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The Isle of Arran / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall

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

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

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Isle of Man / by W. Ralph Hall Caine ; with 20 illustrations in colour by A. Heaton Cooper

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How to use the microscope : a guide for the novice / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 16 full pages of illustrations from photo-micrographs and 24 line drawings in the text

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The romance of the rocks / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 57 illustrations, viz: 8 full-page in colour, 16 in black and white from photographs, 33 drawings in the text

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Common British beetles / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 28 illustration, viz.: 8 full-page plates in colour, 15 in black and white from photographs, 5 drawings in the text

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The Isle of Arran / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall

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