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
C460 Collecting Cigarette Cards Bagnall, Dorothy 1965 1st Arco Publications

History and How to Collect

P75 Postcards-British Periodical Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1966 CSGB

Cart. Typed Listing No.16

C056 Cartophilic N&N, Vol.1 1966 CSGB

Jan:1965-Dec.1966

C301 Cigarette Card News, Vols.26-27 LCCC 1967 1st LCCC

Journal, LCCC, Lv1ar.'65-Feb.'67

A30 American Card Catalogue (1967) Burdick, J. R. 1967 Nostalgia Press

Handbook of American Card Issues

A79 Australian Trade Issues - to 1945 Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1968 1st AG Press

Cart. Typed Listing No. 11

U08 U.S.A. Photo -Baseball & Allied Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1969 CSGB

Cart. Typed Listing No.12

RB.27 British Trade Index, Part II Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1969 CSGB

Ltd Cartophilic Ref. Book No.27

C266 Cigar, The Connoisseur's Book of the Davidoff, Zino 1969 1st

Information on Cigars McGraw-Hill

C302 Cigarette card News, Vols.28-29 LCCC 1969 1st LCCC

Journal, LCCC, Lv1ar.'67··Feb.'69

P86 Printed Ephemera Lewis, John 1969 1st Faber & Faber

Printed Ephemera

W78 World Tobacco Directory Trade Publications 1970 21st

Directory of Tobacco Companies

W26 Who's Who in Card Collecting Lerner, Irving 1970 1st Lerner, Irving

Collectors - American & Others

T24 Testu & Massin, Paris Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1971

Cont. Cat. By Printers, Sec. 6

V06 Vallet Minot - Paris Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1971

Cont. Cat. By Printers, Sec.5

C303 Cigarette Card News, Vols.30-31 LCCC 1971 1st LCCC

Journal, LCCC, Mar.'69-Feb.'71

B24 Baster & Viellemand Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1971

Cont. Cat. by Printers, Sec.4

B44 Bognard, F Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1971

Cont.Cat.by Printers, Sec.3

C482 Courbe-Rouzet Wharton-Tigar, E. C. 1971

Cont. Cat. By Printers, Sec.2

M38 Militaria Denney, A. H. 1973 1st Balfour

Military History - Pictorial etc