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
S25 Silks-British Tobacco & Trade Sawyer, Dorothy 1982 1st

Listing of Silks Issue
S18 Seconds Out - Round One Jones, Evan 1993 1st Murray Cards

Boxing on Cards - Illustrated
S11 Sammel-Alben Vansevenant, E. 1964 Vansevenant, E

German Trade Card Issues
RB.9 Lambert & Butler Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1948 reprint CSGB

This Reference Book was the first to be written by Edward Wharton-Tigar, our new editor, and it was published in 1948 as a limited edition of 400 copies. No printer appears on the original book.

RB.8 A Glossary of Cartophilic Terms Eric Gurd
RB.7 Directory of Brit. Cig Card Issuers Gurd, Eric 1946 CSGB

Ltd Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 7
RB.6 The Cigarette Card issues of Ardath Tobacco Co., Ltd. Gurd, Eric 1943
RB.5 The Cigarette Card Issues of Abdulla, Adkin and Anstie Gurd, Eric 1943 reprint
RB.4 Gallaher Gurd, Eric 1944 reprint CSGB
RB.34 British Trade Index, Part IV Martin Murray 1997 CSGB

Cartophilic Ref. Book No.34
RB.33 Australian & N.Z. lndex - Part II Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1993 1st Simon & Schuster

Cartophilic Ref. Book No.33
RB.32 World Index, Part V Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1990 1st

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 32
RB.29 World Index, Part IV Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1982 1st

Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 29
RB.28 World Index, Part III Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1976

Ltd Cartophilic Soc. Ref. Book No. 28
RB.27 British Trade Index, Part II Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1969 CSGB

Ltd Cartophilic Ref. Book No.27
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.
RB.151 North American Tobacco Issues Part 1 Martin Murray
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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.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.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