Description and condition:

Red boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 224pp, b/w illustrations, 4 colour plates.

Good copy with owners book plate on FFEP, scattered light foxing, but mostly good clean pages. In good dustcover with heavily sunned spine, title no longer readable.

Contents:

Heralds and the birth of heraldry; the development of arms; the grammar of heraldry; the law of arms; the alphabet. The book is “the essential glossary - comprehensive, clear, definitive and concise. Terms are simply explained and boldly illustrated, and all the wealth of information contained in the book is interesting, well-presented and relevant.”