My new used heraldry book.

 
harold cannon
 
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25 October 2011 14:12
 

I just received a copy of Simple Heraldry Cheerfully Illustrated by Iain Moncreiffe and Don Pottinger. I absolutely love it!

It is a great way to explain the basic concepts of heraldry to a novice. This will come in handy with my newly wedded wife and hopefully our children in the future.

 
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25 October 2011 15:55
 

I love this book!  I always recommend to anyone interested in a good, solid, basic knowledge of heraldry.  Need to get a copy of my own.  Congrats!!!  wink

 
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25 October 2011 16:20
 

I think its great. I got it off of ebay for 9 dollars plus shipping.

 
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25 October 2011 18:57
 

I found this book at my favorite bookstore in Salt Lake (which deals with all sorts of used and rare books).  It’s one of my favorites, mostly because of the "cheerful illustrations".

 
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25 October 2011 19:00
 

My library has it, though I’ve never checked it out—I don’t think it’s been checked out since the 70s and I keep hoping it will show up in their sale section. wink

I have looked through it there, however. It really is charming.

 
 
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25 October 2011 23:30
 

It is, indeed, a charming book…and a wonderful primer for novices (especially young people).  If any of you don’t have a copy, add it to your "wish list."  (Got mine on eBay several years ago for $4…they are out there.)

 
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26 October 2011 01:29
 

I have this great book as well.  Like most of you I had to get it used.  It is truly a shame that so many of the good books on heraldry can only be acquired used.

 
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26 October 2011 09:30
 

I just looked online, and my town library does have a copy.  I’ll check it out the next time I’m there with the kids.

 
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26 October 2011 12:55
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26 October 2011 14:25
 

Jared thank you for posting some pictures.  I read this thread last night and was trying to see what the book looked like to see if I wanted to purchase it.  Now that I have seen some pictures I think I will buy it.

 
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26 October 2011 15:58
 

Also available used at Amazon.co.uk for a single penny. The postage will be more but hey .... a penny.

 
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26 October 2011 16:01
 

Remember that when you order from Amazon.com through the AHS "Basic Heraldic Bookshelf" page, http://www.americanheraldry.org/pages/index.php?n=Books.Bibliography

the AHS gets a 4%-10% referral fee.

 
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26 October 2011 19:30
 

Joseph McMillan;89338 wrote:

Remember that when you order from Amazon.com through the AHS "Basic Heraldic Bookshelf" page, http://www.americanheraldry.org/pages/index.php?n=Books.Bibliography

the AHS gets a 4%-10% referral fee.


Oh I wish I would have seen this earlier.  I ordered the book from Amazon earlier this afternoon ($4.75 with free shipping).  That’s good to know for next time though as I’m I’ll order more heraldry books from there.

 
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27 October 2011 13:32
 

Joseph McMillan;89338 wrote:

Remember that when you order from Amazon.com through the AHS "Basic Heraldic Bookshelf" page, http://www.americanheraldry.org/pages/index.php?n=Books.Bibliography

the AHS gets a 4%-10% referral fee.


i didn’t know this either. i’m sure my fault overlooking it, but perhaps we should advertise this better because i didn’t know of it either and that coulda helped with some of the purchases i’ve made over the years.

 
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28 October 2011 04:49
 

It’s on the web site, but I always thouth it would be good to have the "click" in the upper banner on all pages.  But given the "volunteer" nature of our forum and I’m not the one doing any of the work… I try not to be too suggestive.

While we are on the subject of heraldry books… Has anyone thought of taking all the content of the current AHS, putting them in .pdf or appropriate format and selling them as a Kindle book?  Personally, I wouldn’t mind at all including that reference in my kindle collection when I am not online.  The content exists as it is, publishing a Kindle book or ebook appears to be relatively easy and it could generate a little more revenue for the society.  I’m unsure I’d make it some huge amount, but ....  Just a thought - for the volunteers who are already carrying the load for us…

 
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28 October 2011 12:10
 

i just made four new purchases using those buttons. i hope that got credited to AHS. i had to replace a couple and decided to pick up a couple, so why not?