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1.	Berchem, Egon, _Freiherr_ von, Donald L. Galbreath, and Otto Hupp. 
	Beitrage zur Geschichte der Heraldik. [2., verm. Aufl.] Berlin,
	Verlag fur Standesamtswesen [1939]  222 p.  (Schriftenreihe der
	Reichsstelle fur Sippenforschung, Bd. 3)
	CR1822.B4 1939

2.	Boutell, Charles.  Boutell's heraldry. [Rev. ed.]  Rev. by J.P.
	Brooke-Little.  London, New York, F. Warne [1978] 357 p. illus.
	(part col.), coats of arms (part col.), col. facisms.
	CR21.B7 1978
	Bibliography:  p. 292-302.

3.	Child, Heather.  Heraldic design; a handbook for sudents.  With a
	foreword by A. Colin Cole.  London, G. Bell [1965] 180 p. illus.,
	coats of arms, facsims.
	CR31.C5
	Bibliograhy:  p. 175-176.

4.	Clark, Hugh.  An introduction to heraldry.  With nearly one
	thousand illus. 18th ed. Rev. and corr. by J.R. Planche.
	[Wakefield, Eng.] Tabard Press; [Totowa, N.J.] Rowman &
	Littlefield, 1974. 279 p. illus. 
	CR23.C5 1974
	Reprint of the 1866 ed.
	
5.	Fox-Davies, Arthur C. A complete guide to heraldry. [New ed.] Rev.
	and annotated by J.P. Brooke-Little. [London] Nelson [1969] 513 p.
	illus., coats of arms (part col.), geneal. tables, plates.
	CR21.F73 1969
	Bibliography:  P. 486-488

6.	Fox-Davies, Arthur C. Heraldry explained.  Introduced by L.G. Pine. 
	Rutland, Vt., C.E. Tuttle Co. [1971] xxi, 126 p. illus., coatsof
	arms.
	CR23.F7 1971
	Reprint of the 1906 ed.

7.	Franklyn, Julian.  Shield and crest; an account of the art and
	science of heraldry.  With a foreword by A. C. T. White. 
	Illustrated by Norman Manwaring.  3d ed.  Baltimore, Genealogical
	Pub. Co., 1971 [c1960] xvi, 521 p. illus.
	CR21.F76 1971

8.	Gass, Irene.  A glance at heraldry.  Illustrated by Conrad Bailey. 
	London, Harrap [1959] 128p. illus.
	CR27.G28

9.	Hope, William H. St. John.  Heraldry for craftsmen & designers. 
	New York, Macmillan Co., 1913. 426 p. illus., plates (part col.)
	(The Artistic crafts series of technical handbooks)
	CR31.H7 1913a

10.	Marks, Richard, _and_ Ann Payne.  British heraldry from its origins
	to c. 1800, [London] British Museum Publications [1978] 135 p.
	illus.  (part col.)
	CR1612.M37
	Bibliography: p. 134-135.

11.	Metzig, William.  Heraldry for the designer.  New York, Van
	Nostrand Reinhold [1970] 137 p. illus., coats of arms (part col.)
	NC825.H4M4

12.	Moncreiffe of that Ilk, _Sir_ Rupert I. K., _Bart_., _and_ Don
	Pottinger.  Simple heraldry. [Edinburgh] Nelson [1953] 63 p. illus.
	CR492.M6

13.	Morris, Louise E. B. Heraldry and coats of arms in the United
	States, by Mrs. Harry Joseph Morris.  [Dallas? Tex.] 1969. 60, [8]
	leaves.  illus. coats of arms.
	CR1202.M6
	Bibliography:  leaves [61]-[68]

14.	Neubecker, Ottfried, _and_ John P. Brooke-Little.  Heraldry:
	sources, symbols and meaning.  New York, McGraw-Hill Book.
	Co.[1976] 288 p. illus., (part col.), coats of arms (part col.)
	CR21.N48

15.	Neubecker, Ottfried.  Wie finde inch ein Familienwappen?  Kleine
	Wappenkunde fur jedermann.  Berlin, Falken-Verlag E. Sicker [1956] 
	120 p. illus., coats of arms (part col.)  (Falkenbucherei, Bd. 123)
	CR23.N45

16.	Philippi, Fredrich.  Wappen; Versuch einer gemeinfasslichen
	Wappenlehre. 2., im Text unveranderte Aufl. Hrsg. von Alfred Zappe. 
	Limburg/Lahn, C. A. Starke, 1967. 108 p. illus., plates.
	CR1822.P47 1967

17.	Pine, Leslie G. International heraldry.  Rutland, Vt., C.E. Tuttle
	Co. [1970] 244 p. illus., coats of arms.
	
18.	Reynolds, Jack A. Heraldry and you; modern heraldic usage in
	America.  Edinburgh, New York, Nelson [1961] 176 p., col illus.
	CR27.R45
	Chapter 6, "Recording Your Arms" (p. 106-110), explains the
	necessary relationships between heraldry and genealogy.

19.	Rogers, Hugh C. B. The pageant of heraldry; an explanation of its
	principles & its uses today.  With an introd. by H. A. B. Lawson. 
	New York, Pitman Pub. Corp. [1957] 205 p. illus.
	CR23.R64 1957
	Bibliography:  p. 194.

20.	Wappenfibel; Handbuch der Heraldik.  16. verb und erw. Aufl. Hrsg.
	vom "Herold" Verein fur Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte
	Wissenschaften.  Begrundelt durch Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt.
	Bearb. vom Herolds-Aus-schuss der Deutschen Wappenrolle.  Neustadt
	an der Aisch, Degener, 1970. 229 p. illus., coats of arms (part
	col.)
	CR1822.W3 1970

21.	Woodward, John.  A treatise on heraldry British and foreign, with
	English and French glossaries.  New and enl. ed. Edinburgh, W. & A.
	K. Johnston, 1896. 2 v. illus., col. coats of arms, plates.
	CR21.W8 1896

22.	Zappe, Alfred.  Grundriss der Heraldik.  Limburg/Lahn, C.A. Starke,
	1968.  118 p. illus., coats of arms (part col.)
	CR1828.Z3

23.	Zieber, Eugene.  Heraldry in America.  2d ed.  New York, Haskell
	House Publishers, 1969. 427 p. illus.
	CR1202.Z5 1969
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