Observer's

The Observer's Book of Stamp Collecting by Anthony New was published by Bloomsbury Books of London.

This edition is the "Reprinted with revisions" of 1989. It was first published in 1986.

Chapters are as follows:
The Appeal of Stamps
The Appeal Widens
The Specialist's View
The Uses of Stamps
How Stamps are Printed
Ways to Collect
Values and Prices
Aids to Identification
Suggested Subjects and Miscellaneous Topics

There also is a Glossary of some philatelic terms.

An informative book!