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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honours - Four Volume Set
by Burke, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0806307420
- ISBN 13
- 9780806307428
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1977. Facsimile Reprint . Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume I - lxiv, 726pp w index. Volume II - xxii, 740pp w index. Volume III - xiv, 738pp w index. Volume IV - xxii, 805pp. All volumes illustrated w heraldic drawings, frontis port. Text is clean and unmarked. Green cloth w gold lettering in black title panel to cover and spine. Bumping to corners, no edgewear. Bindings square and sound. Octavo. This set came from a reference library and did not see circulation. Each volume showing lib stamp to top edge of text block and bottom of each title page. Lib cat no stamped to top corner ffep and title. No other library markings. This facsimile reprint edition (1977) is of works originally published for H. Colburn by R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838. Volume I includes a reprint of Index to the pedigrees in Burke's commoners, by G. Ormerod, originally printed in 1907 for the Provost of Queen's College, Oxford
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047794
- Title
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honours - Four Volume Set
- Author
- Burke, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0806307420
- ISBN 13
- 9780806307428
- Publisher
- Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Great Britain -- Genealogy. Heraldry -- Great Britain. Ormerod, George, 1785-1873. Index to the pedigrees in Burke's commoners NOISBN General, Ireland, Genealogy
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Reference Works - English;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Facsimile
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- Reprint
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
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