Cory, George E. (Series Ed. C. Graham Botha et al).

Archives Year Book for South African History Second Year Part 1. "a History of the Origin of South African Colonisation and Its Development Towards the East . . . "

Archives Of The Union Of South Africa 1939/1940. Green cloth boards. erratum slip. 193pp tall 8vo. 0.9kg. No inscriptions, 4 square corners, VG condition. no dustwrapper "... From Earliest Times To 1857. In Six Volumes. Vol. VI. Chapters One To Six. ". This is the complete Volume 6 of Sir George Cory's The Rise Of South Africa, 6 chapters of the intended 12, as interrupted by his death. (Later published by Longmans in 1940 in the same format as their preceding volumes. This deals mainly with Sir George Grey's administration including the establishment of the independent republics in the North, and the early history of the Church of England in South Africa.

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Book number: 28013

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Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise.

Monumental Brasses of Cornwall. Sixty Two Illustrative Plates Wth Descriptive, Genealogical, and Heraldic Notes.

Printed for the Author by Spottiswoode & Co. London 1882. Gilt title on brown cloth bevelled boards. aeg. 107pp + 62 plates. 330mm x 260mm. 1.7kg. Worn at head and tail of spine, corners worn to board. rear shows some marks, the front is relatively mark-free and accordingly still attractive. Two bookplates (William Coulson Tregarthen) to front pastedown. ffep loose 50%. Second of two contents pages (vix-vx) missing, (first torn by removal of same). Extensive annotations and a tipped-in handwritten note on p.25. Plates 19 & 22 have extensive annotations on the borders. The rear of Plate 62 has two cards pasted thereon, perhaps from another publication, also annotated, showing heraldic devices for Cazminow, Courtenay, Trenowth, Arundell, Godolphin, and Killygrew names. Opposite appears some handwritten family trees, also annotated. On the rear free end paper are pasted three stamped envelope fronts to W. Coulson Tregarthen. On the rear pastedown are tipped four ALS. All 62 plates present. All annotations and additional material present in this copy appear to be related to the early Tregarthen family.

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Book number: 27379

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Keywords: tregarthen cornwell genealogy monumental brasses.

Galpin, George Luck.

The Family of Galpin of Staffordshire & Dorset.

Chiswick Press. London 1926. Gilt on red cloth boards. 100pp illustrated 4to with two folding genealogy charts in rear pocket. Boards insect-scarred. some few annotations. illustrations and charts in good order. a sound copy if unattractive. George Luck Galpin (1857-1941) was the fifth of six sons of Henry Carter Galpin (b. 1820) who came to South Africa in 1848, moving to Grahamstown the next year to set up business as a watchmaker and jeweller. His house, in Bathurst Street, with its camera obscura, is presently a museum. George Luck Galpin was schooled at St Andrews in Grahamstown. He then went to England where he qualified first as a dentist and then as a surgeon. Returning to South Africa he practised as a surgeon (F.R.C.S.) in Port Elizabeth from 1885 to 1912. This work records in detail the early family history in England up to Henry Carter Galpin, and is replete with illustrations, detailed notes, arms. etc.

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Book number: 27705

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Galpin, George Luck.

The Family of Galpin of Staffordshire & Dorset.

Chiswick Press. London 1926. Gilt on red cloth boards. 100pp illustrated 4to with two folding genealogy charts in rear pocket. Boards insect-scarred. some few annotations. illustrations and charts in good order. spine in poor condition with breaks in rear joint and loss to top. rear board hinge. Poor condition and unattractive, a reference copy only. George Luck Galpin (1857-1941) was the fifth of six sons of Henry Carter Galpin (b. 1820) who came to South Africa in 1848, moving to Grahamstown the next year to set up business as a watchmaker and jeweller. His house, in Bathurst Street, with its camera obscura, is presently a museum. George Luck Galpin was schooled at St Andrews in Grahamstown. He then went to England where he qualified first as a dentist and then as a surgeon. Returning to South Africa he practised as a surgeon (F.R.C.S.) in Port Elizabeth from 1885 to 1912. This work records in detail the early family history in England up to Henry Carter Galpin, and is replete with illustrations, detailed notes, arms. etc.

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Book number: 27892

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Marquard, J.M. & Melville, Janet.

Family Register of the Melvill's Family and Short Account of the Life of Mr John Melville from 1800-1852.

Janet Mellville 1977. Brown textured 'leather'. 168pp illustrated. Repairs to binding, 40mm piece missing next to spine, else a Good copy as such. no inscriptions. The original Thomas Melvill arrived in Simon's Bay in May 1901. Much information from various written sources and documents is contained herein as well as a family registers comprising the original prepared in 1921 by J.M. Marquard and a more detailed one prepared by Janet Mellville in 1977.

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Book number: 27882

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Pama, C.

Heraldry of South African Families. Coast of Arms, Crests, Ancestry.

A.A. Balkema. Cape Town 1972 1st edition. Green vynide boards. 365pp illustrated b/w with tipped in coloured card frontis. 8vo. 1.1kg. No inscriptions. spine a little handled hence a G-VG copy overall. contents excellent. no dustwrapper. Descriptions of well over 1100 coats of arms of South African families. For each family biographical details of the first settler, year of arrival, ancestry, children, etc. are given with full documentation and exact reference to archival and printed sources. Deals with Dutch & English heraldry, the Bell-Krynauw collection, a large armorial section, and a glossary of heraldic terms. A definitive work.

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Book number: 28094

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Pama, C.

Lions and Virgins. Heraldic State Symbols Coats-of-Arms, Flags, Seals and Other Symbols of Authority in South Africa 1487-1962.

Human & Rousseau, Cape Town 1965. Black gilt boards, 133pp, illustrated b/w & colour plates. 4to. No inscriptions, eps tanned, boards patchily faded, no dustwrapper. A sound clean copy, contents unmarked. A very well illustrated work on the extensive historical use of state symbols in South Africa. Includes a chapter on then South West Africa, Rhodesia, and the protectorates up to the dissolution of the Central African Federation.

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Book number: 28095

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Tillman, Elizabeth M.

Getting to the Roots of the Family Tree. 3 Volumes. A Social History of England Seen Through the Evolution of One Family. The Story of a Saxon Family.

Heritage Books. Maryland (1997). Parts 1, 2, 3., three softcover volumes. 1179pp total. 8vo. All three volumes are in at least VG condition & appear unread. ISBN: 9780788406270 Vol.1. Tillman Family Of Norfolk, Dorset, Devon, London And New Zealand. Vol.3. Tillman Family Of Kent. Vol.3. Tillman Family Of Kent (Concluded), Emmigration To America. Charts, illustrations, extensive index of names other than Tillman.

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Book number: 14139

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Keywords: genealogy tillman musbury colyton lyme regis family east india company

Trevorrow, Valerie.

The Levey Family Tree.

Self 2007. 145pp A4 format illustrated in card wraps.0.7kg. Wraps a little marked around spine else a VG copy. Signed by Author 8-8-2007 on title page. Author was born Levey. Joseph Levey was born in Leven in Fifeshire about 1784/1785. With his wife Elizabeth they came to Cape Town on the "Brilliant" in 1817. They travelled with the Moodie Party as independent settlers, moving at some time to Graham's Town. Includes pasted in sheet re Protein S deficiency by Colin Levey which is a genetic trait in the family.

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Book number: 25748

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Woodcock, Thomas. & Robinson, John Martin.

The Oxford Guide to Heraldry.

Oxford University Press 1990 first edition thus. 233pp illustrated large format softcover. No inscription. a VG+ copy. ISBN: 9780192852243

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Book number: 25069

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