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Scottish Costume, 1550-1850 / by Stuart Maxwell and Robin Hutchison ; with four colour plates and 24 drawings by Kathleen Mann

Description: 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.
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Scandinavian peasant costume / by Kathleen Primmer ; with notes by M.S. Primmer

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.

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The naval front / by Gordon S. Maxwell ; illustrated in colour & monochrome by Donald Maxwell

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Scottish highlands water-colours / by Sutton Palmer and William Smith, Junr

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The castles of Italy / by C.T.G. Formilli ; with twenty-four plates in colour by the author

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Italy / by Rupert Martin ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

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Norway / by John Dent ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

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Scottish Costume, 1550-1850 / by Stuart Maxwell and Robin Hutchison ; with four colour plates and 24 drawings by Kathleen Mann

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Scandinavian peasant costume / by Kathleen Primmer ; with notes by M.S. Primmer

The naval front / by Gordon S. Maxwell ; illustrated in colour & monochrome by Donald Maxwell

Scottish highlands water-colours / by Sutton Palmer and William Smith, Junr

The castles of Italy / by C.T.G. Formilli ; with twenty-four plates in colour by the author

Italy / by Rupert Martin ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

Norway / by John Dent ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map