Scots Heraldry

Previous owner's large circular ex libris label on front endpaper, James Macintosh McCready. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1978 revised edition of a title first published in 1934. 131, [1 (blank)] pages. Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 246 x 187mm. Colour and black-and-white illustrations. Contents: Preface to This Edition [Preface dated October 1977]; Preface to 2nd Edition [Preface dated April 1955]; Influence of the Clan System; The Heraldic Executive in Scotland; Theory of Heraldry in Scotland; The Science of Heraldry; Records of Scottish Mediaeval Heraldic Practice; The Public Registser of All Arms and Bearings; A Scottish Grant of Arms; Cadency, and Rematriculation of Arms; Succession to Arms; Heraldic Supporters; Marshalling of Arms and Quartering; The Arms of a Lady; Modern Use of Scottish Heraldry; The Public Register of All Genealogies and Birthbrieves in Scotland; The Royal Arms and National Flag; Corporate and Ecclesiastical Heraldry; Armorial Bearings as an Investment; Guide to Further Study of Scottish Heraldry; Appendices; Index.