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Scandinavian peasant costume / by Kathleen Primmer ; with notes by M.S. Primmer

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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Date: 1939
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Scottish Costume, 1550-1850 / by Stuart Maxwell and Robin Hutchison ; with four colour plates and 24 drawings by Kathleen Mann

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.

499150:461

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English costume / painted & described by Dion Clayton Calthrop

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499150:187

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The Royal Navy / painted by Norman L. Wilkinson ; described by H. Lawrence Swinburne ; with some notes on the costume of the sailors of the past by Commander Charles N. Robinson ; illustrated by J. Jellicoe

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499150:445

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam / translated by Edward Fitzgerald ; edited, with introduction & notes by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

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499150:447

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The banks of the Nile / painted by Ella Du Cane ; text by John A. Todd ; notes on the plates by Florence Du Cane

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499150:036

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Beautiful Wales / painted by Robert Fowler ; described by Edward Thomas ; with a note on Mr. Fowler's landscapes by Alex J. Finberg

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499150:041

Scandinavian peasant costume / by Kathleen Primmer ; with notes by M.S. Primmer

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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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