General works on heraldry:
* Boutell’s Heraldry revised by J P Brooke-Little, MVO, MA, FSA, FHS, Richmond Herald of Arms (London: Frederick Warne & Co, Ltd, first published 1950, revised edition 1970).
* A C Fox-Davies A Complete Guide to Heraldry revised and annotated by J P Brooke-Little, Richmond Herald of Arms (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, first published 1909, this edition 1969).
* An Encyclopædic Dictionary of Heraldry by Julian Franklyn and John Tanner, illustrated by Violetta Keeble (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1970).
An Heraldic Alphabet by J P Brooke-Little, Richmond Herald of Arms (London: Macdonald & Co, 1973).
* Heraldiek: Geschiedenis der familiewapens van de middeleeuwen tot heden by C Pama (Utrecht: Prisma-Boeken, 1958).
* Heraldry of the World, written and illustrated by Carl Alexander von Volborth, K St J, AIH, translated from the Danish by Bob and Inge Gosney, edited by D H B Chesshyre, MA, FSA, Rouge Croix Pursuivant (Poole: Blandford Press, 1973).
The Oxford Guide to Heraldry by Thomas Woodcock, Somerset Herald; and John Martin Robinson, Maltravers Herald Extraordinary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990).
An Introduction to Heraldry by Stefan Oliver (London: Quintet, 1994).
* Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe by Jíri Louda and Michael Maclagan (London: Orbis Publishing, 1981).
* Royal Heraldry: Beasts and Badges of Britain by J P Brooke-Little, MVO, MA, FSA, FHS, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms (Derby: Pilgrim Press, 1981).
* Simple Heraldry, Cheerfully Illustrated by Iain Moncreiffe of Easter Moncreiffe, O St J, MA, LLB, FSA Scot, Advocate, Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms, and Don Pottinger, MA, DA, Herald Painter Extraordinary to the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms (Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, first published 1953, 10th impression 1963).
* Teach Yourself Heraldry and Genealogy by L G Pine, BA, FSA Scot, FJI, FRSA, FAMS, Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple (London: The English Universities Press Ltd, first printed 1957, this impression 1963).
South African works on heraldry:
Die Groot Afrikaanse Familienaamboek by C Pama (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1983).
* Heraldry of South African Families by C Pama (Cape Town: A A Balkema, 1972).
* Heraldiek ABC by C Pama (Pretoria: J L van Schaik, 1980).
* Heraldiek in Suid-Afrika by C Pama (Cape Town: A A Balkema, 1956).
* National and Provincial Symbols and flora and fauna emblems of the Republic of South Africa by F G Brownell (Johannesburg: Chris van Rensburg Publications, 1993).
* Heraldry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1847-2000: Coats of arms of the dioceses, collegiate and parish churches, and of the Order of Ethiopia by F G Brownell (Pretoria: Heraldsholme CC, 2002).
General reference works:
* Encyclopædia Britannica (Chicago, 15th edition, 1981).
Standard Encyclopædia of Southern Africa, general editor D J Potgieter (Cape Town: Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery [Nasou], 1970-76).
Local reference works:
A Port Elizabeth Chronology: A social chronicle to the end of 1945 by Margaret Harradine (Port Elizabeth: E H Walton Packaging (Pty) Ltd, 2000).
Dictionaries:
* Afrikaanse Woordeboek by H J Terblanch and J J Odendaal (Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers-boekhandel, 1966).
* Reader’s Digest English-Afrikaans Dictionary/Afrikaans-Engelse Woordeboek (Cape Town: Reader’s Digest Association, 1987).
* The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language edited by William Morris (Boston: American Heritage/Houghton Mifflin, 1960).
Comments, queries: Mike Oettle