The Symbolisms of Heraldry or A Treatise on the Meanings and Derivations of Armorial Bearings
by Wade, W. Cecil
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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(London: George Redway: 1898) First Edition. Decorated cloth, bevelled boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 168, 8 publishers advertisements. With 95 Illustrations. Index. Top edge gilt. First Edition. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; fore edge of boards a little discoloured from damp; otherwise near fine.
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Clarence Park, South Australia
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I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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