| BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOUND VOLUMES
Although this document is only intended to exist in electronic form, I find it very convenient to have a hard copy to hand. It is easier to refer to a book than wait the five or ten minutes it takes to start up and close down a computer, just to obtain a single reference or check a fact. Books also give you the big picture of the document as a whole rather than the small-screen glimpses we have all got used to. Accordingly, I printed and had bound a copy of this document in January 2004, which I have called the First edition, for convenience. Late in 2004, I removed Section 5.4 Philatelic Bookplates and transferred it into its own free-standing volume. In January 2006, I transferred the contents of Section 5.3 Biographies of Bibliophiles and Literature Dealers to the already free-standing Section 5.2 Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers, to avoid the necessity of referring to two volumes for biographical information. This resulted in a significant loss of pages and lead me to print a Second edition to record the changes. Late in 2006, I decided to combine Section 2.2.1.2 Histories of Individual Periodicals with Section 2.2.1.4 Cumulative Indexes to Philatelic Periodicals (which had been a free-standing document for many years) and my ad hoc document listing all of the periodicals I had read looking for material to further my researches. This brought most of my information on periodicals together and eliminated much tedious duplication. The fact that this change coincided with a major revision in the style of reference employed, lead me to print a Third edition to record the changes. Henceforth, I will have a copy bound each January, provided the document has increased in size by at least ten percent since the previous printing. At the same time I will send an update to the web files on http://hps.gr/fipliterature, where the electronic version of this document is hosted. Since printing and binding is quite an expensive undertaking, I donate the obsolete volumes to important philatelic libraries round the world.
of January 2010 1st edition, January 2004:- A single bound copy of 487 pages. It was donated to the Western Philatelic Library of Sunnyvale, California, when it was replaced in my library by the 2nd edition. (This edition was bound in dark blue cloth in the same style as my Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers in order to have a uniform style for all of my works. In reality, it was not helpful since I could not distinguish the volumes on my book shelves on sight. All subsequent volumes were bound in green 2nd edition, February 2006:- A single bound copy of 450 pages. It was donated to the Collectors Club of New York, when it was replaced in my library by the 3rd edition. 3rd edition, January 2007:- A single bound copy of 468 pages. To be donated to the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library of Denver, Colorado, when it is replaced in my library by the 4th edition. 4th edition, January 2008:- A single bound copy of 603 pages. It was donated to the American Philatelic Research Library of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, when it was replaced in my library by the 5th edition. 5th edition, January 2009:- A single copy of 667 pages. It was donated to the National Philatelic Society of London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 6th edition. 6th edition, January 2010:- A single copy of 739 pages. It was donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 7th edition. Get the PDF-file pbcompanion.PDF (NB. 3.4 Mb) |