Peerage, Royalty & Orders of Knighthood
КНИГИ ПО ГЕНЕАЛОГИИ И ГЕРАЛЬДИКЕ
ADAMSON, John (ed.)
The PRINCELY COURTS OF EUROPE 1500-1750. 1999.
4to. Index. Ritual, Politics & Culture under the Ancien RИgime. Sections on
the Courts of the Habsburgs, the Valois & Bourbons, The Papal Court, the
Wittelsbachs, Medici, etc., etc. A lovely book, beautifully illustrated in
colour & black & white. Ј30.00
ALMANACH DE
GOTHA, 2000, 12mo. 1,000 pages with an Index of 7,000 names covering
the Reigning & formerly Reigning Royal & Sovereign Houses of Europe
& South America, updated. This is the 3rd edition in English.
Ј60.00
ARGYLL, Earls of. FACSIMILE LETTERS to,
or from, EARLS OF ARGYLL, LOCHLEVEN, several from Queen Elizabeth I,
Queen Mary, King William, all dated between 1566 and 1690. No title-page and I
do not know what this collection is. MS inscription "For Miss Mary St. Alban
Jermyn with the best wishes of A. Macdonald. 5 Regent Terrace, 18 May 1848".
Bound red watered cloth. 4to. Georgian Royal Arms of Scotland embossed in gold
on front cover within the Order of the Thistle. A bit grubby & backstrip
torn, contents very good. Ј55.00
ARMORIAL DE L'ORDRE
et HOSPITALIER DE ST. LAZARE de Jerusalem (Armorial of the Military &
Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem). 500 copies only printed 1983.
cccclxx + 432pp. Text in French, Spanish & English. 6 colour plates, many
illustrations of Arms & other black & white plates. A fine production
bound green cloth, gilt letters, arms, lines & top edges. Very good.
Ј125.00
ARONSON, Theo. THE COBURGS OF
BELGIUM. 1968, Reprint of 250 copies only, 1996. xxviii + 323pp. Index.
17 illustrations. Bibliography. Ј 20.00
ARONSON, Theo. GRANDMAMA OF EUROPE. THE CROWNED DESCENDANTS OF QUEEN
VICTORIA. 1973, Reprint of 500 copies 1998. xii + 353pp. Index. Folding
pedigree. 32 illustrations. Ј20.00
ASHMOLE, Elias. The HISTORY OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER & the
several Orders of Knighthood extant in EUROPE....the TOWN, CASTLE, CHAPEL &
COLLEGE OF WINDSOR. 1715. viii + 565 + 3pp. (Moule 428). 3 engraved plates, 1
folding & folding plan. This is an abridgement of Ashmole's larger work with
blazons of Arms of the first 524 Knights. Bound later half calf, marbled sides,
very good. Bookplates. Aikenhead, Collins & C. Ј125.00
The BARONETAGE under Twenty-seven Sovereigns 1308-1910. A
dated catalogue of Events & History of the Baronetage. (St. Catherines
Press) 1910. viii + 191pp. Title in red & black. Printed on handmade paper,
uncut. Ј45.00
BEDFORD, Duchess of. NICOLE
NOBODY. The Autobiography of the Duchess of Bedford. 1974. 377pp. Index.
32 illus. Pedigree endpapers. A worker in the Resistance in war-time France
& a film producer, before marrying the 13th Duke of Bedford, as his 3rd
wife, & chatelaine of Woburn Abbey. Very good in dustwrapper.
Ј12.00
BEGENT, Peter J. & Hubert CHESSHYRE. The MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER, 650 years. 1999. 4to.
470pp. 4 colour plates & 140 illustrations, mostly in colour. A chapter on
the statutes & a list of all those appointed as well as Officers of the
Order and artists & craftsmen of the last century. Ј75.00
BODLEY,
J.E.C. The CORONATION OF EDWARD THE SEVENTH. A
Chapter of European and Imperial History. 1903. 497pp. Index. Includes European
Coronations, the Coronation of Queen Victoria, List of Persons present at Edward
VII's Coronation, etc. Title in red & black. Fine blue buckram binding
copiously embossed gilt shields & designs, gilt top edges.
Ј65.00
BONAZZI, F. FAMIGLIE NOBILI E TITOLATE
DEL NAPOLITANO. Naples 1902, Reprint 1985. 444pp. Arms & origins of
Neapolitan families arranged in alphabetical order of
surnames.Ј38.00
BOWEN, Marjorie. THE THIRD
MARY STUART, Mary of York, Orange & England. Being a Character Study
with Memoirs & Letters of Queen Mary II of England 1662-1694. 1929. xxi +
319pp. Index. 16 plates. Very good in wrapper. Ј15.00
BREWER-WARD,
D.A. THE HOUSE OF HABSBURG. A Genealogy of the
Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia. Baltimore 1997. xi + 460pp. Pedigrees.
Card covers. Ј35.00
BURKE'S HANDBOOK to the
Most Excellent ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, ed. A. Winton Thorpe. 1921.
704pp. 5 coloured plates of Insignia, Biographies of Persons appointed to the
order. Bound original red cloth, gilt. Cover scratched, contents good.
Ј65.00
BURKE, John. A General & Heraldic
Dictionary of the PEERAGE & BARONETAGE of the British Empire. 2nd
edn. 1828. Lacks Frontis. & Introduction, part of which is tucked in loose.
729pp. Bound with The ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE PEERS & BARONETS. 91 plates,
each showing 18 coats of arms, 1827. New maroon cloth binding, gilt letters,
v.g. Contents v.g. & uncut. Ј145.00
BURKE'S EXTINCT PEERAGES. A General & Heraldic Dictionary of
the Peerages of England, Extinst, Dormant & in Abeyance by John Burke. 1st
edn. 1831. x + 632pp. Frontis. Includes The Magna Charta & the Roll of
Battle Abbey. Later green cloth binding, black morocco label, gilt letters.
Frontis. foxed otherwise good. Ј65.00
BURKE, H. Farnham. The HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE CORONATION of their Majesties KING
GEORGE V & QUEEN MARY. 1911. Royal 4to. 264pp. Index of guests
invited. Fine photogravure frontis. & 20 full page colour plates. A very
fine production printed on handmade paper. Bound full purple morocco, rebacked
with original backstrip remounted, gilt letters, lines, borders, monograms,
roses & all edges, purple watered silk endpapers & internal gilt border.
A very nice copy. Ј250.00
BURKE'S PEERAGE
& BARONETAGE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.:- 28th edn. 1866. Rebound red
cloth with original backstrip & sides remounted. First few pages
waterstained & with old cellotape marks on titles, rest of contents good.
Ј195.00
BURKE'S PEERAGE, BARONETAGE&
KNIGHTAGE. Pedigrees. Illustrations of Arms. Bound original red cloth,
gilt letters, arms & insignia:- (a) 1899. Quite a nice copy, backstrip
worn & inside back joint cracking, contents very good. Ј85.00 (b) 1916.
Backstrip worn, a bit shaky. Contemporary newspaper cuttings stuck or tucked in,
separate 1-page Addenda tucked in, worn round edges. Notes on endpaper, name on
edges otherwise contents good. Ј65.00 (e) 1953. 100th edn. A very good copy.
Ј95.00 (f) 1956. Rebound in red cloth with original grubby backstrip &
sides remounted making a very sound copy, contents v.g. Ј95.00 (g) 1959.
Covers dirty & R.A.C. stamps on title page otherwise good. Ј95.00 (h)
1963. A bit worn otherwise good, contents very good. Ј125.00 (i) 1999.
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edn. 2 vols. in slipcase. Over 3,400pp.
New copy. Ј295.00
BUTE, John 3rd Marquess of. SCOTTISH CORONATIONS. 1902, Reprint 1997 of only 150
copies. [7] + 310pp. Index. Bound red cloth, gilt arms & letters.
Ј25.00
CARLTON, Charles. ROYAL
CHILDHOODS. 1986. xi + 204pp. Index. 69 illustrations. From William the
Conqueror to Prince William & Prince Harry. Very good in dust-wrapper.
Ј15.00
COKAYNE, G. E. (& others). A new
reprint of THE COMPLETE PEERAGE 2nd and best edition, 1910/59, 2000, 13
volumes in 14 reprinted in 6, reduced in size with 4 pages of the original on 1
page, but very legible. Hardbound in slipcase. Fine. Ј280.00.
[COKAYNE, G.E.] THE COMPLETE PEERAGE, Vol.
XIV. Ed. Peter Hammond. 1998. 871pp. The long awaited later volume is an
Addenda & Corrigenda to the whole work & brings all the Peerages down to
1995, including new peers created since 1938. Ј95.00
COLLINS, Arthur.
THE ENGLISH BARONAGE: Or an Historical Account of
the Lives & most memorable Actions of our Nobility. Vol. 1 (all published).
1727. 4to. xvi + 683pp. + Index. 12pp. 5 engraved plates (2 double page) &
an engraving of arms at the end of each family (Moule 492). The families treated
at length are Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, Churchill, Duke of Marlborough;
Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle; Sackville, Duke of Dorset; Compton, Lumley,
Cholmondeley, Hervey, Carteret, Stawel & Walpole. Engravings of Arms. Bound
half calf, raised bands, black moocco. label, gilt letters & Crest of
Clements. Cover a bit worn otherwise good. Quite a lot of dampstaining inside
but the pages having been pressed in binding since, it does not worry too much.
Ј195.00
CONNELL, Brian. MANIFEST
DESTINY. A Study in five profiles of the rise & influence of the
MOUNTBATTEN FAMILY. 1953. 226pp. Index. 35 illustrations. Folding pedigree. Good
in torn dustwrapper. Ј15.00
The Country Life Book of
QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. Ed. by Godfrey Talbot. 1978. Royal
4to. 176pp. Many illustrations, some in colour. Very good in dustwrapper.
Ј15.00
The Country Life Book of the ROYAL FAMILY.
Ed. by Godfrey Talbot. 1980. Royal 4to. 207pp. The Story of the House of
Windsor. Many illustrations, some in colour. Pedigree endpapers. Very good in
dust-wrapper. Ј15.00
DALE'S PEERAGE 1697. DALE, ROBERT, Blanch-Lion
Pursuivant. An Exact CATALOGUE OF THE NOBILITY OF
ENGLAND, and Lords Spiritual.....with their Titles of Honor.....Paternal
Coats of Arms. 1697 (Moule 356). 8 + x + 164pp. + Index 54pp. & Addendas
& Corrigendas 10pp. Folding plan. Fine engraved folded plate by L. Sturt of
the Arms of Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, to whom the book is dedicated.
He was then aged 8 & died 3 years later, having survived longer than any of
Queen Anne's other children. Bound half calf, carefully rebacked & original
backstrip remounted, red morocco labels, gilt letters, decorative lines &
centre tools, also border to backstrip, making a nice copy. Marbled sides. The
contents are interleaved throughout. Book labels Mr. Smith & Sir David
Smith. Pencil signature John Barker 1857. Ј225.00
DEBRETT'S BARONETAGE OF ENGLAND. 7th edn. Wm. Courthope.
1835. xxiv + 474pp. & 63 plates, mostly showing 12 arms. Rebound maroon
cloth, original leather label remounted. Very good. Ј65.00
DEBRETT'S PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN&
IRELAND. Vol. I England, Vol. II Scotland & Ireland. 17th edn. 1828.
2 vols. Engraved Frontis. & 10 engraved plates of arms, mostly 8 to a page.
Bound half calf, black morocco labels, gilt letters, marbled sides worn,
contents good. Ј125.00
DEBRETT'S PEERAGE, BARONETAGE,
KNIGHTAGE & Companionage. Illustrations of Arms. Pedigrees. Bound
original red cloth, gilt. 1985. Very good. Ј85.00
DEBRETT'S PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 2000. The Millenium
edition of this definitive guide to Britain's titled families will be published
in February. 2432 pages of genealogical & biographical details &
illustrations of all the Arms. Also special articles, The Royal Family, Tables
of Precedence, meaning of Orders, extinct & dormant Peerages &
Baronetages . Ј250.00
DE MESTAS, A. SOUVERAINS
ET PRETENDANTS en 1964. 2 vols. 4to. (Les Cahiers Nobles 25 & 26)
Ltd. to 1,111 copies. Reigning Houses & Pedigrees of Pretenders arranged
alphabetically under Countries. Red card covers, gilt letters. Very good.
Ј35.00
DURANT, H. THE SOMERSET SEQUENCE.
1951. 223pp. Index. 16 plates. Pedigree of the Somersets, Earls of
Worcester & Dukes of Beaufort. Very good in torn dustwrapper.
Ј25.00
EILERS, Marlene A. QUEEN VICTORIA'S
DESCENDANTS. New edn. Falkoping 1997. 191pp. 12" x 8 1/2". Many
illustrations. The genealogies include the Royal Families of Great Britain,
Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Spain, Roumania, Russia & Germany as well as
non-royals. Ј28.00
ELVIN, Chas. N. A HAND-BOOK
OF THE ORDERS OF CHIVALRY, WAR MEDALS & CROSSES with their Clasps
& Ribbons & other Decorations. 1892. Title & 28 fine plates in full
colours, gold & silver, 3 in black & white. List of Subscribers.
Original red cloth binding, gilt letters & insignia & black borders,
rebacked & restitched making a very good copy. Ј175.00
ENACHE,
Nicolas. LA DESCENDANCE DE PIERRE LE GRAND, TSAR DE
RUSSIE. Paris 1983. 431pp. Index. Pedigrees & 46 illustrations from
photographs. Ј30.00
FANNING, C. THE DUKES OF
LEUCHTENBERG. A Genealogy of the Descendants of EUGENE de BEAUHARNAIS.
1983. 106pp. Index. Frontis. & colour plate of arms. Limited edition in
slipcase. Ј14.95
FAVINE, A. THE THEATER OF
HONOR & KNIGHTHOOD, Monarchies, Emperours, Kings, Princes,
Institutions of Armes, Kings, Heralds & Pursuivants.With all the Ancient
& Moderne Military Orders of Knight-hood in every Kingdome. Duelling,
Joustes, Tournaments. 1623. 2 vols. in 1. (Moule 111) Printed by Wm. Jaggard
(Shakespeare's printer). [17] + 12 plates +582 (numbered to 572 but actually
582) + 538pp. Fine woodcuts of Insignia, Crowns, collars,arms, etc. Bound later
polished calf, red moocco label, gilt letters &lines. Title repaired, last
few pages slightly stained at foot & a little foxing otherwise a very good
copy. Signatures Jonas Buckley, 1690, Francis Townsend, Windsor [Herald] by gift
of John Dewye Parker, Esq. Nov. 1790 & Jas. Dwyer 1942.
£650.00
FAWCETT, F.B. (ed.) THEIR MAJESTIES
COURTS holden at BUCKINGHAM PALACE & at the PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE,
1937, with particulars of the Courts & Toilettes worn. 4to. viii +
139pp. + advertisements. Many full page plates, mostly of the ladies being
presented. 1 extra plate of a photograph of Mrs. Cameron Aitken, mounted, has
been added. Bound red cloth, gilt letters, crowns & top edges. Slightly
faded otherwise very good in dirty dust-wrapper. Ј65.00
FIELDING'S NEW PEERAGE of England, Scotland & Ireland;
containing the Descent and Present State of Every Noble Family of The Three
Kingdoms, with an Index and their Mottos, translated. N.d. (1790). Engraved
frontis. 4pp. of Insignia & 66pp. of engravings of Arms, mostly 8 to a page.
368pp. of text. Recently rebound in blue cloth, gilt letters & lines, very
good. The paper is browned & the first 3 pages are dampstained at top,
fragile & slightly torn otherwise good. Ј120.00
FERRAND,
Jacques. LES FAMILLES COMTALES DE L'ANCIEN EMPIRE DE
RUSSIE. Recueil Genealogique. 2nd edn. Vol. 2. Paris 1998. Folio. 195pp.
Pedigrees. Card covers. Ј36.00 Volume I is also available at the same
price.
FERRAND, Jacques. LES FAMILLES
PRINCIERES DE L'ANCIEN EMPIRE DE RUSSIE. Recueil GИnИalogique. 2nd edn.
Vol. 2. Paris 1998. Folio. 340pp. Pedigrees. Card covers. Ј42.00 Volume I is
also available at the same price.
FOX-DAVIES, A.C. (ed.) The EARLIEST PEERAGE ANNUAL. An Exact List of the Lords,
Spiritual and Temporal. Being a Facsimile Reprint of The FIRST PEERAGE DIRECTORY
for 1734. 1902. 12mo. xvi + 76pp. Also the House of Commons. Bound inlaid
imitation calf, gilt, good. Ј45.00
FRY, Plantaganet Somerset.
The KINGS & QUEENS OF ENGLAND & SCOTLAND.
1993. Royal 4to. 223pp. Index. Beautifully & profusely illustrated in
colour. Ј18.00
GADD, R.P. PEERAGE LAW.
1985. 192pp. An up-to-date account of the law as it affects the Peerage. Also
Irish Peers. £18.00
GAYRE, of Gayre & Nigg, R. A CASE FOR MONARCHY. A Plea for the Maintenance & the
Restoration of Monarchy with Particular Reference to the HOUSE OF SAVOY.
Edinburgh n.d. x + 64pp. Pedigree. 17 illustrations, 2 in colour. Very good.
£12.00
GRIFFITHS, R.A. & R.S. THOMAS. The
MAKING OF THE TUDOR DYNASTY. 1985, Reprint 1988. xiii + 210pp. Index. 85
black & white illustrations The origins & history of the Tudor family.
Very good in dust-wrapper. Ј18.00
HALL, Mrs. Matthew. The ROYAL PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND, from the Reign of George
I. 1871. iv + 540pp. Frontis. is a photograph of Princess Louise, who married
the Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll. A charming original
binding of maroon cloth. Ј45.00
HELLWALD, F. de. BIBLIOGRAPHIE METHODIQUE DE L'ORDRE SOUVERAIN DE ST. JEAN DE
JERUSALEM. Rome 1885, bound with Rossi, E. Aggiunta alia
Bibliographie.....di Hellwald, Rome 1924. Reprint 1968. 326 + 97pp. A worldwide
bibliography of works in all languages on the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
(Knights of Malta). Very good. Ј48.00
HEYLYN, Peter. THE HISTORY of that Most Famous Saynt & Souldier of Christ
Jesus ST. GEORGE OF CAPPADOCIA..... The Institution of the Most Noble
Order of St. George named the Garter. A Catalogue of all the Knights thereof
until this present. 1st edn. 1631. Small 4to. xxii + 351pp. Frontis. with
portraits of King Edward III & Charles I engraved by W. Marshall. (Moule
132). Bound full vellum, rebacked, red morocco labels, gilt letters, marbled
endpapers. Very good. Ј365.00
HEYWOOD, Valentine. BRITISH TITLES. The Use & Misuse of the Titles of Peers
& Commoners, with some Historical Notes. With a Foreword by Sir Gerald Woods
Wollaston, Garter Principal of Arms. 1951. Index. Good in torn dustwrapper.
Ј21.00
IMHOFF, J.W. Regum Pariumque MAGNAE
BRITANNIAE HISTORIA GENEALOGICA. In illa Familiarum Origines Stemmata.
Nuremburg 1690. Folio. Title in red & black. Fine engraved frontispiece,
vignettes & 144 shields of arms. 137 pedigrees & notes. Index of Names.
Later binding quarter brown buckram, black mor. label, gilt letters, marbled
sides. V.g. Ј225.00
JACKMAN, S.W. The PEOPLE'S
PRINCESS. A Portrait of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck. 1984,
Reprint of 150 copies 1996. 213pp. Index. Many illustrations. Very good.
Ј18.50
KING, Greg. The LAST EMPRESS.
The Life & Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia. 1995.
xvi + 431pp. Index. Illus. She was a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria & wife
of Nicholas II, Emperor of All the Russias. Very good in dustwrapper.
Ј21.00
KROLL, M. & J. LINDSEY. THE COUNTRY
LIFE BOOK OF EUROPE'S ROYAL FAMILIES. With photographs by Lichfield.
1979. Royal 4to. 208pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour & black &
white. Short pedigrees. Good in dustwrapper. Ј35.00
LACEY, Robert.
ARISTOCRATS. 1983. 4to. 249pp. Index. Many illus.
in colour. Maps. The Duke of Westminster, the Duchess of Medinacelli, Prince
Johannes von Thurn & Taxis & others are investigated in the context of
the world of the noblemen - can they survive, & how? Very good in
dustwrapper. Ј14.00
LAKE, Christopher. EUROPEAN RULERS 1060-1981. A Cross Referenced Genealogy
with 162 pedigrees. 1981. Atlas folio. Beautifully scrivened by Robin Litt in 3
colours. Bound blue cloth, very good. £75.00
LANG, Theo. MY DARLING DAISY. 1966. 196pp. Index. 17 illus. on 15
plates. Francis, Countess of Warwick, had been the lover of Edward VII for 9
years and, after his death, threatened to sell his letters to American
publishers. This is the story of the efforts to silence her. Plus Бa change!
Good in worn dust-wrapper. Ј15.00
LEE, A.G. CROWN AGAINST SICKLE. The Story of King Michael of Rumania.
200 copies only reprinted 1998. 199pp. Index. 41 illustrations. Very good.
Ј20.00
LINDEMANS, Leo. VOOROUDERS IN DE
MIDDELEEUWEN. ANCETRES AU MOYEN-AGE. MEDIEVAL ANCESTRY. 2nd edn. 1996.
250pp. Card covers. Ј28.00
LINDSAY, Philip. KING RICHARD III. A Chronicle. 1933. 363pp. Index. 8
plates. Pedigree.Covers a bit marked, contents good. Ј12.00
LINKLATER,
Eric. The ROYAL HOUSE OF SCOTLAND. 1970. [xii] +
276pp. Index. 13 illustrations 6 pedigrees & map endpapers. Very good in
slightly torn & crumpled dustwrapper. Ј28.00
LODGE'S PEERAGE & BARONETAGE & KNIGHTAGE of the British
Empire. 71st edn. revised & enlarged 1902. lxxi + 1134pp &
Adverts. Illutrations. of Arms & pedigrees. Bound original red cloth, gilt
letters, designs on front cover & all edges. Backstrip faded & small
tear at top otherwise very good. Ј75.00
McHUGH, Rosita. THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA - 900 Years of Care. Dublin 1996.
197pp. 104 illustrations in colour & monochrome.
Ј29.00
McNAUGHTON, Arnold. The BOOK OF
KINGS.A Royal Genealogy. No. 41 of only 55 de luxe copies hand bound by
Zaehnsdorff. 1973. Super Royal 4to. 3 vols. This mammoth work gives all the
descendants of King George I of England, which includes most of the Royal
Families of the rest of the World. Coloured frontis. & 118 portraits,
detailed Indices. A magnificient production, this copy has been signed by Lord
Louis Mountbatten on the title page. Bound full blue mor., raised bands, gilt
letters, lines, crown & corner tools on front covers, inside border of fleur
de lys, gold edges, white watered silk endpapers. In cloth covered slipcase.
Very good. Ј585.00
MANACH, D. & M. Sementery. LA DESCENDANCE DE CHARLES X, ROI DE FRANCE. 1997. 389pp.
Index of names. Card covers. Ј30.00
MANACH, D. LA DESCENDANCE DE LOUIS-PHILIPPE Ier. ROI DES FRAN«AIS.
Paris 1988. 223pp. Index. Illus. Pedigrees. Decorated card covers.
Ј30.00
MARKHAM, Francis. THE BOOKE OF
HONOUR. Or, Five Decades of Epistles of Honour. 1625. (Moule 120) Folio.
vi + 200pp. Dedicated to The King in the 1st year of the reign of Charles I.
Each "Decad" covers different aspects of Honour, Levels of the Peerage, Royal
Blood, Orders of Knighthood, etc. On p.28 an early owner has signed his name (J.
Savage, jun.) & drawn in a shield of arms, the ink of which has made a small
hole in the page otherwise very good. in a very nice modern full calf binding in
an early style. Bookplate Chapman-Purchas. Ј485.00
MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH & LIEUTENTANT PHILIP
MOUNTBATTEN, R.N. 20th November, 1947. LIST OF WEDDING GIFTS on display
at St. James's Palace. xv + 254pp. Index of names. A fascinating list starting
with a sapphire & diamond necklace from The King & the other Royal
presents to a tea cosy embroidered by a donor & a pair of silk stockings!
2,428 in all. Bound original card covers printed in blue. Covers a bit grubby
& worn, contents very good. A very uncommon item. Ј55.00
MAXWELL,
Sir Herbert, Bt. SIXTY YEARS A QUEEN. The Story
of Her Majesty's Reign. Illustrated chiefly from the Royal Collections. N.d.
(1897?) Royal 4to. Including The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. Numerous illus.
Colour frontis. & title. (a) 1 of the special copies bound quarter red
morocco, gilt letters, designs & gilt & silver Royal monograms, good.
Ј28.00 (b) Bound quarter white cloth, gilt letter, arms & top edges, design
in red & green. Slight mark to back cover otherwise good.
Ј21.00
MONCREIFFE, Sir Iain of that Ilk, Bt. ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANCESTRY OF THE ROYAL CHILD. 1982. 127pp.
Profusely illustrated in black & white & colour. 36 pedigrees showing
the Ancestors of Prince William in many countries of the World. A "different"
approach. Very good in dustwrapper. Ј21.00
MORRIS, Stuart G. of
Balgonie, Ygr. The INSIGNIA & DECORATIONS OF THE
MILITARY & HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM. 1986.
4to. xiii + 45pp. Colour frontis. & many illustrations, mainly in colour of
Insignia, medals & ribbons. Ј25.00
MOSSOLOV, A.A. AT THE COURT OF THE LAST TSAR.MEMOIRS, ed. by A.A. Pilenco.
1935, Reprint of only 250 copies 1996. vii + 273pp. Index. Pedigree of the
Romanovs, frontis. & 13 other illustrations. Very good
Ј20.00
MOWAT, R.B. & J.D. GRIFFITH DAVIES. A CHRONICLE OF KINGSHIP 1066-1937. 1937. 4to. 542pp. Index.
39 fine plates of portraits of Sovereigns & 12 beautifully engrossed folding
pedigrees printed in red & black, with illustrations of arms. Faded covers
under very decorative dustwrapper (torn) never seen before. Ј55.00
The NEW PEERAGE;or Present State of the Nobility of
England, Scotland & Ireland....Peers by Tenure, Summons or Creation; their
Descents....Coats of Arms. 1st edn. 1769. 3 vols. viii + 291, iv + 319 & ix
+ 278pp. + Indexes. 75 pages of engraved coats of arms. Bound original calf,
worn, rebacked brown imitation morocco, gilt letters, good.
Ј145.00
NICOLAS, Sir Harris. History of the
EARLDOMS OF STRATHERN, MONTEITH & AIRTH: With a Report of the
Proceedings before the House of Lords on The Claim of Robert Barclay Allardice,
Esq. to the Earldom of Airth. (Pickering) 1842. xvi + 248 + cxvipp. 2 pedigrees.
Rebacked with matching green cloth, making a nice firm copy. Paper label worn.
MS inscription. 1842 & booklabel Newbattle Abbey. Good. Ј75.00
LE PETIT GOTHA.Ed. C. de Badts de Cugnac & G. Coutant
de Saisseval. Paris 1993. 805pp. Index. Full details of 30 Royal Families of
Europe (& Brazil). Very good in dustwrapper. Ј50.00
PINCHES,
J.H. EUROPEAN NOBILITY & HERALDRY. A
comparative study of the Titles of Nobility & their Heraldic Exterior
Ornaments for each Countrywith Historical Notes. Limited edition of 500 copies
1994. xii + 336pp. Profusely illustrated with examples of coronets, helmets,
arms & supporters, this is the first book to attempt to trace the
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