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Sweden / by Rev. Wm. Liddle and Mrs. Liddle ; with eight full-page illustrations in colour by Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, 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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Date: 1922
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Trees / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour

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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Switzerland / by John Finnemore ; with eight full-page illustrations in colour

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Ancient Rome / by Rev. James Baikie ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour

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Birds' eggs and nests / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour

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Yugoslavia / by Lena A. Yovitchitch ; containing eight full-page illustrations in colour by Alfreda Marcovitch and others

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Japan / by the Rev. Walter Weston ; with 32 full page illustrations in colour

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Sweden / by Rev. Wm. Liddle and Mrs. Liddle ; with eight full-page illustrations in colour by Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, and others

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Trees / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour

Switzerland / by John Finnemore ; with eight full-page illustrations in colour

Ancient Rome / by Rev. James Baikie ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour

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Yugoslavia / by Lena A. Yovitchitch ; containing eight full-page illustrations in colour by Alfreda Marcovitch and others

Japan / by the Rev. Walter Weston ; with 32 full page illustrations in colour