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    The English scene : the spirit of England in the monuments of her social life and industrial history : special articles from "The Times," with additional chapters by the same author ; with 31 illustrations in photogravure

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    Imprint: London : Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Subject: Great Britain -- Description and travel ; Great Britain -- Social life and customs ; Antiquities

    499150:193

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    London water-colours / by various artist's ; containing sixteen full-page illustrations in colour

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    Edition: [2d ed.] Imprint: London : Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Description: Black's water-colour series Subject: Great Britain -- Description and travel ; Art

    499150:345

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    Abbotsford / painted by William Smith, Jr. ; described by W.S. Crockett ; with twenty full-page illustrations in full colour

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    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.

    499150:001

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    A & C Black Book Collection

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    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.

    499150

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    Isaac Newton related artwork, photographs, drawings, and prints from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, (bulk 1690s-1950s)

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    Imprint: Are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Church yard [1676]. Description 38 x 51 cm Babson no. 40 Notes "Jodocus Hondius caelvit. Anno Domni 1610" From Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell's edition of Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain. London, 1676. Colored.

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    Salmoné, H. Anthony (Habib Anthony). On the importance to Great Britain of the study of Arabic

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    Kirkpatrick reference: 552 Description: 7, [1] pages Periodical title: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Issue No.: Vol. XVI, part 1 Imprint: London Notes: "From the 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,' Vol. XVI. Part 1."--in square brackets on front cover. Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton. Inscription on p. 1: Licked into shape for the writer, who appears a d...[?] young[?] fellow, by G.P.B[adger]; he asked me to send you this copy.

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