The Perfin Society

Perfin Abstracts will place on record details of all articles and books containing noteworthy information relevant to Perfins and Security Endorsements. It will also act as an annotated list of the holdings of the Perfin Society Library.

LAYOUT

Number This is the permanent filing number of the Perfin Society Library. A plus sign (+) indicates a book.

Title Usually the title of the item is given verbatim, but in those cases where no title or a misleading title is used, an alternative or amended title may be used.

Author Author's name where given. For items with no author but where an owner is mentioned (e.g. in the "Cover of the Month" feature of the Perfins Bulletin) the owner is listed in the authors place.

Publishing Details Bibliographic details of the item abstracted. Title of Journal. Date of issue, volume number, (issue number), pages.

Description (abstract) A concise abstract of the Perfin - related information. In some cases the information, though worth including in Perfin Abstracts is such a small amount that the whole may be included in the abstract so that reference to the original publication may not be necessary. In such cases, the abstract is annotated (Complete).

Not all items have been given a description. This abstracts listing is the final version prepared by me. There are 5,398 items listed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Brian Birch devised the system of abstracts and library numbers that has stood the test of time. Other librarians since then have continued the cataloguing of the library, notably Maurice Harp who first put the abstracts onto computer. The library as it exists today, and these abstracts, would not exist without their work.

Alastair Walter
11th July 2010

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