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Armorial families; a complete peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, and being the first attempt to show which arms in use at the moment are borneAuthor: legal authority
The art of the Wallace Collection, including an account of its founders, a description of the pictures, and a survey of the chief exhibits in the galleries devoted to objects of art and arms and armourAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors : with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable recordsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A general history of the Kemp and Kempe families of Great Britain and her colonies, with arms, pedigrees, portraits, illustrations of seats, foundations, chantries, monuments, documents, old jewels, curios, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
The story of a national crime : being an appeal for justice to the Indians of Canada ; the wards of the nation, our allies in the Revolutionary War, our brothers-in-arms in the Great WarAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The book of public arms : a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal armsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Scottish arms : being a collection of armorial bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, reproduced in facsimile from contemporary manuscripts, with heraldic and genealogical notesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland : madeAuthor: Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666
An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland : forming an extensive ordinary of British armorials : upon an entirely new plan ...Author: Classic Public Domain
Wells Cathedral: its monumental inscriptions and heraldry : together with the heraldry of the palace, deanery, and vicar's close : with annotations from wills, registers, etc., and illustrations of armsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches; between the years 1586 and 1613, under the authority of Clarencieux and Norroy, two kings at armsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Book of knowledge of all the kingdoms, lands, and lordships that are in the world, and the arms and devices of each land and lordship, or of the kings and lords who possess themAuthor: Classic Public Domain
History of the battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France, in 1415 : to which is added, The roll of the men at arms, in the English army /by Sir Harris Nicolas, K. HAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The noble and gentle men of England : or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective countiesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Three rolls of arms of the latter part of the thirteenth century, together with an index of names and an alphabetical ordinary of the coatsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Some feudal coats of arms and others, illustrated with 2,000 zinco etchings from the Bayear tapestry, Greek vases, seals, tiles, effigies, brasses and heralcic rolls. Some chart pedigreesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A history and genealogy of the family of Hurd in the United States, and a partial history of the New England families of Heard and Hord, including a treatise on nomenclature, heraldry and coat armour, and ancestryAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Gordons under arms; a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and the Jacobite risingsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Encyclopædia of heraldry, or General armory of England, Scotland and Ireland : comprising a registry of all armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, including the late grantsAuthor: the College of arms
English surnames. Essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological and humorous: with chapters of rebuses and canting arms, the roll of Battel abbey, a list of latinized surnames, &., &.Author: Classic Public Domain
The book of Scotsmen eminent for achievements in arms and arts, church and state, law, legislation, and literature, commerce, science, travel, and philanthropyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800Author: Classic Public Domain
History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at arms in the English armyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A treatise on ancient armour and weapons, illustratedAuthor: plates taken from the original armour in the tower of London, and other arsenals, museums, and cabinets
The visitation of the county of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clareneaux king of arms,Author: his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster herald, A. D. MDCXIII
The baronetage of England, or The History of the English baronets, and such baronets of Scotland, as are of English families; with genealogical tables, and engravings of their coats of armsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The book of public arms: a complete encyclopæeia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal armsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ancient armour and weapons in Europe: from the iron period of the northern nations to the end of the seventeenth century: with illustrations from contemporary monumentsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Military lodges. The apron and the sword; or, Freemasonry under arms; being an account of lodges in regiments and ships of war, and of famous soldiers and sailors (of all countries) who have belonged to the societyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A genealogical record of the Arms family in this country, embracing all the known descendants of William first, who have retained the family name, and the first generation of the descendants of other namesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The heraldic calendar; a list of the nobility and gentry whose arms are registered, and pedigrees recorded in the Herald's office in IrelandAuthor: Classic Public Domain
English surnames, essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological, and humorous; with chapters of rebuses and canting arms, The Roll of Battel Abbey, a list of latinizes surnames, [etc.], [etc.]Author: Classic Public Domain
Australia in arms : a narrative of the Australasian imperial force and their achievement at Anzac ; with 9 maps and 53 illustrationsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The raiders of the Sarhad : being the account of a campaign of arms and bluff against the brigands of the Persian-Baluchi border during the great warAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The armorial and genealogical roll of the high sheriffs for the counties in England and Wales, 1882-3. Including those sheriffs of cities, towns, and counties thereof who bear coat armour, 1881-2, 1882-3Author: Classic Public Domain
A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the middle ages; Vol. IIIAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Gordons under arms : a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite risings. By Constance Oliver Skelton and John Malcolm Bulloch.Author: Classic Public Domain
Christian in compleat armour : or, A treatise of the saints war against the devil, wherein a discovery is made of that grand enemy of God and His peopAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Voyages of the slavers St. John and Arms of Amsterdam, 1659, 1663 : together with additional papers illustrative of the slave trade under the DutchAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Courtenay family armorial, containing over two hundred coats of arms taken from those at Powderham Castle, with explanatory notesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The principal, historical, and allusive arms, borneAuthor: families of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with their respective authorities
An introduction to heraldry, with nearly one thousand illustrations; including the arms of about five hundred different familiesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Christian in complete armour, or, a treatise on the saints war with the devil : wherein a discovery is made of the policy, power, wickedness, and stratagems made use ofAuthor: that enemy of God and his people ...
A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the middle ages; Vol. IIAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The heraldry of Smith: being a collection of the arms borne by, or attributed to, most families of that surname in Great Britain, Ireland and GermanyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Historic Arms and Armour Collecting Book Collection
Discover 125 carefully selected public-domain books about historic arms and armour collecting. This focused archive brings together practical manuals, illustrated references and important historical works in one searchable collection.
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Spanish arms and armour, being a historical and descriptive account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid
Some fedual coats of arms and others. Illustrated with 2,000 zinco
An ordinary of arms contained in the public register of all arms and bearings in Scotland
Lay down your arms : the autobiography of Martha von Tilling
Arms and the man; an anti-romantic comedy in three acts
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Armorial families; a complete peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, and being the first attempt to show which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority
An illustrated history of arms and armour from the earliest period to the present time
Armorial families; a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, showing which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority
A record of European armour and arms through seven centuries
Spanish arms and armour, being a historical and descriptive account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid
Arms and armour in antiquity and the Middle Ages : also a descriptive notice of modern weapons
British and foreign arms & armour
The art of the Wallace Collection, including an account of its founders, a description of the pictures, and a survey of the chief exhibits in the galleries devoted to objects of art and arms and armour
Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour
Arms and the man; an anti-romantic comedy in three acts
The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors : with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records
A general history of the Kemp and Kempe families of Great Britain and her colonies, with arms, pedigrees, portraits, illustrations of seats, foundations, chantries, monuments, documents, old jewels, curios, etc.
The story of a national crime : being an appeal for justice to the Indians of Canada ; the wards of the nation, our allies in the Revolutionary War, our brothers-in-arms in the Great War
The book of public arms : a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms
A selection of arms authorized by the laws of heraldry
The coats of arms of the nobility and gentry of Yorkshire--
The heraldry of the Campbells, with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees
Scottish arms : being a collection of armorial bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, reproduced in facsimile from contemporary manuscripts, with heraldic and genealogical notes
Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland : made by Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666
An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland : forming an extensive ordinary of British armorials : upon an entirely new plan ...
Wells Cathedral: its monumental inscriptions and heraldry : together with the heraldry of the palace, deanery, and vicar's close : with annotations from wills, registers, etc., and illustrations of arms
The heraldry of the Hamiltons : with notes on all the males of the family, description of the arms, plates and pedigrees
Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches; between the years 1586 and 1613, under the authority of Clarencieux and Norroy, two kings at arms
Book of knowledge of all the kingdoms, lands, and lordships that are in the world, and the arms and devices of each land and lordship, or of the kings and lords who possess them
Educational charts. [Arms and armor]
The call to arms: Montreal's roll of honour, European war, 1914
An ordinary of arms contained in the public register of all arms and bearings in Scotland
Some fedual coats of arms and others. Illustrated with 2,000 zinco
A List of persons who were disclaimed as gentlemen of coat-armour by the heralds at the visitations of the various counties of England
History of the battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France, in 1415 : to which is added, The roll of the men at arms, in the English army /by Sir Harris Nicolas, K. H
The heraldry of the Stewarts, with notes on all the males of the family, descrptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees
The heraldry of the Murrays : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees
Heraldry of fish. Notices of the principal families bearing fish in their arms
The noble and gentle men of England : or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties
Three rolls of arms of the latter part of the thirteenth century, together with an index of names and an alphabetical ordinary of the coats
Some feudal coats of arms and others, illustrated with 2,000 zinco etchings from the Bayear tapestry, Greek vases, seals, tiles, effigies, brasses and heralcic rolls. Some chart pedigrees
A history and genealogy of the family of Hurd in the United States, and a partial history of the New England families of Heard and Hord, including a treatise on nomenclature, heraldry and coat armour, and ancestry
Gordons under arms; a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and the Jacobite risings
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain
Two Tudor books of arms; Harleian Mss. nos. 2169 & 6163
The visitation of London in the year 1568. Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux king of arms, and since augmented both with descents and arms
The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 : made by William Flower, esquire, Norroy king of arms
The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees
Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents between the years 1687 and 1898, preserved in various manuscripts
Arms and the man; a pleasant play
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland
Encyclopædia of heraldry, or General armory of England, Scotland and Ireland : comprising a registry of all armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, including the late grants by the College of arms
The heraldry of the Johnstons : with notes on the different families, their arms and pedigrees
Lay down your arms : the autobiography of Martha von Tilling
Banners, standards, and badges, from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms
English surnames. Essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological and humorous: with chapters of rebuses and canting arms, the roll of Battel abbey, a list of latinized surnames, &., &.
The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 made by William Flower, esquire, Norroy king of arms v 16
The book of Scotsmen eminent for achievements in arms and arts, church and state, law, legislation, and literature, commerce, science, travel, and philanthropy
America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800
Armour & weapons
Gunnery in 1858: being a treatise on rifles, cannon, and sporting arms;
History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at arms in the English army
A treatise on ancient armour and weapons, illustrated by plates taken from the original armour in the tower of London, and other arsenals, museums, and cabinets
Side lights of Maryland history: the Davis family and coat of arms
The visitation of the county of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clareneaux king of arms, by his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster herald, A. D. MDCXIII
The baronetage of England, or The History of the English baronets, and such baronets of Scotland, as are of English families; with genealogical tables, and engravings of their coats of arms
The book of public arms: a complete encyclopæeia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms
The nation in arms; a treatise on modern military systems and the conduct of war
American small arms; a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge for sportsmen and military men
Scottish arms, being a collection of armorial bearings A. D. 1370-1678 Vol. II
The arms of the baronial and police burghs of Scotland
Arms and the Man - Bernard Shaw
Ancient armour and weapons in Europe: from the iron period of the northern nations to the end of the seventeenth century: with illustrations from contemporary monuments
Military lodges. The apron and the sword; or, Freemasonry under arms; being an account of lodges in regiments and ships of war, and of famous soldiers and sailors (of all countries) who have belonged to the society
A genealogical record of the Arms family in this country, embracing all the known descendants of William first, who have retained the family name, and the first generation of the descendants of other names
The muse in arms, a collection of war poems, for the most part written in the field of action
The heraldic calendar; a list of the nobility and gentry whose arms are registered, and pedigrees recorded in the Herald's office in Ireland
The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms
A roll of arms of the reign of Richard the Second
Lectures on justice, police, revenue and arms
Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, illustrating the arms, arts & literature of Italy, 1440-1630
The Roll of arms of the princes, barons, and knights who attended King Edward I. to the Siege of Caerlaverock in 1300
Armour & weapons in the middle ages
Notes on arms and armor
Warwickshire arms and lineages;
Return of Persons to whom Licenses have been granted to keep Arms by Magistrates at Quarter Session in Ireland, 1832
The heraldry of the Stewarts : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees
Letters of Donald Hankey : a student in arms";
Early wars of Wessex; being studies from England's school of arms in the West
English surnames, essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological, and humorous; with chapters of rebuses and canting arms, The Roll of Battel Abbey, a list of latinizes surnames, [etc.], [etc.]
Australia in arms : a narrative of the Australasian imperial force and their achievement at Anzac ; with 9 maps and 53 illustrations
A list of coat armour used in Norfolk before the date of the first herald's visitation of 1563
Pictorial and descriptive record of the origin and development of arms and armor
Arms of the Scottish Bishoprics
Armour engineer
The raiders of the Sarhad : being the account of a campaign of arms and bluff against the brigands of the Persian-Baluchi border during the great war
Handbook of arms and armor, European and oriental, including the William H. Riggs collection
The armorial and genealogical roll of the high sheriffs for the counties in England and Wales, 1882-3. Including those sheriffs of cities, towns, and counties thereof who bear coat armour, 1881-2, 1882-3
A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the middle ages; Vol. III
The poetical works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lion King at arms
Rolls of arms of the reigns of Henry III and Edward III
The armies of industry; our nation's manufacture of munitions for a world in arms, 1917-1918
The British arms in North China and Japan: Peking 1860; Kagosima 1862
Essex Borough arms and the traditional arms of Essex and the arms of Chelmsford diocese
A list of coat armour used in Norfolk before the date of the first herald's visition of 1563
Gordons under arms : a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite risings. By Constance Oliver Skelton and John Malcolm Bulloch.
Ornamental Street Lamp Posts, Mast Arms and Brackets
Christian in compleat armour : or, A treatise of the saints war against the devil, wherein a discovery is made of that grand enemy of God and His peop
The poetical works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon King of arms
A new system of infantry tactics, double and single rank, adapted to American topography and improved fire-arms
Merchantmen-at arms, the British merchants' service in the War
Catalogue of the Arundel manuscripts in the library of the College of Arms
Voyages of the slavers St. John and Arms of Amsterdam, 1659, 1663 : together with additional papers illustrative of the slave trade under the Dutch
Courtenay family armorial, containing over two hundred coats of arms taken from those at Powderham Castle, with explanatory notes
Weapons, a brief discourse on hand-weapons other than fire-arms
The principal, historical, and allusive arms, borne by families of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with their respective authorities
An introduction to heraldry, with nearly one thousand illustrations; including the arms of about five hundred different families
Foreign armour in England
The right to bear arms
The Indian Arms Act 1878
For the millions of men now under arms
The whole armour of God
The life & feats of arms of Edward the black prince
The Christian in complete armour, or, a treatise on the saints war with the devil : wherein a discovery is made of the policy, power, wickedness, and stratagems made use of by that enemy of God and his people ...
Handbook of the arts of the middle ages and renaissance : as applied to the decoration of furniture, arms, jewels, &c. &c
Firing regulations for small arms, U. S. navy, 1916
Breech loading fire arms and ammunition
A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the middle ages; Vol. II
Armour in England from the earliest times to the reign of James the First
The heraldry of Smith: being a collection of the arms borne by, or attributed to, most families of that surname in Great Britain, Ireland and Germany
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