Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage [Burke's Peerage], 1949

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	N/A
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Burke's Peerage
Publication Year:	1949
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	019002
Catalogue(s):	History - Family and Institutional History, Geneaology

ccxc, 2476pp. Illustrated, including colour plates, advertisements and heraldic arms etc. In red cloth boards, with blind rules gilt decoration on front panel and gilt titles on spine. Bevelled edges. Speckled edges. Deep red endpapers with heraldic designs. Original bookmark bound in, advertising Spink and Son. Large 4to. Boards rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, patchily faded, with some minor indentations on front panel, heavily sunned on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring the last two leaves which have some corner creases. Details of the Peerage and Baronetage (as of 1949), preceded by notes and essays on the likes of The Story of Burke's Peerage; Orders, Decorations and Medals; Peerages in Order of Precedence; The Orders of Knighthood, Portraits of the Royal Family etc.

Keywords:

Burke's Peerage Aristocracy