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A pocket-book of British trees / by E.H.B. Boulton ; with 82 full-page plates from photographs

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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A pocket-book of British insects / by George E. Hyde ; with sixteen colour plates and seventy-two photographs

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

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British butterflies / by A.M. Stewart ; containing 16 illustrations, figuring all the species, viz.: 8 full-page in clour, 8 pages from photographs

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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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Cocoa / by Edith A. Browne ; containing sixteen full-page illustrations from photographs

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

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A pocket-book of British trees / by E.H.B. Boulton ; with 82 full-page plates from photographs

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A pocket-book of British insects / by George E. Hyde ; with sixteen colour plates and seventy-two photographs

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