MCDONALD,DONALD

first edition inscribed by author 180pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,folding family trees to eps,author's inscr.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: martins london 1964

KEYWORDS: history london johnsons donald mcdonald signed biography

PILKINGTON,LETITIA

reprint 487pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1928

KEYWORDS: biography history letitia pilkington

SKELTON,PHILIP; BURDY,SAMUEL

first edition thus 255pp VG+ (marbled paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,paper title label to spine w.spare tipped-in at rear of contents,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1914

KEYWORDS: biography history philip skelton samuel burdy

N/A

nouvelle edition [les editions stereotypes] 489pp [text in French] G+ (rebind in full leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,marbled eps,dealer's label and remains of sticker to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: [stereotype d'herhan] de l'imprimerie des freres mame paris 1807

KEYWORDS: history napoleon biography stereotype d'herhan

GAMBLE,DAVID [COMPILER]; GAMBLE,JOHN WILLIAM

second edition inscribed by compiler [2 vols.bound as 1] 53pp+blanks+27pp VG (fawn cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.paper separation at ep gutters,compiler's inscr.to blank prelim.dated August 1899,aeg sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: [np] copp clark [printers] toronto 1899

KEYWORDS: family history genealogy biography david gamble john gamble fermanagh toronto

ADAMS,BENJAMIN WILLIAM; PEERS,MAXWELL RICHARD WILLIAM PEERS

first edition author's copy [Maxwell Richard William Peers Adams] [possibly a proof copy] 195pp [hand-numbered with many pp hand-written] ills.[b/w original photos mounted on prelims.] VG (full black leather w.gilt ruled borders,raised/gilt bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,marbled eps w.author/owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown,content edges sl.soiled,many pages handwritten with [author's ?] annotations,many related pieces of ephemera loosely inserted incl.contemporary newspaper clippings,many blank pp bound in) a unique copy of what may well be the author's [Maxwell Richard William Peers Adams] bound proof copy - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: traill calcutta 1891 / simla [np] 1892

KEYWORDS: history biography peers adams alveston warwickshire proof copy genealogy

MONTGOMERY,B.G.DE

first edition numbered/limited [214/600] 303pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamp to top board,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs to corners and hinges,internal tape reinforcing) scarce in d/w

PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1948

KEYWORDS: history genealogy montgomery biography

FRASER,SIR WILLIAM

first edition signed by the author numbered/limited [30/150] [presented by The Earl of Haddington to The Marquis of Salisbury] 2 vols.lxiv+387pp/liv+392pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth w.red leather spines,gilt ruled borders w.gilt crest stamped to top boards,top board of vol.2 detached but present,split to full length of lower hinge on vol.1.,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,presentation bookplate to front pastedown is signed by author and numbered,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,stamp of Hatfield House Library to title page both vols.,spines cracked but generally tight) unique set presented to the Marquis of Salisbury by the Earl of Haddington - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: [np] edinburgh 1889

KEYWORDS: biography history genealogy haddington william fraser signed marquis salisbury

PHILLIMORE,W.P.W.; CARTER,W.F.

first edition 360pp [b/w frontis.portrait w.folding maps and charts to text] VG+ (full leather w.gilt crest stamped to both boards,raised bands to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,top hinge split but holding tight,v.sl.foxing to some margins,aeg sl.rubbed) very tidy copy attractively bound

PUBLISHER: phillimore london 1901

KEYWORDS: history biography phillimore middlemore warwickshire worcestershire carter genealogy

BALL,F.ELRINGTON

first edition 2 vols.365/408pp [b/w frontis.vol.1] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,owner's bookplate and dealer's stamp to front pastedown both vols.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep and verso both vols.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/ws (mod.rubbed and soiled,spines browned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1926

KEYWORDS: history law judges ireland elrington ball biography

SEVIER,CORA BALES; MADDEN,NANCY S.

first edition 558pp ills.[b/w w.3x col.coats of arms] NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep) superb copy

PUBLISHER: [np] kaufmann [printer] washington dc 1961

KEYWORDS: history biography cora bales sevier nancy madden genealogy

DOUGLAS,SIR ROBERT; WOOD,JOHN PHILIP

second edition 2 vols.759pp+xiv+9 b/w plates / 752pp+xiii+plates 10-17 VG+ (rebinds in full polished calf w.gilt dec.stamped borders,raised bands to spine w.gilt stamped compartments,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,marbled eps w.owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown both vols.,prelims.and some margins sl.foxed,aeg) attractively bound folio set - heavy items

PUBLISHER: constable edinburgh 1813

KEYWORDS: scotland history genealogy biography peerage robert douglas john wood

BROWN,O.F.

first edition 255pp+maps ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: phillimore chichester 1982

KEYWORDS: tyrell history biography genealogy brown

FOX-DAVIES,ARTHUR CHARLES

new edition 2 vols.491pp+142pp/229 plates [b/w] VG- (green cloth boards w.dk.green leather spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,owner's armorial bookplates to feps both vols.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,verses of poetry handwritten in ink throughout the blank pages of these vols.incl.the verso of the plates,some sl.foxing to contents,plates are generally clean w.some sl.foxed) heavy set

PUBLISHER: jack edinburgh 1892

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy arthur charles fox-davies great britain fairbairn crests heraldry

N/A

first edition 271pp+appendix 80pp ills.[b/w] G+ (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,sunned w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to hinges,owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.to mod.foxing of contents,spine cracked and shaky) scarce first edition

PUBLISHER: privately printed by nichols london 1841

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy shirley family stemmata shirleiana etindon heraldry

RICHARDSON,ETHEL M.

[first edition] 615pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,spines sl.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history genealogy biography ethel richardson lion rose suffolk norfolk howard

QUIGLEY,W.G.H.; ROBERTS,E.F.D.[EDS.]

first edition 467pp NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: hmso belfast 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy iohannis mey quigley roberts

MILNER,EDITH;BENHAM,EDITH [ED.]

first edition xii+380pp ills.[b/w w.folding chart at rear] VG+ (terracotta cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed - printed on heavy stock) very tidy copy

PUBLISHER: george bell london 1904

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy edith milner edith benham lumley castle

FULTON; HOPE,SIR THEODORE [COMPILER]

first edition 96pp [folding charts] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled edges,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: printed for private circulation [np] 1903

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy fulton lisburn theodore hope

MCGILL,JOHN [COMPILER]

first edition 262pp ills.[b/w w.col.crest to frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: mcgill washington [1948]

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy macgill mcgill maryland