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Italy / by Rupert Martin ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

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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Norway / by John Dent ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

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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The castles of Italy / by C.T.G. Formilli ; with twenty-four plates in colour by the author

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Italy / by John Finnemore ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour

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Austria / by J.D. Newth ; with twelve full-page illustrations, four of them in colour

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Canada / Lady Tweedsmuir ; with twelve plates in colour and thirty-two illustrations in black and white

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New York / by Hildegarde Hawthorne ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Martin Lewis

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Italy / by Rupert Martin ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

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Norway / by John Dent ; with four plates in colour, twelve photographs and a map

The castles of Italy / by C.T.G. Formilli ; with twenty-four plates in colour by the author

Italy / by John Finnemore ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour

Austria / by J.D. Newth ; with twelve full-page illustrations, four of them in colour

Canada / Lady Tweedsmuir ; with twelve plates in colour and thirty-two illustrations in black and white

New York / by Hildegarde Hawthorne ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Martin Lewis