with some heraldic and biographical notices. Pp. viii+174, text illustrations, index; dark green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards lettered and decorated in blind, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly bruised; slight signs of sticker removal from foot of upper pastedown, early inked gift inscription (from a Barbara..... More
Pp. [x]+260(last blank), source references, select bibliography, index; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; a little faint bleeding of cloth colour onto the free endpapers, a little pale foxing; Constable & Company Limited, London, 1979. First edition. *'The authors trace the origin and..... More
Pp. [viii]+310, 16 plates, text illustrations; bottom edge of boards slightly rubbed, the corners a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and chipped, with small inked scribble to upper flap; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1973. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page..... More
Edited by Frances Brown, Dom Meadley & Marjorie Morgan. Pp. xii+100, bibliography, index+plus 12 page insert on different stock (Microform Collections) at centre, processed; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Custodians of Records, Blackburn, Vic., 1988. Third edition. More
Records of a pioneer family. Pp. 88; printed light green paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, edges and backstrip slightly faded; tiny inked correction to text p. 87, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; the author, Sydney, n.d.[1968?]. *The history of the families of Henry Barnes and Walter Hindmarsh. More
enjoying territorial possession or high official rank; but uninvested with heritable honours. [Facsimile edition]. In four volumes, totalling approximately 3,000 pages, mostly printed double column, with frontispiece portrait each volume, numerous text figures, indices; dark green cloth, spines and upper boards blocked in black and lettered in gilt, several fore-corners..... More
Edited by his son. In 2 volumes. Pp. xiv+1136(last blank)+18(Burke's Landed Gentry Advertizer)+16(publisher's catalogue+[iv]+[1137]-1666(last blank)+496(Ireland, last blank)+18 (Advertizer)+16(publisher's catalogue), mostly printed double column, numerous text illustrations, the title pages printed in red & black, appendix and corrigenda; thick roy. 8vo; red textured cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in..... More
Comprising a registry of armorial gearings from the earliest to the present time. With a supplement. Pp. [vi]+lxxx+[50](supplement)+1186(last blank)+18(General Armory Advertizer)+16(publisher's catalogue), most text printed double column, title page vignette, text illustrations, dictionary of terms used in heraldry, glossary, list of mottoes; thick roy. 8vo; later maroon cloth over bevelled..... More
Pp. xxxiv+1188, mostly printed double column, numerous text illustrations, title page printed in red & black, appendix; thick med. 8vo; later dark green art. leather, boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, with tiny bump to top edge of upper board, the original gilt lettered dark green leather spine (rubbed..... More
In two parts. Part I. The Use of Arms and Armory, Rules of Blazon and Marshalling Coats of Armour, with engraved tables upon a new plan, for the instruction of those who wish to learn the science; also the regalia of England. Part II. A Dictionary of Heraldry, with an..... More
or, Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the year 1801.... [with]: RIDER'S BRITISH MERLIN: For the Year of Our Lord God 1801. Being the fifth after Bissextile or Leap-Year. And the First Year of the Nineteenth Century.... [and] THE ARMS OF THE PEERS, PEERESSES &c..... More
Pp. x+170(last blank), 16 plates, family listings; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and a trifle marked, edges slightly split; the author, Hopetoun, Victoria, 1978. First edition. More
... containing A General Register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its colonies... [bound, as usual, with related titles from the same year, including The Present Peerage of the United Kingdom...., The Present Baronetage of the United Kingdom ..., and Rider's British Merlin. In total nearly..... More
Pp. viii+104+[8](advertisements); f'cap. 4to; qr. dark green leather, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, maroon papered boards, lightly marked and worn, edges chipped, the spine faded and rubbed; t.e.g.; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, and later owner's inscription on recto of lower free endpaper, hinges starting at a...... More
Farriers and Yachtsmen of Sandridge/Port Melbourne 1868-1961. Pp. [vi]+60(last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations (a couple full page), full page family tree, appendices; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. More
Illustrated by eight plates in colour and nearly 800 other designs, mainly from drawings by Graham Johnston. Pp. viii+648, 24 plates (8 coloured), numerous text figures, index; med. 8vo; red art. leather, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split;..... More
Manifesting a more easie access to the Knowledge thereof than hath hitherto been published by any, through the benefit of Method; Whereunto it is now reduced by the Study and Industry of John Guillim, Late Pursuivant at Arms. The Fifth Edition much enlarged with great variety of bearings. To which..... More
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Pp. 104, med. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, the lower wrapper slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; staples slightly rusted, some inked underlining and several related annotations, a little light foxing; [the author, Springton, South Australia, 1968?]. *Printed by the Lutheran Press. More
Containing a succession of all the Kings of England, the English, Saxons and the Britons; the Kings and Princes of Wales; the Kings and Lords of Man; and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the Dukes, Marquises, Earls, and Bishops thereof... continued, with Great Additions, to First Day..... More
Containing all the arms, crests, supporters and mottos of the peers, peeresses and bishops of England, Scotland and Ireland with the Baronets of Great-Britain and the Insignia of the different Orders of Knighthood in the United Kingdom: also an introduction to the science of Heraldry, a dictionary of heraldic terms;..... More
Pp. [xii]+774+[2](for family notes), coloured frontispiece, black & white text illustrations, 4 page subscriber's list tipped-in at front, indices; thick cr. 4to; full vellum, with gilt lettered blue leather title label on spine and gilt device on upper board; uncut and partly unopened; within blue card slipcase, a trifle soiled..... More
With Illustrations from Old English Writers. With numerous wood engravings from designs by the author. Pp. xvi+320(last colophon), decorative half-title page printed in chromolithography by M. & N. Hanhart, black & white title page decoration and numerous text figures, appendices; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, neatly..... More
Pp. 68, text illustrations, full page map; small cr. 4to; gilt lettered navy cloth, lightly marked and worn; endpapers a trifle soiled; the author, n.p., 1974. *Privately published family history. John Neal (1834-1920) migrated to Australia with his family in 1849 and settled in the Geelong area. In 1860 he..... More
Pp. 64, 4 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Rigby, Adelaide, 1977. First edition. Pageant of Australia series. *The story of the Patey family of Renmark, South Australia, in the early years of the twentieth century. More
Containing, Definition, Origin, historical Account of that ancient, useful, and entertaining Science.... Embellished with several fine Cuts, and 24 Copper-Plates, containing above five hundred different Examples of Escutcheons, Arms, &c. And interspersed with the natural History, and allegorical Signification of the several Species of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Vegetables, & c...... More