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A winter-sport book / by Reginald Cleaver ; with an introduction by Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton, M.A

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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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam / translated by Edward Fitzgerald ; edited, with introduction & notes by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

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.

499150:447

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The open book of nature : an introduction to nature-study / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 16 full-page illustrations in colour and 114 reproductions from photographs, mostly by the author, as well as numerous illustrations in the text

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499150:399

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The Dolomites : King Laurin's garden / painted by E. Harrison Compton ; described by Reginald Farrer

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499150:162

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Lamia's winter-quarters / by Alfred Austin

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499150:324

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London to the Nore / painted and described by W.L. & M.A. Wyllie

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499150:343

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The open book of wild life : an introduction to nature study / by Richard Morse ; with sixteen colour plates, fifty photographs and fifty drawings in the text

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499150:400

A winter-sport book / by Reginald Cleaver ; with an introduction by Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton, M.A

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam / translated by Edward Fitzgerald ; edited, with introduction & notes by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

The open book of nature : an introduction to nature-study / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 16 full-page illustrations in colour and 114 reproductions from photographs, mostly by the author, as well as numerous illustrations in the text

The Dolomites : King Laurin's garden / painted by E. Harrison Compton ; described by Reginald Farrer

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London to the Nore / painted and described by W.L. & M.A. Wyllie

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