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Peter G. Summers.
How to Read a Coat of Arms.

Published London: National Council of Social Service for the Standing Conference for Local History, 1967 (probably a reprint).
ISBN 0719907500.
Binding: paperback pamphlet, centre stapled.
Printer: the Bowering Press, Plymouth.
Size: 155x245x3mm.
Page count: 24pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks a bit battered overall, with a heavy crease to the top outside corner of the front cover; at least 1 page has its corner turned over as a place marker; text appears to be free of marking.


This item £2.00
plus P&P £2.50 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 63g.

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No particular medieval emphasis. Contents: Reading a coat of arms; Recording a coat of arms; Identifying a coat of arms; Funeral hatchments & armorial panels.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 30 monochrome text figures by Anthony Griffiths
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 1 page, annotated
Index: no



See also | Heraldry | Genealogy reference |

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