Records of the Family of Heape of Heape, Staley, Saddleworth, and Rochdale from circa 1170 to 1905 [with additional bound Pedigree].

Rochdale; Privately printed by James Clegg, for presentation to the family only, 1905., 1905. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. xxi, [1], 380. Illustrated throughout including many in photogravure from photographs and paintings plus maps, portraits, autographs, indentures, leases and other documents, and numerous pedigrees; tissue guard to frontispiece. Full vellum with bevelled boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board, and armorial blocked in red, black and green to upper board; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. The main pedigree, which would normally be folded inside the pocket to the lower board, is here bound separately together with an additional copy of the Pedigree of the Liverpool branch of the family headed by Joseph Heape of Rochdale (1762-1833); the pedigree volume is bound in full black morocco with gilt titles to upper board and decoration in blind to boards, and the 2 pedigrees are backed onto linen. Spine lightly sunned. Ownership blindstamp of Christopher Beardsell to ffep; no annotation or inscriptions. Pedigree volume sunned to spine with tips lightly rubbed and some staining and toning to pedigrees. A Near Fine copy with Very Good bound pedigree. A lavish and comprehensive family history of the Heapes since records began, which cost the princely sum of �1700 to produce at the turn of the twentieth century. Associated families in the pedigrees include those of Chadwick, Fitton, Dawson, Butterworth, Radcliffe, Grundy, Cox and others. Of Lancashire & Yorkshire interest, and very well illustrated. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.