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$1500.00
s19/15

The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom [2 vols.]


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

$300.00
s19/20

The Tyrells of England


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

$750.00
s19/22

Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland [2 vols.]


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

$450.00
s19/25

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


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

$240.00
s19/29

The Lion and The Rose (The Great Howard Story) Norfolk Line 957-1646 Suffolk Line 1603-1917 [2 vols.]


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

$100.00
s20/2

Registrum Iohannis Mey


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

$700.00
s20/6

Records of The Lumleys of Lumley Castle


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

$700.00
s20/7

Memoirs of the Fultons of Lisburn


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

$125.00
s20/9

The Macgill - McGill Family of Maryland A Genealogical Record of over 400 years beginning 1537 ending 1948


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

$255.00
s20/14

An Anglo-Irish Miscellany


JEPHSON,MAURICE DENHAM

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

$190.00
s20/17

The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin


D'ALTON,JOHN

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

$220.00
s20/19

The Maguires of Fermanagh


N/A

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

$450.00
s20/20

Historical Records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9 [3 vols.]


LESLIE,COLONEL

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

$50.00
s21/5

Three Hundred Years of a Family Living, Being a History of the Rilands of Sutton Coldfield


BEDFORD,W.K.RILAND

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

$950.00
s21/7

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


READE,ALEYN LYELL

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

$800.00
s21/8

History of the Parish of Buxhall in the County of Suffolk


COPINGER,W.A.

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

$1150.00
s21/10

History of the Clan Mackenzie: with Genealogies of the Principal Families


MACKENZIE,ALEXANDER

first edition xx+463pp VG- (brown cloth w.leather spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.2x 1cm tears to head of spine,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's heraldic bookplate to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,several holes to title page,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.stain to lower corner of a few pp,spine cracked and sl.shaky) scarce; heavy item

PUBLISHER: mackenzie inverness 1879

KEYWORDS: history biography mackenzie scotland genealogy alexander mackenzie

$1100.00
s21/13

Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with Genealogical Memoirs of the Several Branches of the Family


ANDERSON,JOHN

first edition 412pp [2x b/w crest ills.to prelims.] VG+ (modern rebind in red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) scarce

PUBLISHER: john anderson edinburgh 1825

KEYWORDS: history genealogy biography john anderson hamilton heraldry

$1200.00
s21/14

History of the Family of Stansfeld of Stansfeld in the Parish of Halifax and its Numerous Branches


STANSFELD,JOHN

first edition xii+459pp ills.[b/w w.full page col.plate of coat of arms at front] VG+ (full brown morocco w.gilt dec.borders,gilt armorial crest stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,raised bands to spine w.gilt stamped compartments,dec.gilt inner dentelles,marbled eps,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents,teg) scarce; attractively bound copy; heavy item

PUBLISHER: goodall and suddick leeds 1885

KEYWORDS: history biography stansfeld halifax genealogy

$750.00
s21/15

A Genealogical & Historical Sketch of the Stuarts of the House of Castlestuart in Ireland


STUART,ANDREW GODFREY

first edition viii+274pp [folding pedigree at front] VG (full black leather rebacked,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,eps sl.soiled,owner's sign.to half-title,content edges sl.soiled,folding pedigree has tape repairs to folds)

PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1854

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy andrew godfrey stuart ireland

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