Search Results: GENEALOGY from Chilton Books

Beamreach Printing, 2018.. Signed limited edition. A handful of families, all of whom traced their ancestries far back into English gentry and who were not insignificant landholders, came and setted in Bermuda. "They leave many descendants on the island today. The Tuckers, Darrells, Trotts, Penistons and Riches, all of whom belongd to th old English gentry, are mostly names still extant in Bermuda. They were proud people who, as members of the council, shaped the course of 17th century Bermuda history. In this book, North ably traces these families up and down their "trees" as laid out by earlier genealogists and historians of note". Pp.93, limited edition number (21/50) and inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1977.. A Massachussets Historical Society Picture Book. 21.5cms x 28cms. Unpaginated, black & white illustrations throughout featuring portraits, artefacts and documents associated wth the Winthrop Family. Green stiff card covers. Scarce. VG.

London: The Good Web Guide,2002.. 2nd edition, completely revised and updated with new reviews. "With tens of thousands of genealogy sites available, this handsomely produced guide presents the top 100 for British users, as well as offering essential information to anyone interested in uncovering their family line." (Family History Monthly). 18cms x 18cms. Pp.192. Pbk. VG.

Dublin: Heraldic Artists Ltd, 1973.. 2nd Impression(enlarged edition). Pp.131, 33 county maps + other black & white illustrations. Maroon boards, green dustwrapper has family tree of O'More and Moore, Princes of Leix to rear, slightly sunned to spine and a few scuffs to rear but with a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.Inc, 1997. Fourth edition. The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years. Pp.xvi/182. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 25 , Paternoster Row [ no date - c.1880 ?] .. Fifth Edition. 16mo. [6pp.]/pp.132. 7.0" x 4.5" x 0.25". Original printed boards with red titles and decorations, Boards soiled and corners rounded. Later plain cloth spine, recent endpapers (handmade paper). Coloured frontis, facing an engraved title-page. Followed by a printed title-page with colophon to verso: "London: R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill". "Illustrated with over 400 engravings on wood". Clean bright contents. G+ . Date of publication from COPAC (British Library).

Liverpool: C.Tinling & Co.Ltd, 1926.. Written in conjunction with the "Memorials" of 1873, and additions of 1900. Ex-University Library. "Early in the eighteenth century, Thomas Hurry, with some members of his family, established themselves at Great Yarmouth, as Hemp and Iron Merchants, and obtained extensive warehouses at the South-West corner of Queens Street, fronting West in the Quay...They were also ship agents, agents for Lloyd's, and Vice-Consuls for Prussia and other foreign powers. His descendants were extentensively engaged in commerce in that town for nearly two centuries..." 23.5cms x 19cms. All edges gilt. Pp.viii/129, double page portrait frontispiece + 12 further black & white portrait plates, 4 crests, marled endpapers, University of London bookplate to inside front board, 'withdrawn' inkstamp to reverse of front free endpaper, small inkstamp to reverse of title page, minor scuffs to rear endpapers. Red pebbled cloth, gilt title to black leather lable to spine. Scarce. G+.

Chatham:Bachman & Turner, 1989.. 1st edition. "This is the definitive history of the Notcutt family. It follows the family's early origins in Wrington, Somerset over 400 years ago, through its move to Essex, then on to Ipswich, Suffolk in the early 18th century...In the 18th and 19th centuries the family adopted dissenting beliefs, and became pillars of Non-Conformist and Unitarian society in Ipswich, as well as being active in local politics and the law." 26cms x 22cms. Pp.xii/131/(2 page ad for Notcutts Garden Nurseries), 15 black & white photos and illustrations + 11 folding Family Tree charts. Postcard thanking Mrs Jane Blom-Cooper for providing a photo of her mother for the book signed "Michael" (author) + photocopy of newspaper review of the book and order form loosely enclosed. Black cloth, dustwrapper edges rubbed now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

London : Oxford University Press 1936 - 1941 .. A very good 2 volume set in the original cloth bindings. Large folio.38cm x 28.5 cm x 2.4cm. Vol. 1: pp. 30 + "Tab. LI" (51 family trees). Vol. 2: pp.18 + "Tab LII. - Tab LXXIV. (23 family trees). Clean throughout, just light spotting to free-endpapers. Boards sunned and lightly rubbed, corners bumped. A heavy set which may cost more to send overseas. VG. ** Contents include: Vol 1. Noailles, Colbert, Talleyrand, Albert de Luynes, Rohan, Rohan-Chabot, Bautru, F�rstenberg, Arnauld, Phelypeaux, Navarre-Foix, Savoie, Longueville, Gontaut-Biron. -- Vol. 2. Bourbon moins Cond�, Bourbon-Cond�, La Tour d'Auvergne, Gramont, La Marck.

Kings Lynn: Michael Winton, 1992.. Facsimile edtion of 1,500 copies. Pp.210, 3 folding maps, owner's name to inside front cover. Pbk. VG.

Wigston: Southwater, 2012.. The development of coats of arms and heraldic symbols, with 575 illustrations. "An essential introduction to understanding and interpreting heraldry for novices, as well as a must-have source book and reference manual for experts....A fascinating guide to the medieval world in which herldry thrivedm, the language it used and the elaborate system of coded messages it conveyed. Discusses the modern uses of heraldry, such as in guilds and cities, hospitals and government, and armed forces and schools." 28cms x 21.5cms. Pp.128, colour illusttrtions throughout. Paperback. VG.