Author: SMITH, E. MORRIS.
Title: The Burlington Smiths A Family History.
Description: First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 296, 10 (booklet tipped-in at rear); illustrated frontispiece (Arms of Smith of Bramham and Cognate Families of Smith), text illustrated with a further 8 full page plates (each being an albumen print pasted onto heavy stock), 1 smaller text illustration, 40 genealogical tables, index of persons mentioned, pamphlet laid in at rear with lithograph of the "Arms of Charles Lloyd of Dolobran." and additional printed note of the "Chygoe's Islands" of Samuel Smith and several pages of Genealogical lists received too late for binding, bound in contemporary brown half leather with brown cloth boards, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, the name Alys Whitall Smith stamped in gilt on upper board (which ties in with the inscription on the verso of the endpaper stating "Alys Whitall Smith from her Farther Christmas 1887", tope edge gilt, still retains the original silk page marker, leather is a little worn, otherwise a very good copy. Philadelphia: Printed for The Author By E. Stanley Hart, 38 Hudson St.; 1877. The author also delves into the family's involvement in various historical events, such as the American Revolution and the Civil War. In addition to providing a detailed account of the family's history with numerous genealogical lists.

Keywords: American History Biography