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 that extra one for the library.

In later years, we have added to this by way of donations, and purchases, to cover books by other writers, and on subjects as diverse as cigarette packets, football cards, gum cards, and silks - which demonstrate how wonderful 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, just email our librarian at: library@card-world.co.uk. 

And if you do fall in love with one of our own works, when you loan it, we also have a bookshop, retailing all our current volumes. 

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.123 World Index - New, Part I (A-K) Murray, Martin 2000 1st

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 123
RB.124 World Index - New, Part II (L-Anon) Murray, Martin 2000 1st

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 124
RB.125 British Trade Index - to 1970 Young, V. 2006 CSGB

Cartophilic Ref. Book No.125

The 2018 update to this book is now available, free of charge, in pdf format:
RB.126 British Trade Handbook - to 1970 Young, V. 2006 CSGB

Cartophilic Ref. Book No.126

The 2018 update to this book is now available, free of charge, in pdf format:
RB.135 British Tobacco Issues Handbook 2003 CSGB

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 135
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
RB.139 Embroidered Silk & Lace Designs Issued in Germany, Holland & South Africa (c.1930) Alan Stevens 2018

This book, published at the 2018 Convention in Kings Lynn, is a timely attempt to provide a historic record of a very large comprehensive selection of all the many and varied embroidered silk and lace designs which were issued in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s by Tobacco & Trade Companies i
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.
RB.151 North American Tobacco Issues Part 1 Martin Murray
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RB.27 British Trade Index, Part II Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1969 CSGB

Ltd Cartophilic Ref. Book No.27
RB.28 World Index, Part III Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1976

Ltd Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 28
RB.29 World Index, Part IV Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1982 1st

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 29
RB.32 World Index, Part V Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1990 1st

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 32
RB.33 Australian & N.Z. lndex - Part II Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1993 1st Simon & Schuster

Cartophilic Ref. Book No.33
RB.34 British Trade Index, Part IV Martin Murray 1997 CSGB

Cartophilic Ref. Book No.34
S11 Sammel-Alben Vansevenant, E. 1964 Vansevenant, E

German Trade Card Issues
S18 Seconds Out - Round One Jones, Evan 1993 1st Murray Cards

Boxing on Cards - Illustrated
S25 Silks-British Tobacco & Trade Sawyer, Dorothy 1982 1st

Listing of Silks Issue
S33 Smith, F.& J. Cigarette Cards Laker, Ian 1980 1st LCCC

Listing of Issues by Smlth
S49 Snake oil syndrome Bingham A Walker 1994 Christopher publishing house

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