Facsimile Reprint of 1757 Ed. 2 vols. in 1. Sm. Thick 8vo. [xxxiv] + 216pp. + 216pp. + [iv] adverts. Numerous colour armorial device throughout. French text. Ownership signature, good in original coloured pictorial laminated limp card wrapps., sm. split at head of spine.
Minima Heraldica, No. 1.
£25.00 [ref: 288222]
THE HISTORY OF THE FINCH FAMILY. Janson & Co. 1933.
4to. 146pp. Engraved port. frontis., 15 ills. plates and crests. E.ps. lightly browned, some sporadic light spotting, maroon cloth with gilt armorial device to upper board, some minor soiling, sl. rubbed with some marking and sl. scratches to lower board, spine faded and bumped at head and tail, t.e.g.
£50.00 [ref: 289908]
THE GIFFARDS. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Wm. Salt Society. ... 1902.
1st Ed. in book form. vii + 232pp. + xxix. 1 plate. Light browning, sl. shaken, hinges cracked, gilt rule edged morocco backed brown cloth with gilt lettering and armorial shield to upper board, corners sl. frayed, sl. rubbed, t.e.g.
“From the Author.”
£100.00 [ref: 290581]
IN THE QUESTION CONCERNING PEERAGE OF SUTHERLAND BRIEF. For the Counsel of Sir Robert Gordon, Bart. (claiming the Title and Dignity of) Earl of Sutherland. To be heard at the Bar of the House of Lords, before the Committee of the Privileges, on the Day of March 1771. [London? 1771].
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [4],158;11,[1];[2],42,*1-*35,[3]p. Latin/English text. Some light browning, modern e.ps., rebound in modern speckled calf backed brown boards, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label to spine.
ESTC T110375.
With a leaf of corrections after the titlepage, and a leaf containing Gordon's pedigree.
'Observations on the examination of the argument for the high antiquity of the regiam majestatem' and 'Appendix to the case of Sir Robert Gordon', which was also issued separately, have separate pagination and register, but are linked by catchwords.
£200.00 [ref: 288196]
THE GRESLEYS OF DRAKELOWE. An Account of the Family, and Notes of its connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman Conquest to the Present Day. With Appendixes, Pedigrees and Illustrations. Oxford Printed for Subscribers 1899.
1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xi + 335pp. Colour frontis., 3 plates. With 2pp. of subscribers. Printer’s Library bookplate and ink stamps to pastedown, some light browning, original gilt rule edged maroon cloth with gilt device to upper board, spine faded and chipped with light marking, t.e.g.
The Gresley Baronetcy was the sixth oldest baronetcy in Britain until it became extinct on the death of the 13th and last Baronet in 1976.
£100.00 [ref: 290565]
1st Ed. 4to. [xvi] + 273pp. + [i] blank + [i] addenda + [iii]. Port. frontis., vignette title page, 15 ports., 8 full page plates from photos., many ills. from photos., numerous coats of arms, genealogical tables throughout. Dec. e.ps., sporadic spotting throughout, contemporary ownership inscription, bound in gilt lettered half vellum with green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering and gilt coat of arms to upper board, minor soiling, lower board sl. scratched, sl. green stain to vellum of lower joint, raised bands gilt lettering and gilt device to spine, t.e.g. rest uncut.
£125.00 [ref: 288289]
PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF KER Of Cessford, Greenhead and Prymsidelock (including Hoselaw) and later of Hoselaw, Roxburghshire KER-REID of Hoselaw, Roxburghshire; and later of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London, England; Australia and United States of America. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & Company, Limited 1914.
Slim 4to. 33pp. + [i] + [iv]. Engraved coat of arms frontis., 13 plates and large folding pedigree at rear (badly folded). Ex.-libris F.J.R. Resker, f.e.ps. lightly browned and spotted, full gilt rule edged dark maroon calf with gilt lettering to upper board and spine, boards soiled and heavily rubbed, sl. wear to corners, much gilt lettering to spine dulled.
No. 68 of a Limited Edition of 150 Copies.
Signed by the Author.
£135.00 [ref: 288291]
HISTORY OF THE MARKHAMS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Privately Printed Northampton: Dryden Press, Taylor & Son 1890.
Slim 8vo. [viii] + 108pp. + [xviii] blank. Tipped in photo-type port. frontis., 2 tipped in armorial shields, 6 drawings, 3 plates with 1 double page, double page pedigree, ill. Ex.-libris C.A. Markham, marbled e.ps., light marginal age toning and sporadic spotting, fore edge of leaves spotted, gilt lettered full vellum, light soiling and marking as usual, spine sl. darkened, t.e.g. with sl. stain.
No. 18 of a Limited Edition of 100 Copies.
£100.00 [ref: 293279]
1st Ed. [xx] + 334pp. Frontis. from photos., 9 plates, 2 folding pedigrees, ills., dec. head and tail pieces. Closed tear to p. 1-2 neatly repaired, p.58-59 and 62-63 lightly soiled, unobtrusive blind embossed lib. stamp to upper leading corner of front f.e.p., lightly soiled gilt lettered red cloth with gilt illus. to upper board and gilt device to spine, blind ruling to edges of board, corners very sl. rubbed, spine browned and bumped at head and tail, a.e.red.
Ex-libris and with the signature of Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (1862–1942) English academic and clergyman who served as president of Trinity College, Oxford, and as vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.
£40.00 [ref: 288217]
2 vols. 4to. 30pp. + 18pp. French text. 74 double page pedigrees. Ex.-City of Westminster Public Lib. with bookplates and sm. ink stamps, perforated stamp to title page of volume 1, original gilt lettered cloth with blind stamps to upper boards, corners and spines frayed, minor surface wear.
£60.00 [ref: 288305]