Scots Heraldry

VG- first edition. Blanchard C90. The author, who was Carrick Pursuivant of Arms, sets out the rules and formalities of the Scottish heraldic system which differs markedly from that of England. There is a 2-page foreword by John Buchan. 186 pp Textured blue cloth; gold lettering; frontispiece illustration with tissue guard; 37 full-page illustrations, many in colour; 91 illustrations in the text; top edge gilt; outer and lower edges uncut. The book is in very good condition throughout. There is an ex-libris bookplate of The Stewart Society on the fly-leaf but no other evidence of library ownership/use. A small address label has been pasted onto yhis bookplate. The illustrated d/w is not price-clipped. The top of the spine is worn and the white rear panel is soiled. The is a piece about one and a half inches square missing from the top corner of the front panel adjacent to the spine.