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Famous Scottish houses : the lowlands / by Thomas Hannan ; with 101 illustrations in photogravure

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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Twenty Scottish tales and legends / edited by Cyril Swinson ; with eight illustrations in colour by Allan Stewart

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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Scottish life and character / painted by H.J. Dobson ; described by Wm. Sanderson ; with sixteen full-page illustrations in colour

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Tales of Scottish Keeps & Castles for young people / by Elizabeth W. Grierson ; with eight full-page illustration in colour by Allan Stewart

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Scottish highlands water-colours / by Sutton Palmer and William Smith, Junr

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Scottish Costume, 1550-1850 / by Stuart Maxwell and Robin Hutchison ; with four colour plates and 24 drawings by Kathleen Mann

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The vicar of Wakefield / by Oliver Goldsmith ; including John Forster's essay on the story ; and containing thirteen facsimile illustrations in colour by John Massey wright, a pupil of Thomas Stothard

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Famous Scottish houses : the lowlands / by Thomas Hannan ; with 101 illustrations in photogravure

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Twenty Scottish tales and legends / edited by Cyril Swinson ; with eight illustrations in colour by Allan Stewart

Scottish life and character / painted by H.J. Dobson ; described by Wm. Sanderson ; with sixteen full-page illustrations in colour

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Scottish highlands water-colours / by Sutton Palmer and William Smith, Junr

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The vicar of Wakefield / by Oliver Goldsmith ; including John Forster's essay on the story ; and containing thirteen facsimile illustrations in colour by John Massey wright, a pupil of Thomas Stothard