Kelly's Handbook to the Titled Landed and Official Classes by Kelly's Directories (45 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1948 Kelly's Directories Ltd hardback, red gilt decorated boards, 2190 pages, no dj; Good+, lightly aged, light spine end wear, near Very Good, clean copy; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small black mark on spine. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Octavo, red cloth, wea\r to covers, spine sunned and worn, splitting between end papers and strengthened with acid free tape, internally sound and clean, xxxiii, 1815 plus 8 pages advertisements. Heavy item, 2 kg net weight, may require additional for shipping/postage [QH] [QP].

Stout 8vo (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches), 1,834-pages. Original red cloth gilt. Spine faded, gilt dulled but very sound. Weight 1.954 kg thus extra postage will be requested.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. lvi, 1962pp. Gilt lettering and decoration to boards and spine. Some wear to extremities, spine slightly faded. Inner hinge splitting accross front end-paper, but binding remains secure. A rather pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. [R35].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages lightly tanned and page edges a little browned, else textblock is in very good condition, binding still very tight and firm; cover rather rubbed and worn with fading to backstrip. No dustwrapper. 2160 pages long and weighs 2160g.

Fabric & Board. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red fabric on board covers with gilt decoration & titles to front & spine, worn edges a bit threadbare on corners, spine well sun bleached. 1842 numbered pages plus huge amount of adverts in b/w, unmarked throughout. Page binding tight but slack to covers. Size 16 x 21 x 8 cm Extra postage for delivery outside UK.

8vo (8 1/2 x 6 inches), 1962-pages. Original red cloth blocked in gilt. Spine faded. 3 inch tear to joint. Lacking rear endpaper & perhaps last leaf; Inner joints cracked. Weight 2.020 kg thus extra postge will be requested.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Only fair condition since lacking board on spine but is otherwise intact. Forget the flummery, obsequiousness, sycophancy, snobbery and instruction on how to address a bishop or marquis and the 52nd cousin twice removed of George V's wife. This is a mine of information on social, political and cultural history of inter-war Britain. 1859 pages plus adverts. The so-called 'great and the good': royals, parliament judges etc. Plus listing from Robert Ababrelton (from Natal) to Bishop of Zululand (also Natal!). Obviously extra postage since more than 2 kilos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Kelly's Directories, 1912, 38th edition. Hardback, 8vo, 1865pp, 16pp adverts. New endpapers. Rebound in original red cloth, decorated in black and gilt, worn. A fair copy. /1.4uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. 1855 pages plus approx 48 pages of advertisements. Condition: The book's spine is very worn and has mostly separated from the back cover. The front inner hinge has been repaired, while the back hinge has largely broken. The text block itself is complete and is generally bright, tight and clean inside. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Size: 21 Cm x 15 Cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Thirty-eighth Annual Edition, Ornately decorated dark red covers in red and black. Cloth is split over external joints and internal hinges are split to webbing but covers are still well-attached. Vertical splits in cloth over spine and loss at upper spine-end. Marbled block edges. Text block binding is sound. Pages are slightly darkened but are otherwise clean. Advertisements at front and rear. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10222091062. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Forget the flummery, obsequiousness, sycophancy, snobbery and instruction on how to address a bishop or dowager duchess. This is a mine of useful inter-war political, social, economic, legal, religious and class information. From Robert Ababrelton (from Natal) to the Bishop of Zululand (also Natal!). 1859 pages plus adverts. Obviously extra postage since more than 2 kilos.

Publisher's decorated cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 28th edition. Ffep literally 'free', all edges marbled; generally a sound copy but cover a bit dulled. Weight: 1.5 Language: English.

Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet rexine covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the upper panel, Knight Frank & Rutley gilt advertisement to the lower cover. Thick 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 2151 printed pages of text. In very near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. HERALDRY (Armorial Bearings).

Condition: Fine. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 23 (SALE ITEM)* first edition, lix, iv, 1972, iv pp., numerous pictorial ads, very thick octavo, original gilt stamped and decorated cloth, spine split vertically, minor library markings, overall textually very good and seldom perused, - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Owner's stamp on front free endpaper; binding tight; spine a little faded, with dulled gilt; gilt on front board bright. This is a heavy book (about 2.2kgs packed); additional postage may be required Used - Very Good. VG hardback in red cloth.

1856pp+8pp of advertisements. 8vo. Original gilt decroated cloth, some wear to extremities, small tear to backstrip. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some pale foxing. A very good copy.

xxxvi+lx+2030pp. 8vo. Original gilt decorated cloth, some wear to edges and backstrip. A very good copy.

Brochure/Pamphlet. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). An uncommon edition of Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes. For the year 1964. Ninetieth annual edition. Published by Kelly's Directories Limited, Established 1799, the Oldest and Largest Directory Publishers in the World. In a decorative red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. There is some minor staining to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A copy of Kelly's comprehensive list to British titled families in 1950. Frederic Festus Kelly founded Kelly & Co., and he and various family members gradually expanded the company over the next several decades, producing directories for an increasing number of UK counties and buying out or putting out of business various competing publishers of directories. Other publications followed, including the Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (1875) and Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers (1877). In 1897, Kelly & Co Ltd became Kelly"s Directories Ltd. This name stuck for another 106 years before being renamed Kellysearch in 2003 to reflect its focus away from hard copy directories and towards an Internet based product search engine. In a red cloth binding. Externally sound, though with some bumping, and some dampstaining. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, with just some foxing to the endpapers. Good. book.

Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet rexine covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the upper panel, Knight Frank & Rutley gilt advertisement to the lower cover. Thick 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 2137 printed pages of text. In very near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. HERALDRY (Armorial Bearings).

Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 23 (SALE ITEM)* 2292 pp., Hardcover, covers worn, ex library, else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Decorated Cloth. Condition: NEAR FINE (ABOVE AVERAGE). No Jacket. 1st Edition. viii, 1627pp 16pp adverts plus adverts to endpapers. Decorated boards in nearfine condition with marbled page edges and adverts to endpapers! EX Oxford and Cambridge University Club .A LOVELY COPY Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾".

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A scarce copy of the Kelly's Handbook for the year 1920. Forty-sixth annual edition. Scarce. A handbook including key events in the lives of the featured individuals, as well as basic genealogical details, with entries arranged alphabetically by surname and then by forename, providing give a fascinating snapshot of each person"s life as at 1920. Unlike the Kelly's Directories, the handbooks weren"t specific to regions but covered the good and great of the entire country, containing biographical information for the notable people listed therein. The first incarnation of Kelly"s Handbook was called The Upper Ten Thousand: An Alphabetical List of All Members of Noble Families was published in 1875 and was a rather exclusive publication. From 1878 this became Kelly"s Handbook of the Upper Ten Thousand. The final name-change to Kelly"s Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes came in 1880, with more emphasis on the upper classes and endured until 1973. With publisher's advertisements to the front and rear of the text. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with a 1" split to the cloth to the rear joint. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges tender with the front endpaper detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Small creases to the odd page edge. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A copy of Kelly's comprehensive list to British titled families in 1969. Ninty-fifth annual edition. Frederic Festus Kelly founded Kelly & Co., and he and various family members gradually expanded the company over the next several decades, producing directories for an increasing number of UK counties and buying out or putting out of business various competing publishers of directories. Other publications followed, including the Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (1875) and Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers (1877). In 1897, Kelly & Co Ltd became Kelly"s Directories Ltd. This name stuck for another 106 years before being renamed Kellysearch in 2003 to reflect its focus away from hard copy directories and towards an Internet based product search engine. In a red cloth binding. Externally smart, with just some marks to the boards. Some slight bumping to the corners. Internally, firmly bound. Institutional labels and ink numbering to front pastedown, with some institutional blindstamping to text. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A copy of Kelly's comprehensive list to British titled families in 1935. Sixty-first annual edition. Frederic Festus Kelly founded Kelly & Co., and he and various family members gradually expanded the company over the next several decades, producing directories for an increasing number of UK counties and buying out or putting out of business various competing publishers of directories. Other publications followed, including the Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (1875) and Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers (1877). In 1897, Kelly & Co Ltd became Kelly"s Directories Ltd. This name stuck for another 106 years before being renamed Kellysearch in 2003 to reflect its focus away from hard copy directories and towards an Internet based product search engine. In a red cloth binding. Externally, sound, though bumped, and with some light dampstaining to the front board. Hinges are tender. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages are bright and clean, with just the occasional instance of foxing. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A copy of this comprehensive directory for the year 1969. A copy of the ninety-fifth annual edition of Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes.Kelly's directory was a trade directory which listed all the businesses and tradespeople of a particular city or area. This is a copy of the annual edition focusing on the landed classes.With adverts to the front and rear of the volume. In the publishers original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some marks to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A lovely 1890 edition on decorative gilded covers small split to one side seam and top of spine cut and somehwat damaged otherwise in good condition with tight binding.

87th Annual Edition orig. decorated cloth Nice copy octavo lxiv + 2171pp., tables, index, Similar to Burke's Peerage & inc. foreign ambassadors, houses of parliament etc.