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A & C Black Book Collection

Description

This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). The volumes cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. (499150:095) and J.M. Dent (499150:421).

Most volumes bound in the publisher's pictorial cloth bindings. Many dust jackets are damaged, and some spines are damaged.

Type

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Date

1864-1959

Call number

499150

Provenance

Gift of Harold L. and Dorothy Galitz, 1997.

Letters from Italy in the years 1754-1755; memoirs of the Florentine state, 1200-1573

Manuscripts

The spines on the three volumes are fragile and damaged.

mssHM 6257

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Adventures among pictures / by C. Lewis Hind; with twenty-four illustrations, eight of which are reproduces in the colours of the original paintings, and sixteen in black and white

Rare Books

This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.

499150:004

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Gardens in their seasons : a nature book for boys and girls / by C. von Wyss ; containing fifty-seven illustrations, thirty-two of which are in colour

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499150:224

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The life story of a black bear / by H. Perry Robinson

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499150:056

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Series 2: Volumes, (1848-1924)

Manuscripts

The three volumes are arranged chronologically and alphabetically by author. There are three volumes in this series are family related and include the very rare volume of Looe and Eliza Baker's letters compiled by Kate Stuart Lowry using the letters and other material in this collection. The three volumes are somewhat fragile, with damaged spines.

mssBakerL

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A book of architecture / by G.H. Reed

Rare Books

499150:021

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Letters from Italy in the years 1754-1755; memoirs of the Florentine state, 1200-1573

Adventures among pictures / by C. Lewis Hind; with twenty-four illustrations, eight of which are reproduces in the colours of the original paintings, and sixteen in black and white

Gardens in their seasons : a nature book for boys and girls / by C. von Wyss ; containing fifty-seven illustrations, thirty-two of which are in colour

The life story of a black bear / by H. Perry Robinson

Series 2: Volumes, (1848-1924)

A book of architecture / by G.H. Reed