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Records of the Closeburn Kirkpatricks (with plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.) PHOTOCOPY!
by Major-General Charles Kirkpatrick
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
privately published, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, 1954. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. This is a photocopy of a book originally written for private distribution in 1954 & filmed by the National Library of Scotland in 1964 for a customer's order. He has written the following inscription on the fep: "To the Cambridge John Kirkpatrick (with fond memories of the stranger being welcomed lnto the family reunion of Sunday 9 April 1967) from the New Haven John Kirkpatrick New Years Eve 31.12.77)". The Kirkpatricks of Closeburn, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, trace their family back to Ivone, who witnessed a Charter for Robert Brus (or Bruce), first Lord of Annandale. Roger 'mak siccar ' Kirkpatrick was a close associate of the later Robert Bruce, who became King of Scotland. The family's connections extend through the Isle of Wight to France and Spain. The photocopy quality of the illustrations leaves much to be desired but the text is reproduced well. First Thus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 134 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Gilt titles spine. blue cloth. Includes appendices. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Dumfries and Galloway; Family History; Scottish Genealogy; Scotland; History. Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 4642. .
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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4642
- Title
- Records of the Closeburn Kirkpatricks (with plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.) PHOTOCOPY!
- Author
- Major-General Charles Kirkpatrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- privately published
- Place of Publication
- Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Genealogy & Local History/History/Scotland/Family History/Dumfries & Galloway/Kirkpatrick/Scottish Genealogy Genealogy & Local History; Dumfries and Galloway; Family History; Scottish Genealogy; Scotland; History. Inscribed by person
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