Irish families;: Their names, arms, and origins

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Revised.* Date of Publication: 1957* Publisher:Hodges Figgis & Co Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, Gilt title to spine and face with gilt armorial to front board. Heavily bumped and rubbed with small splits to rear hinge, boards showing in various places but complete. Hinges loose. POOR.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY with Ontario booksellers stamp. Text block clean & complete without annotation but obviously well used. Section containing Barony map & colour plates loose and in places dis-bound but not missing any plates (27) although five of the 243 arms have been extracted. This also affects the five blazons described on the backs of these items which are also missing. POOR* Illustrations: B/w map & coloured illustrations of arms with large foldout coloured map of Ireland 1300-1600 at rear.* Pages: Total 366 pp. text. including index at rear.* Description: A scholarly examination of Irish Families, their names, Arms and origins carried out by the Chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and former Chief herald of Ireland. This volume is the default reference work for Gaelic-Irish family research.* A working copy with several faults. No dust jacket.*