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Abbotsford / painted by William Smith, Jr. ; described by W.S. Crockett ; with twenty full-page illustrations in full colour

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 Norwegian Fjords / painted and described by A. Heaton Cooper ; with twenty-four full-page illustrations 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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Westminster Abbey / painted by John Fulleylove ; described by Mrs. A. Murray Smith ; with twenty-one full-page illustrations in colour

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Cornwall / painted by G. F. Nicholls ; described by G.E. Mitton ; with twenty full-page illustrations in colour

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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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Edinburgh / painted by John Fulleylove ; described by Rosaline Masson ; with twenty-one full-page illustrations in colour

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Jamaica / painted by A.S. Forrest ; described by John Henderson ; with 24 full-page illustrations in colour

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Abbotsford / painted by William Smith, Jr. ; described by W.S. Crockett ; with twenty full-page illustrations in full colour

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The Norwegian Fjords / painted and described by A. Heaton Cooper ; with twenty-four full-page illustrations in colour

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