Campeche: Some Notes on the Most Remarkable Postage Stamp Ever Issued by Walter Clarke Bellows. Self published, New York. 1909. Copy number 59 of 100 copies. 10 1/4" x 11 1/4" vi, 103 pages Cardboard? covers. Original covers have tears and heavy wear on the spine, missing about the top 1/2" of the spine. There is cover surface wear and evidence of a few drips of water on the front cover. Pages are a heavy rag home-made paper with tipped in reproductions of stamps on just about every page, also with printed explanations and descriptions. There is a waviness to the top of the page block, but I believe that is a property of the paper. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. KH22a OVERSIZE

"One of the most legendary book rarities of Mexico philately! 103 pages with glued-on printed pages on handmade paper. Numbered edition of 100 copies. This is one of the most remarkable and beautiful philatelic books ever issued and consists of examples of Bellows’ display of provisional stamps of Mexico shown at exhibition. His material was photographed, cut to shape and appended to handmade marbelled rag-linen papier with facsimile stamps, maps, and historic photographs." - a description found on-line