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$400.00
s18/29

Some Account of the Family of Middlemore of Warwickshire and Worcestershire


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

$1950.00
s19/4

The Ulster Journal of Archaeology [9 vols.in 5 books]


N/A

first edition [first 9 volumes bound in 5 books] ills.[b/w and duotone] VG- (bound in full green calf w.gilt ruled borders and gilt stamp to boards,gilt/raised bands to spines,lower board of book1 barely attached,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,all vols.rebacked w.spines sl.browned,marbled eps,prelims.and some margins sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,a few plates are detached but present,occasional pen/pencil notes and underlining to text but not too distracting,spines cracked and sl.shaky,aeg mod.rubbed) heavy set - scans available on request - the first 9 volumes of this journal bound in 5 books

PUBLISHER: archer belfast 1853-1862

KEYWORDS: history arts archaeology ulster journal ireland

$400.00
s19/5

The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 [2 vols.]


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

$400.00
s19/6

History of the Church of Ireland


MANT,RICHARD

first edition 809pp [1 b/w plate] VG- (rebind in full leather w.diced/blind stamped borders gilt ruled,raised bands to spine,rubbed and stained w.surface losses,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep and dedication page,prelims.stained,some minor soiling to contents,speckled edges,spine cracked but binding is tight)

PUBLISHER: john w.parker london 1840

KEYWORDS: history theology church ireland richard mant

$350.00
s19/7

Annuaire de La Noblesse de France et des Maisons Souveraines de L'Europe 1849-1850


D'HAUTERIVE,M.BOREL

416pp [text in french] ills.[col.heraldic plates] VG- (rebind in marbled paper boards w.black leather spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,marbled eps,owner's bookplate to front pastedown and stamp to title page,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,water stain across centre of pages in first half of contents)

PUBLISHER: bureau de la publication dentu libraire paris [nd]

KEYWORDS: history france heraldry annuaire noblesse maisons souveraines borel d'hauterive genealogy heraldry

$250.00
s19/8

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland


PETRIE,GEORGE

second edition 525pp ills.[b/w] G+ (brown cloth sunned to mauve,blind celtic dec.stamps to boards,rubbed and soiled,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.,splits to lower hinge,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: hodges and smith dublin 1845

KEYWORDS: history ecclesiatical architecture theology george petrie ireland

$900.00
s19/10

Sevier Family History and 29 Collateral Family Lineages


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

$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

$440.00
s19/16

A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering


GREENWELL,G.C.

ex-lib.third edition 255pp+plates [b/w and col.] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,chipping to head/foot of spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,plates are generally clean,spine sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: spon london 1889

KEYWORDS: mine engineering greenwell history science

$750.00
s19/17

A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields, Progress of Coal Mining, The Winning and Working of Collieries, &c.


FORDYCE,W.

first edition viii+164pp ills.[b/w engravings] G+ (full black leather,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,3x owner's inscr.to ffep verso,contents sl.foxed,stains to contents incl.plates) elephant folio plates attractive but heavily stained

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1860

KEYWORDS: history coal mining engineering science fordyce

$100.00
s19/19

Scottish Armorial Seals


MACDONALD,WILLIAM RAE

first edition 382pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: william green edinburgh 1904

KEYWORDS: history scotland armorial seals william rae macdonald genealogy heraldry

$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

$345.00
s19/23

Underground Life; or Mines and Miners


SIMONIN,L.;BRISTOW,H.W.[ED.]

first UK edition 522pp ills.[b/w and col.- frontis.missing] G (rebind in burgundy cloth w.dk.green leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,dealer's and owner's blind stamps to prelims.,owner's inscr.to prelim.,preface page detached but present,frontis.missing but another col.plate has been tipped-in to title gutter,all col.plates present,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.some col.pencil margin annoatations,spine cracked w.sections loosening)

PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1869

KEYWORDS: mines history engineering simonin bristow science

$285.00
s19/24

Practical Coal-Mining


BOULTON,W.S.[ED.]

first edition 348/404/449pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding diagrams] VG- (rebind in green cloth w.dk.blue leather spines,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.foxed,marbled edges,spines cracked but tight) heavy set

PUBLISHER: gresham london 1910

KEYWORDS: mining history science engineering boulton coal-mining

$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

$250.00
s19/26

Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present [2 vols.in 4 books]


LANGFORD,JOHN ALFRED

[first edition] 2 vols.in 4 books 608pp+xcvi /704pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.elaborate dec.gilt/blind stamps to top boards and blind stamps to rear boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled extrems.,sunned spines,tape repair to all ep gutters,owner's stamp to prelims.all vols.,some sl.foxing to contents,aeg) attractively bound set - heavy items

PUBLISHER: mackenzie london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history geography genealogy heraldry staffordshire warwickshire john alfred langford

$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

$160.00
s20/1

South Mimms / On a Bastion of London Wall,or,Excavations in Camomile Street, Bishopsgate


CASS,FREDERICK CHARLES; PRICE,JOHN EDWARD

first edition [2 vols.bound as 1] 121pp/95pp ills.[b/w + 1 col.] VG (marbled paper boards w.half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,marbled eps and content edges,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: nichols [printer] london 1877/1880

KEYWORDS: history geography south mimms frederick cass john price bishopsgate

$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

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