Status
Available
Local notes
929.6 Mon
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Publication
Mayflower Assoc (1979), 63 pages
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1953
Physical description
9.5 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member HarryMacDonald
One of the joys of my youth. I dare to hope, though with little supporting evidence, that little boys might still be intrigued with all the high-falutin' silliness of blazons and supporters and lions couchant and colours like "gules". Written with warmth and wit, and illustrated so as to make it
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inevitable that anyone who can hold a pencil will want to design a coat-of-arms. Thanks for the memories! Show Less
LibraryThing member LivingBackwards
For the basics, it's a great resource. Doesn't really help with defining periods or places of historical heraldry, but then I suppose that would be a different book. Great illustrations (which are, obviously, a must for a book of this kind...)
LibraryThing member staffordcastle
My favorite introduction to the subject of heraldry.
LibraryThing member CaUplWL
Great introduction to heraldry