Rare Books

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

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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date

Drawings for advertisements, book illustrations, etc. : how to prepare and sell them / 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.

499150:166

Image not available

British land mammals and their habits / by Nicol Simpson ; containing 24 illustrations, viz: 8 by C.F. Newall, W.S. Berridge, and others, from drawings in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs

Rare Books

499150:077

Image not available

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

Rare Books

499150:001

Image not available

The naturalist at the sea-shore / by Richard Elmhirst ; containing 37 illustrations, viz: 8 full page in colour, 13 in black and white from photographs, 16 drawings in the text

Rare Books

499150:374

Image not available

Denmark : the land of sea kings / by Clive Hooland ; with illustrations by A. Heaton Cooper

Rare Books

499150:154

Image not available

The Scott country / by W.S. Crockett

Rare Books

499150:460

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

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

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

British land mammals and their habits / by Nicol Simpson ; containing 24 illustrations, viz: 8 by C.F. Newall, W.S. Berridge, and others, from drawings in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs

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

The naturalist at the sea-shore / by Richard Elmhirst ; containing 37 illustrations, viz: 8 full page in colour, 13 in black and white from photographs, 16 drawings in the text

Denmark : the land of sea kings / by Clive Hooland ; with illustrations by A. Heaton Cooper

The Scott country / by W.S. Crockett