Fairbairn's crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland / by James Fairbairn ; rev. by Laurence Butters.

Originally published: Edinburgh : Inglis & Jack ; [Dallington, East Sussex : Naval & Military Press, 1996].

Cover; Contents; Volume I; Volume II; Volume I; Front Matter; Title Page; Abbreviations; Body Matter; Index; Glossary; Mottoes; Volume II; Front Matter; Title Page; Body Matter; Plates of Crests; Plates of Orders and Regalia; Plates of Flags; Plate of Ornamental Lettering; Plates of Monograms; Plate of Heraldic Illustrations; Plate of Foreign Crowns; Arms of Principal Cities, and Regalia of Scotland; Key to Plates

In two volumes. Volume I: 601 pages including a 522 page index of family names, in alphabetical order, describing the crest of every name listed and where to find an illustration in the volume of plates; a glossary of heraldic terms and other words; and nearly seventy pages of family mottoes with translations of those in Latin, French or other foreign languages. Volume II: contains 130 plates, each depicting 15 family crests in b & w and a further 18 plates illustrating regalia, insignia, crow.