"Report From The Select Committee On Postage Label Stamps", printed by order of the House of Commons dated 21 May 1852, 260 pages, card covers, a fascinating record of various deliberations by "The Select Committee appointed to inquire and report upon the present mode of Engraving, Printing and Gumming the Postage Stamp Labels, and likewise whether and how the Perforating Machine invented by the Patentee could be applied to the same with Advantage to the Public..", containing the full Minutes of Evidence relating to Henry Archer's proposals; covers with minor faults