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Kashmir / by Hon. Mrs. C.G. Bruce ; with twelve illustrations in colour by Major E. Molyneux

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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Kashmir / described by Sir Francis Younghusband ; painted by Major E. Molyneux

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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Newfoundland / by Ford Fairford ; containing twelve full-page illustrations in colour by C.G. Lowther

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Iceland / by Mrs. Disney Leith ; with twelve water-colour illustrations by M.A. Wemyss and the author

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China / by Lena E. Johnston ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Norman H. Hardy

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David Livingstone / G. E. Mitton ; with twelve full-page illustrations, four of them in colour

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Edinburgh / by Rosaline Masson ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour

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Kashmir / by Hon. Mrs. C.G. Bruce ; with twelve illustrations in colour by Major E. Molyneux

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Kashmir / described by Sir Francis Younghusband ; painted by Major E. Molyneux

Newfoundland / by Ford Fairford ; containing twelve full-page illustrations in colour by C.G. Lowther

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China / by Lena E. Johnston ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Norman H. Hardy

David Livingstone / G. E. Mitton ; with twelve full-page illustrations, four of them in colour

Edinburgh / by Rosaline Masson ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour