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 Sort descending Edition Publisher Notes Admin
L40 Liebig - Menu & Place Cards Magistris, Lucilla Panini

Listing of Menu & Place Cards

B50 Bon Marché Thysebaert

Alain Bon Marché Images etc.

C058 Cartophilic N&N, Vol.3 1970 Journal CSGB

Jan.1969-Dec.1970

C074 Cartophilic N&N, Vol.23/24 (213-224) Journal CSGB

Jan.1999-Dec.2000 CSGB

C406 Cigarette Card Review - Vol.1 EHW EHW

1947 Journal, 1946-1947

RB.151 North American Tobacco Issues Part 1 Martin Murray
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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

C410 Cigarette Card, The, Vol. 1 1939

Journal, + Bulletin, 1-7 etc.

U16 US CAT 39 Burdick 1939 Burdick

Card listings

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

Journal, LCCC, OCL'36-Sep.'39

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

W30 Wills Gurd, Eric 1942 CSGB
RB.1 Faulkner, W. & F. Gurd, Eric 1942 CSGB

Our "Cartophilic Reference Book - No.1 : The Cigarette Card Issues of W. & F. Faulkner - An Official Checklist Compiled by A Committee of the Cartophilic Society of Great Britain" appeared in 1942.