Medievalbookshop — AJE0029 Lower, English Surnames

Bargain books on the Middle Ages and all related subjects

Secondhand book for sale

Scanned image of the book’s front cover

Mark Antony Lower.
English Surnames: An Essay on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological, and Humorous; with several illustrative appendices; fourth edition; vol. II.
Published London: John Russell Smith, 1875.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; no dustjacket.
Printer: Billling & Sons, Guildford.
Size: 132x195x25mm.
Page count: vi,271pp inc. several monochrome text figures.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: boards and page edges grubby with the spine somewhat faded; internally the binding is starting to split here and there, though no pages are detached; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Various POD edns. available]
Weight without packaging: 472g.

How to order this book

NB, this is volume II only (originally published in two volumes). No particular medieval emphasis.

Contents of this volume: Of historical surnames; Surnames which cannot be referred to any of the preceding classes; Provincialisms in surnames; Foreign surnames naturalized in England; Changed surnames; Scottish family names; Irish surnames; Norman surnames; Chapter of rebuses; Chapter of canting arms; Punning family mottoes; Anagrams; Remarks on inn signs; Observations on Christian names; Most common surnames; Roll of Battel Abbey [sic.]; Latinized surnames.

[PC1]
See also | Names & place-names | Incomplete sets |
Bookmark and Share
(please note, this page & image will be deleted when the book is sold)

See the “book descriptions” page for explanations of the criteria used in this listing.

Back to previous page

Return to the used books welcome page

Use these scrollbars to navigate the attic…

You need javascript switched on for these scrollbars to work. If you can't see see them, there's a full set of links below.

Primary sources | anthologies | anononymous | facsimile | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Secondary sources | journals & partworks | author unknown | exhibition guides & ephemera | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | Mc | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Browse by subject | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Reference books | Reference index | general reference | bibliographies | biographical dictionaries | catalogues: auctions | catalogues: exhibitions | catalogues: museums & collections | chronology & dating | genealogy & heraldry | guides & gazetteers | lexical: concordances, dictionaries, glossaries | maps & atlases | medievalism | name & place-name studies | pass notes & study guides | numismatics

Medievalism | main page | general non-fiction | reference books | biography & autobiography | travelogues | arcana | folklore | arts and crafts | kid's books | fiction | poetry | drama | humour

Other stuff | browse by publisher | browse by series | browse by language | gift books | kids' stuff | incomplete sets | shop returns | signed copies | unused bargains | useful non-medieval | new books (with Amazon links)