Books - "biography"
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Memorials of the Earls of Haddington [2 vols.]
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
Some Account of the Family of Middlemore of Warwickshire and Worcestershire
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
The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 [2 vols.]
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 Family History and 29 Collateral Family Lineages
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
The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom [2 vols.]
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
The Tyrells of England
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
Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland [2 vols.]
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
Stemmata Shirleiana; or the Annals of the Shirley Family, Lords of Nether Etindon, in the County of Warwick, and of Shirley in the County of Derby
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
The Lion and The Rose (The Great Howard Story) Norfolk Line 957-1646 Suffolk Line 1603-1917 [2 vols.]
[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
Registrum Iohannis Mey
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
Records of The Lumleys of Lumley Castle
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
Memoirs of the Fultons of Lisburn
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
The Macgill - McGill Family of Maryland A Genealogical Record of over 400 years beginning 1537 ending 1948
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
An Anglo-Irish Miscellany
first edition xiv+434pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: allen figgis dublin 1964
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy anglo-irish ireland england maurice denham jephson
The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin
first edition 492pp VG (rebind in green cloth,new eps,owner's inscr.to title page,contents sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: hodges and smith dublin 1838
KEYWORDS: history biography theology dublin john d'alton
The Maguires of Fermanagh
ex-lib.[first edition] 140pp [text in English/Gaelic?] VG (rebound in marbled paper boards w.blue leather spine,v.sl.rubbed,new eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,one libr.stamp to contents)
PUBLISHER: gill dublin 1917
KEYWORDS: history ireland maguires fermanagh biography genealogy
Historical Records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9 [3 vols.]
first edition [a.l.s.by author's son tipped-in] 3 vols.188/239/681pp VG (blue cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown of vol.1.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso of all vols.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,a.l.s. by author's son tipped-in to preface page dated 1883)
PUBLISHER: edmonston and douglas edinburgh 1869
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy colonel leslie signed
Three Hundred Years of a Family Living, Being a History of the Rilands of Sutton Coldfield
first edition 175pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] VG (blue cloth w.gilt/dk.blue dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned psine,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: cornish brothers birmingham 1889
KEYWORDS: riland bedford sutton coldfield history genealogy biography
The Reades of Blackwood Hill in the Parish of Horton Staffordshire A Record of Their Descendants: With a Full Account of Dr.Johnson's Ancestry His Kinsfolk and Family Connexions
first edition inscribed by author limited edition [350 copies] xx+283pp+pedigrees+xlii ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown w.another owner's bookplate and inscr.to ffep,a third bookplate to ffep verso along with the remains of a handwritten signed note from the author pasted down,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) scarce; heavy folio item
PUBLISHER: privately printed for the author by spottiswoode london 1906
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy aleyn lyell reade blackwood horton staffordshire dr johnson signed
History of the Parish of Buxhall in the County of Suffolk
first edition viii+320pp ills.[duotone w.folding map] VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.loosening w.frontis.detached but present,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky) scarce; heavy item
PUBLISHER: sotheran london 1902
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy geography copinger buxhall suffolk