-table style visual masterpieces, which truly demonstrate what a wonderful world the card world is.

Our library is an amazing and enviable resource which is available for use by members, non-members, the press and archivists. If you are not a current member of our society, but are working on a piece which does, or could, involve cards and would like to hear more, please email our librarian at: library@card-world.co.uk.

If you do fall in love with one of our own works, please don’t forget we also have a bookshop retailing all our current volumes. And members can advertise in our magazine for copies of older versions of our works, or for card related publications by other writers.

CSGB members can borrow up to two items from our library at a time. Loan requests should be made to library@card-world.co.uk.

Our books are loaned for one month at a time. Extension can be arranged by email the address above, but, as in all libraries, this depends on whether the book has been requested by another member.

Loaned books will come with a CSGB loan form, plus a return address label. Please keep the packaging safe as you will need to refund that postage and return the form when you return the book. To safeguard our stocks, recorded delivery postage must be used when returning books. Cheques are to be made out to CSGB, or we will accept the equivalent in postage stamps by prior arrangement.

Please note that if any book or item is lost, destroyed or damaged whilst in your possession you will be liable to pay compensation (amount decided by the Council). In order to preserve rarer, earlier, or larger books, the Librarian may agree, and sometimes prefer, to search for and provide information rather than loaning the publication. However, the member must understand such a request may take longer to accomplish.

Browse our library

Year(s)
Ref. Title Author(s) Year Edition Publisher Notes Admin
RB.138 Handbook of Worldwide Tobacco & Trade Silk Issues Alan Stevens

This comprehensive, and popular, ‘Handbook of Worldwide Tobacco & Trade Silk Issues’ is a soft cover reference book, as shown above. In addition to the numerous updates from the original, there are many new entries of previously unrecorded silk issues with 27 additional  pages of  text and li
C070 Cartophilic N&N, Vol.18/19 (165-176) Journal CSGB

Jan.1991-Dec.1992 CSGB
C216 Cartophilic World, Vo1.9-10 1954 Journal, CSGB

Jan.1951-Dec.1954
C442 Cinema Stars on 'Picture' Postcards Shaw,

Jim Listing of Cinema Stars Shaw, J.H.
D52 Dutch Embroidered Silks Stevens, Alan Stevens, Alan

Illustrations only
RB.140 Handbook of 'Felts' and 'Leathers' Alan Stevens

This useful Handbook is divided into two parts and provides comprehensive listings and illustrations of known ‘Felt’ and ‘Leather’ Designs issued by Tobacco and Trading Companies in North America, Canada & Great Britain between 1910 and 1915.
Card-World 1922
Card-World 1922
Card-World 1922
C279 Cigarette Card News, Vol. 1-3 LCCC 1936 1st LCCC

Journal, LCCC, Oct.'33-Sep.'36
C415 Cigarette Cards & How to Collect Them Evans, I. 1937 1st Jenkins, Herbert

History & Collection of Cards
C470 Collector's Miscellany Parks, J. 1938 Parks, J.

Journal-1932-1938
C272 Cigarette Card Collectors' Handbook Bason, Fred 1938 Anscornbe, Robert

Collectors' Handbook
C281 Cigarette Card News, Vol. 4-6 LCCC 1939 1st LCCC

Journal, LCCC, OCL'36-Sep.'39
C410 Cigarette Card, The, Vol. 1 1939

Journal, + Bulletin, 1-7 etc.
U16 US CAT 39 Burdick 1939 Burdick

Card listings
U22 Unnumbered Series Bagnall et al 1940 1st LCCC

Cartophilic Handbook No.1
C433 Cigarette Cards-Subject Catalogue Gower, Frederick 1941 Gower, F.

Subject Listing
C284 Cigarette Card News, Vol. 7-9 LCCC 1942 1st LCCC

Journal, LCCC, Oct.'39-Sep.'42
RB.2 Hill, R. & J. Gurd, Eric 1942 reprint CSGB

This was our second Reference Book, covering the cards of R & J Hill, and written by Eric Gurd, author, and editor of our magazine. It was published in 1942, again as a limited edition of four hundred copies, for members only, and, like its predecessor it was not illustrated.