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Scotland / by Elizabeth Grierson ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by William Smith, Jun., John Fulleylove, Sutton Palmer, J. Young Hunter, and others

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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The Holy Land / by John Finnemore ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by John Fulleylove

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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Greece / by Edith A. Browne ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Edward H. Fitchew and John Fulleylove

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Florence / by Elizabeth Grierson ; containing twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Colonel R. Goff and others

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Scott country water-colours / by William Smith, junr., Sutton Palmer, John Fulleylove, etc

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Siam / by Ernest Young ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Edwin A. Norbury

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Surrey water-colours / [by Sutton Palmer]

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Scotland / by Elizabeth Grierson ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by William Smith, Jun., John Fulleylove, Sutton Palmer, J. Young Hunter, and others

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The Holy Land / by John Finnemore ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by John Fulleylove

Greece / by Edith A. Browne ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Edward H. Fitchew and John Fulleylove

Florence / by Elizabeth Grierson ; containing twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Colonel R. Goff and others

Scott country water-colours / by William Smith, junr., Sutton Palmer, John Fulleylove, etc

Siam / by Ernest Young ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Edwin A. Norbury

Surrey water-colours / [by Sutton Palmer]