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Drawings for advertisements, book illustrations, etc. : how to prepare and sell them / by W.R. Maxwell Foster

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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Fun-sketching : a pastime that pays / by W.R. Maxwell Foster

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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Inshore sea fishing : with a chapter on curing, smoking, drying, etc. / by W.S. Forsyth ; containing 88 illustrations from drawings by the author

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An embroidery book / by anne Knox Arthur ; containing sixteen full-page illustrations - eight of them in colour - and eighty-seven line illustrations in the text

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Partridges and partridge manors / by Captain Aymer Maxwell ; with sixteen illustrations in colour by George Rankin

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How to use the microscope : a guide for the novice / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 16 full pages of illustrations from photo-micrographs and 24 line drawings in the text

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Drawings for advertisements, book illustrations, etc. : how to prepare and sell them / by W.R. Maxwell Foster

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Fun-sketching : a pastime that pays / by W.R. Maxwell Foster

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

Inshore sea fishing : with a chapter on curing, smoking, drying, etc. / by W.S. Forsyth ; containing 88 illustrations from drawings by the author

An embroidery book / by anne Knox Arthur ; containing sixteen full-page illustrations - eight of them in colour - and eighty-seven line illustrations in the text

Partridges and partridge manors / by Captain Aymer Maxwell ; with sixteen illustrations in colour by George Rankin

How to use the microscope : a guide for the novice / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 16 full pages of illustrations from photo-micrographs and 24 line drawings in the text