A couple of Fredrick Highland's basic readers:
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Books by Stephen R. Datz:
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The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Philately - R. Scott Carlton
from a review, "A MUST HAVE REFERENCE ...Extensive philatelic terms are translated into German, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Russian, Polish, Greek, etc. Super for figuring out what stamp inscriptions mean and for determining key words in foreign catalogs. (I use it regularly - aj c.2008)
Philately & Leon Norman Williams
Which usually includes:
Techniques of Philately by Leon Norman Williams and Maurice Williams (c.Mar 1969)
Basic philately: The art and craft of stamp making (c.1952) by Leon Norman Williams
Cinderella Stamps (Philatelic) (Oct 1970) by Leon Norman Williams and Maurice Williams
Order by Dec. 19 &
Get It by Christmas!
A First Stamp Album
A First Stamp Album for Beginners by Robert Obojski
How to Start Stamp Collecting, James Watson (Paperback)
Adventures in Topical Stamp Collecting
Stamp Collecting Is Fun - I. Michael Orenstein
Stamp Collecting (First Guide) - Neill Granger (1994)
ASI SE Colleccionan Sellos/How to Collect Stamps - Ives Taschereau
v1.: Stamp Collecting for Beginner's - Burton H. Hobson
Stamp Collecting for Beginner's - Burton H. Hobson
Showcasing Your Stamp Collection: A "how to" Guide for Creating Original Albums, Supplementing Ready-Made Albums - C. E. Foster (special order item) [Hobby Publishing Service (Nov. 1911)]
"S" is for Stamps: Linn's ABC Book (Hardcover)
Young Stamp Collectors - Rosamond Praeger
Fun and Profit in Stamp Collecting, by Herman Herst, Jr. (Hardcover)
&: Still More Stories to Collect Stamps by by Herman Herst, Jr. (Dec 1992)
From a world renowned, classic philatelist! aj.
Stamps and Stamp Collecting (Hobby Guides from Usborne Paperbacks) by Judy Allen ($.01 - $5)
Modern Postal Masterpieces (Paperback), Alex Dunne
Collecting Stamps for Pleasure & Profit - Barry Krause
Funk & Wagnalls Guide to the World of Stamp Collecting The Joys of Stamp Collecting for the Beginning and Advanced Philatelist, by Ilma Viola (Hardcover)
At the high end...
Funk & Wagnalls Guide to the World of Stamp Collecting The Joys of Stamp Collecting for the Beginning and Advanced Philatelist, by Ilma Viola (Hardcover)
At the low end...