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The constant fisherman / by H.E. Morritt ; with and introduction by Arthur Ransome ; illustrated by Raymond Sheppard

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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Picturesque Brittany / by Mrs. Arthur G. Bell ; with illustrations in colour by Arthur G. Bell

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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Eton from a backwater / by H.E. Luxmoore

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Aucassin and Nicolete / translated and edited with introduction by Harold Child ; illustrated by A. Anderson

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Grimm's fairy tales / with an introduction by John Ruskin ; illustrated by Charles Folkard

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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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The Homes of Tennyson / painted by Helen Allingham ; described by Arthur Paterson ; with twenty full-page illustrations in colour

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The constant fisherman / by H.E. Morritt ; with and introduction by Arthur Ransome ; illustrated by Raymond Sheppard

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Picturesque Brittany / by Mrs. Arthur G. Bell ; with illustrations in colour by Arthur G. Bell

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Aucassin and Nicolete / translated and edited with introduction by Harold Child ; illustrated by A. Anderson

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