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Luxor & its temples / by A.M. Blackman ; illustrated by Major Benton Fletcher

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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The bay of Naples / by Mrs. Steuart Erskine ; illustrated by Major Benton Fletcher

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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Dorset / by Major H. O. Lock ; illustrated by Walter Tyndale and A. Heaton Cooper

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South Africa / by Dudley Kidd ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by A.M. Goodall

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

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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 moths / by A.M. Stewart ; containing 18 illustrations, viz.: 8 full-page in colour, 8 in black and white from photographs, 2 drawings in the text

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Luxor & its temples / by A.M. Blackman ; illustrated by Major Benton Fletcher

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The bay of Naples / by Mrs. Steuart Erskine ; illustrated by Major Benton Fletcher

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