Reference Books
Helpful for collectors needing further information. These books give some background about the companies concerned, list the subjects (or illustrate the cards) in some of the unnumbered series. Please remember that these are useful reference works and not priced catalogues.

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BROOKE BOND TEA CARDS REFERENCE BOOK

Published December 2007

The Definitive Reference Book on Brooke Bond Tea Cards

Eight Years in Preparation

A5 size with 104 pages packed with information

319 full colour illustrations of cards and albums

Includes separate sections on overseas issues

The Story of the Company’s first Hundred years from one shop to market leader

£12.50
The Card Issues of Abdulla/Adkin/Anstie Tobacco – 20 pages £4.00
The Card Issues of Ardath Tobacco – 28 pages £4.00
The Card Issues of W A & A C Churchman – 36 pages with 29 cards illustrated £4.00
The Card Issues of W & F Faulkner – 12 pages £4.00
The Card Issues of Gallaher Limited – 40 pages £4.00
The Card Issues of R & J Hill Limited – 28 pages £4.00
The Card Issues of Lambert & Butler – 32 pages with 25 cards illustrated £4.00
The Card Issues of Ogdens including Guinea Gold 2005 revised edition, 330 pages with 815 cards illustrated. £20.00
The Card Issues of Godfrey Phillips – 40 pages with 225 cards illustrated
 £4.00
The Card Issues of John Player & Sons – 44 pages with 26 cards illustrated £4.00
The Card Issues of F & J Smith – 36 pages with 79 cards illustrated £4.00
The Card Issues of James Taddy & Co. – 32 pages with 30 cards illustrated £4.00
The Card Issues of W D & H O Wills – 200 pages with 559 cards illustrated
SOLD OUT
The Card Issues of W D & H O Wills & British American Tobacco (B A T) combined 402 pages illustrated. £20.00
The Card Issues of A & BC Chewing Gum – 52 pages with 29 cards illustrated (3rd Edition 2004) £4.00
The Card Issues of Brooke Tea – The First Forty Years – 72 pages with more than 100 card illustrations £7.00
The Card Issues of Typhoo Tea – 36 pages with 68 cards illustrated £4.00
Directory of British Tobacco issuers – 36 pages with 16 cards illustrated. Originally published in 1946 – lists over 200 companies with brief facts about each firm £4.00
Errors and Varieties in British Trade Cards – 36 pages with 33 cards illustrated  
SOLD OUT
Glossary of Cartophilic Terms – 40 pages with 27cards illustrated. Originally published in 1948 still of great use today – explains 290 words that are used within the hobby £4.00
Handbook Part II (1920-1940) British Tobacco Issues. Updated by the above book, but includes Godfrey Phillips Silks listings. 164 pages, over 900 cards illustrated. Published at £12.00 Special Offer Price £6.00
British Tobacco Issues Handbook (Updated Edition 2003). 369 pages with over 2600 cards illustrated, updates the original Handbooks Parts 1 & 2, but excludes Ogden, Wills and The Godfrey Phillips Group of Companies. £23.50
The Pinnace Collection. All 2462 football cards of the 1920’s issued by Godfrey Phillips illustrated and listed alphabetically – 112 pages
SOLD OUT
World Tobacco Card Index and Handbook Part I. 701 pages and nearly 2,000 cards illustrated  
SOLD OUT
World Tobacco Card Index and Handbook Part II. Supplement to Index I 452 pages with approximately 3,600 cards illustrated.  
SOLD OUT
World Tobacco Card Index and Handbook Part III. Supplement to Index I and II, 504 pages with more than 650 cards illustrated. £25.00
World Tobacco Card Index and Handbook Part IV. Supplement to Index I.II and III, 688 pages (illustrated). £18.50
World Tobacco Card Index and Handbook Part V. Supplement to Index I,II,III and IV, 552 pages with approximately 1,300 cards illustrated. £18.50
New World Tobacco Issues Index Part I. Issuers A to K (Updated Edition 2000) £22.50
New World Tobacco Issues Index Part 2. Issuers L to Z plus Anonymous (Updated Edition 2000) £22.50
The above two books are a revision of the World Tobacco Indexes Parts I to V combined, (but not the Handbooks) there are no subject listings. Each book has approximately 350 pages with 20 illustrations.
Handbook of Worldwide Tobacco and Trade Silk Issues (Published 2007) Hardback 342 pages with over 2000 illustrations £50.00
The New Tobacco War Reference Book 236 pages and 2300 cards illustrated. (Updated Edition 1999) £20.00
British Trade Card Index Part 1. Pre –1945 issues, 216 pages with 423 cards illustrated.  
SOLD OUT
British Trade Card Index Part 2 1945-1968 issues, 232 pages with 274 cards illustrated.  
SOLD OUT
British Trade Card Index Part 3 1968-1986 issues, 400 pages with 480 cards illustrated. £12.50
British Trade Card Index Part 4 1986-1994 issues, 411 pages with 550 cards illustrated. £20.00
British Trade Card Index Issues up to 1970, 508 pages. (Updated Edition 2006) £25.00

British Trade Card Index Handbook issues up to 1970, 535 pages. (Updated Edition 2006) £25.00

Australian and New Zealand Card Issues Part 1. 300 pages with 600 cards illustrated £15.50
Australian and New Zealand Card Issues Part 2. 257 pages with 550 cards illustrated. £15.50
The London Cigarette Card Co. Ltd.
Sutton Road, Somerton, Somerset, England TA11 6QP
Tel: (0)1458 273452 Fax: (0)1458 273515
E-mail: info@londoncigcard.co.uk

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