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Wild life on the wing / by M.D. Haviland ; with 8 full-page illustrations in colour & 50 smaller drawings in the text by Patten Wilson

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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Paris / by Mortimer Menpes ; text by Dorothy Menpes ; with 75 full-page illustrations in colour and line drawings in the text

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 romance of London / by Gordon Home ; with 16 full-page illustrations in colour and line drawings in the text

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Pond life / by Charles A. Hall ; containing 50 illustrations, viz: 8 full page in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs, 28 drawings in the text

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Peeps at heraldry / by Phoebe Allen ; containing 8 full-page illustrations in colour and numerous line drawings in the text

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Peeps at architecture / by Phoebe Allen ; containing 8 full-page illustrations in colour and 53 line drawings in the text

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Japan / by John Finnemore ; containing eight full-page illustrtions in colour and twenty small drawings in the text by Miss Wakana Utagawa

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Wild life on the wing / by M.D. Haviland ; with 8 full-page illustrations in colour & 50 smaller drawings in the text by Patten Wilson

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Paris / by Mortimer Menpes ; text by Dorothy Menpes ; with 75 full-page illustrations in colour and line drawings in the text

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Peeps at heraldry / by Phoebe Allen ; containing 8 full-page illustrations in colour and numerous line drawings in the text

Peeps at architecture / by Phoebe Allen ; containing 8 full-page illustrations in colour and 53 line drawings in the text

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