Heraldry of the Cinque Ports de Williams, Geoffrey - 1971

David & Charles Publishers. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Newton Abbot : David and Charles, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, illustrations, coats of arms, facsimile, map, portraits ; 22cm. Subjects: Heraldry -- England -- Cinque Ports.

8vo. dustwrapper. 192pp. 59 maps, photographs and other illustrations. a good copy.

Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 1971. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'With sincere thanks/for your kind/assistance/Geoffrey Williams'. The dedicatee, L W Bamberger, has stamped his details on front paste-down and front endpaper. Leonard Bamberger prepared the many photographs for the author, and is listed by the author in the Acknowledgements. The Confederation of Cinque Ports is an historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed in 1155 for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. The original five harbours were; Sandwich, Romney, Dover, Hythe and Hastings. The author has included interesting material upon the towns in the United States and elsewhere which are namesakes of the Ports. The author brings together within one book an extensive amount of material, some of it previously unobtainable. With Bibliography and Index. A… Leer más

1971. Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1971. 22 cm. 192 pages with many illustrations, coats of arms, facsimiles, map and portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the Author. Includes for example the following chapters: 'The Arms of the Confederation'; 'The Romney Group of Towns'; 'Cinque Ports' Namesakes' etc.