MUNIMENTA HERALDICA  MCCCCLXXXIV TO MCMXXXIV, ed. G.D. Squibb, Harleian Society, New Series, Vol. 4, 1985; illus. frontispiece; index; xi+153pp; large 8vo; orig. gilt dec. cloth, almost as new.  £10.00

 

THE WREATH OF HERALDRY, J. Thorold, Bath, n.d. [circa 1830]; “Or, a dissertation on symbolical devices; together with the origin of names, Saxon etymologies, &c. &c., shewing, at one view, the import and peculiar design of the armorial system; with many other interesting particulars belonging to the science”; including descriptins of subscribers’ arms; engraved armorial frontispiece; viii+124pp; small 8vo; orig. cloth-backed green boards and paper labels, rubbed, some wear on hinges.  £10.00
It appears that some or most copies have a futher 5 pages (containing illus. of arms of the subscribers?), although there is every sign that the present copy is as it was issued.  

 

ARMORIAL FAMILIES, A.C. Fox-Davies, 4^th edn., 1902; a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour; arranged by family names, with biographical and heraldic notes; numerous illus. coats of arms; xxviii+1412pp; large 8vo; orig. gilt dec. brown cloth, top edge gilt, significant wear to binding on higher part of spine and joints.  £22.00

 

A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN BRITISH HERALDRY: WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE ILLUSTRATIVE OF ITS RISE AND PROGRESS, H. Gough [1846], reprinted, Heraldic Publishing, New York, 1967; numerous illus. in text; index; xxx+360pp; 8vo; orig. tan cloth gilt, lightly used. £6.00

 

PINNOCK’S CATECHISM OF HERALDRY, publ. G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823; “explaining the nature of the various coats of arms, &c. and distinguishing them by their appropriate heraldic terms”; engraved frontispiece; illus. in text; 68[+4]pp; 12mo; orig. wrappers, spine a bit worn.  £5.00

 

THE ART OF HERALDRY: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ARMORY, A.C. Fox-Davies [1904], republished by Bloomsbury Books, 1986; numerous illus. including many in colour; viii+504pp; folio; orig. blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket, a very good copy. £25.00

 

TREATISE ON HERALDRY, BRITISH AND FOREIGN, J. Woodward [1892], reprinted by David & Charles, 1969; a single volume edition [the original was published in 2 vols.]; “with English and French glossaries”; 56 colour plates, frequent illus. in text; index; xxxviii+858pp; 8vo; orig cloth gilt, dust-jacket, a very good copy, in orig. case.  £45.00

 

ENGLISH HERALDIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, C.E. Wright, 1973; illus. with 20 plates

(4 in multicolour); 32pp; 8vo; pict. card covers.  £3.00

 

SHIELD AND CREST, J. Franklyn, Readers Union, 1961; “an account of the art and science of heraldry”; attractively illustrated with colour plates and black and white figures, glossary, index, xvii+493pp; 8vo; orig. blue cloth gilt, a firm copy, without dust-jacket. £10.00

 

THE ELEMENTS OF HERALDRY, M.A. Porny, 1^st edn., 1765; engraved frontispiece and 23 other engraved plates; xx+200+40pp; 8vo; disbound, stitching firm, some spotting to contents, front free endpaper missing (begins at half-title), first three leaves a little torn at corners (without loss of text). £25.00

A very scarce edition, not mentioned in Moule.  Mark Anthony Porny was French master at Eton.

 

A CATALOGUE OF THE EARL MARSHALL’S PAPERS AT ARUNDEL CASTLE, F.W. Steer, Harleian Society, 1964; index; xiv+151pp; large 8vo; very brief internal library marks, orig. gilt dec. cloth, lightly used.  £15.00

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY, A.C. Fox-Davies, Bracken Books, 1993; numerous black and white illus.; index; 647pp; 8vo; orig. cloth gilt, dust-jacket, lightly used.  £8.00

 

HERALDRY FOR THE LOCAL HISTORIAN AND GENEALOGIST, S. Friar, 1997; numerous illus. including 22 colour plates, xi+271pp; 8vo; orig. pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, as new.  £8.00

 

HERALDS AND ANCESTORS, Sir A. Wagner, 1978; frequent illus. (some in multi-colour); 87pp; 8vo; orig. cloth, dust-jacket.  £9.00

 

THE COLOUR OF HERALDRY, Heraldry Society, 1958; coloured restorations of brasses and effigies, which first appeared in The Colour of Chivalry, published by I.C.I. in 1950; 32 full-page colour plates, with accompanying text; 4to; orig. cloth, dust-jacket. £8.00

 

A NEW DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY, ed. S. Friar, 1987; many illus., some in colour; 384pp; 8vo; orig. gilt dec. cloth, dust-jacket, good copy.  £5.00

 

THE COLOUR OF CHIVALRY, H.B. Pareira, 1950; with 30 colour plates tipped in, mounted on card; illus. by Gerald Cobb; 141pp; 4to; orig. dec. cloth, a sound copy.  £25.00

 

HERALDRY FOR THE LOCAL HISTORIAN AND GENEALOGIST, S. Friar, reprinted, 1997; numerous illus., a few in colour; glossary and index; xi+271pp; large 8vo; pict. card covers.  £5.00

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