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New Zealand / by P.A. Vaile ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by F. and W. Wright

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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1910
Call number: 499150:381
Provenance: Gift of Harold L. and Dorothy Galitz, 1997.
Dimensions: 39 cm or smaller.
Associated people: Dent, J. M. (1849-1926,); Galitz, Harold L., (1874-1953.); Galitz, Dorothy, (1870-1918.); Inman, Colin. (1881-1968.); Abbott, J. H. M. (1850-1933.); Aflalo, Frederick G. (1835-1913.); Allen, H. Warner (1868-1934.); Allen, Phoebe, (1895-1973.); Anderson, Robert. (1860-1921.); Andrews, D. S. (1866-1931.); Armistead, Wilson H. (1851-1921.); Arnold, Hugh. (1853-1917.); Arthur, Anne Knox. (1884-1985.); Ashdown, Charles Henry. (1856-1929.); Austin, Alfred, (1858-1944.); Austin, Mary, (1867-1931.); Austin, Robert, (1870-1953.); Bagot, Richard, (1874-1932.); Baikie, James, (1872-1958.); Baillie-Grohman, William A. (1881-1944.); Baker, Peter Shaw. (1883-1956.); Ball, Wilfrid, (1840-1918.); Bardswell, Frances A. (1904-1958.); Barnard, Harry. (1875-1922.); Barnard, H. C. (1897-); Barton, Rose, (1850-1943.); Bealby, J. T. (1868-1944.); Béjot, Eugène, (1854-1926.); Belloc, Hilaire, (1872-1955.); Benjamin, Lewis Saul, (1874-); Bensusan, S. L. (1862-1942.); Bertram, Robert J. S. (1860-1929.); Bianco, Margery Williams, (1882-1977.); Blackman, Aylward M. (1893-1958.); Blake, Henry Arthur, (1846-1933.); Bone, Stephen, (1865-1939.); Bonhote, J. Lewis (1812-1908.); Boulton, E. H. B. (1878-1937.); Bradley, A. G. (1872-1946.); Bridges, T. C. (1858?-1918.); Brown, Horatio F. (1864-1935.); Brown, J. Hullah. (1888-); Brown, Percy, (1547-1616.); Brown, Sam J. M. (1821-1878.); Browne, Edith A., (1900-1970.); Bruce, Finetta Madelina Julia Campbell. (1885-); Bruhl, L. Burleigh, (1885-1950.); Bruton, F. A. (1856-1937.); Tweedsmuir, Susan, (1867-1915.); Bullett, Gerald, (1728-1779.); Butler, Elizabeth (1863-1929.); Caine, Ralph Hall, (1867-1927.); Callow, William, (1826-1887.); Calthrop, Dion Clayton, (1859-1914.); Calvert, Albert Frederick, (1866-1945.); Campbell, Wilfred, (1848-1940.); Carey, Edith F. (1885-); Carter, Frederick. (-1933.); Carton, Ronald, (1866-1946.); Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, (1661?-1731.); Chessman, Edith. (1848-1933.); Clark, Alfred. (1869-1955.); Clark, William George, (1881-); Cleaver, Reginald. (1870-1939.); Clinton-Baddeley, V. C. (1877-); Cole, Elsie Vera, (1878-1949.); Conway, Agnes, (1872-); Conway, William Martin, (1860-1948.); Cook, E. T. (1823-1915.); Cook, James, (1831-1903.); Cooper, A. Heaton (1880-1920.); Cornford, L. Cope (-1939.); Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, (1868-1932.); Crockett, S. R. (1863-1915.); Crockett, W. S. (1860-1942.); Cundall, H. M. (1898-); Dale, Harrison Clifford, (1853-1926.); D'Anvers, N., (1874-1960.); Davies, Randall, (1847-1908.); Defoe, Daniel, (1873-1941.); Dent, John. (approximately 1849-1919.); Dickie, James Francis, (1849-1934.); Dobson, George. (1831-1914.); Du Cane, Ella. (1865-); Du Cane, Florence, (1730?-1774.); Duckworth, F. R. G. (1858-1918.); Dutt, William A. (1880?-); Ealand, C. A. (1885-1954.); Elias, Frank, (1843-1908.); Elkington, E. Way (1862-1946.); Elmhirst, Richard. (1785-1863.); Erskine, Steuart, (1920-2018.); Fabre, Jean-Henri, (1872-1965.); Faed, James. (1866-1932.); Fairbridge, Dorothea. (1863-); Fairford, Ford. (1875-1952.); Farrar, F. W. (1863-1943.); Farren, Lady. (1872-1934.); Farrer, Reginald, (1888-); Fedden, Katharine Waldo Douglas, (1862-1927.); Felton, R. Forester (1861-1931.); Ferguson, Daniel. (-1910.); Finch, Robert J. (1866-1959.); Finn, Frank, (1835-1911.); Finnemore, John, (1878-1969.); Fitzgerald, Sybil. (1882-1956.); Flemwell, G. (1869-1947.); Formilli, C. T. G. (1860-1927.); Forsyth, William S. (1845-1921.); Foster, Walter Raymond Maxwell, (1864 or 1865-1926.); Fowler, Robert, (1921-2014.); Fox, Frank, (1879-); Fulleylove, John, (1848-1922.); Gardner, Monica M. (1872-1935.); Gardner, W. Biscombe, (1861-1934.); Garnett, Lucy Mary Jane, (1864-1929.); Genn, C. T. (1866-1949.); Gilbey, Walter, (1819-1875.); Gillie, R. C. (1856-1904.); Glover, W. J. (1872-1923.); Goff, Robert, (1790-1869.); Goldsmith, Oliver, (1865-1924.); Goodall, Agnes M. (1874-1955.); Gordon Smith, Richard, (1879-1962.); Gorges, Mary. (1841-1926.); Gray, Thomas Seccombe, (1863-1947.); Greenwood, John F. (1871-1952.); Grego, Joseph, (1869-1952.); Gribble, Francis Henry, (1851-1921.); Grierson, Elizabeth W. (1792-1848.); Grimm, Jacob, (1905-); Grove, Henry M. (1867-1949.); Gudgeon, L. W. W. (1865-1924.); Guest, Ivor, (1877-1914.); Hall, Charles A. (1848-1927.); Hammer, S. C. (1859-1938.); Hampton, H. G. (1855-1938.); Hann, A. C. Osborn, (1856-1930.); Hannan, Thomas, (1846-1927.); Hardie, Martin, (1877?-1942.); Harper, Charles G. (1870-1939.); Harrison, Ada M. (1880-); Haviland, Maud D. (1864-1930.); Hawthorne, Hildegarde. (1903-); Hay, J. Hamilton. (1849-1923.); Headlam, Cecil, (1842-1931.); Heathcote, Dudley. (1846-1929.); Hecht, Henry J. (1854-1933.); Hector, Gertrude Mary, (1877-1954.); Henderson, John. (1771-1806.); Herbert, Agnes. (1862-1928.); Hewett, George Mottram Andrews. (1847-1939.); Hewett, Nora. (1883-); Hind, C. Lewis (1857-1932.); Tynan, Katharine, (1878-1932.); Hobbs, Jack. (1859-1930.); Hodge, Albert Ernest. (1883-); Hodgson, W. Earl (1881-1915.); Holland, Clive, (1855-1922.); Holmes, Richard R. (1851-1935.); Home, Andrew. (1771-1832.); Home, Gordon, (1867-); Hornby, Lester G. (1820-1878.); Houston, George, (1865-1932.); Hugh, Fraser, (1872-1955.); Huish, Marcus B. (-1930.); Humphreys, Sydney. (1853-1926.); Hurst, J. W., (1865-1952.); Hutton, S. P. (active 1905.); Hyde, George E. (1862-1931.); Jeans, Angela. (1858-1948.); Jeans, Samuel. (1847-1929.); Jennison, George. (1861-); Johnson, A. E. (1884-1934.); Johnston, Lena E. (1854-1935.); Jones, Emily Elizabeth Constance, (1882-1965.); Jungman, Beatrix. (1811-1896.); Jungman, Nico, (1667-1745.); Keesey, Walter M. (1840-1893.); Kelly, R. Talbot (1869-1916.); Kelman, John, (1878-1917.); Kendall, John Francis. (1875-1954.); Kidd, Dudley. (1869-1922.); Kimball, Katharine, (1877-1950.); Kingsley, Charles, (1855-1943.); Kitton, Frederic George, (1866-1940.); Koebel, W. H. (1840-1915.); Lamartine, Alphonse de, (1869-); Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, (1878-); Leale, Enid. (1885-1935.); Leith, Disney, (1874-1943.); Liddle, William. (1876-1959.); Littlejohns, J. (1861-1940.); Lock, H. O. (1909-1971.); Lomas, John. (1853-1941.); Luke, Thomas D. (1864-1935.); Luxmoore, Henry Elford, (1891-1961.); Lyde, Lionel W. (1881-1975.); Mac Bride, Mac Kenzie. (1886-1986.); Mackenzie, W. M. (1851-1931.); MacMunn, George Fletcher, (1869-1952.); Mann, A. J. (1863-1942.); Manson, James A.,; Marryat, Frederick,; Martin, Rupert,; Masson, Rosaline,; Mathew, Frank,; Maxwell, Aymer,; Maxwell, Gordon S.; Maxwell, Stuart.; M'Clymont, J. A.; Menpes, Dorothy,; Menpes, Mortimer,; Mitton, G. E.; Mockler-Ferryman, A. F.; Moncrieff, A. R. Hope; Moore, Dorothea.; Mordaunt, Elinor,; Morrah, H. A.; Morris, Joseph E.; Morritt, Henry Edward,; Morse, Richard; Munro, Neil,; Musson, Spencer C.; Nesbitt, Francis E.; Newth, J. D.; Nicholls, G. F.; Nisbet, Hume,; Nisbet, John.; Nixon, Mima.; Norman, Philip,; Omar Khayyam.; Omond, George W. T.; Palmer, C. A.; Palmer, Sutton,; Palmer, William T.,; Park, Mungo,; Patterson, Arthur,; Penny, F. E.; Peters, A. W.; Pike, Joseph,; Poyser, Arthur T.; Primmer, Kathleen.; Rawnsley, Alice Julia Argies "Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley.".; Reed, G. H.; Reeves, William Pember,; Reynolds, Joan Berenice.; Richards, Fred,; Robertson, Jean K.; Robinson, Harry Perry,; Ryan, Frederick W.,; Salwey, Jasper.; Sanderson, Wm.; Scott, Dixon,; Scheltema, J. F.; Scott, James George,; Scott, Walter,; Scott, William.; Seaby, Allen W.; Sewell, Anna,; Sharpley, R.; Sheldon-Williams, Ralf Frederic Lardy.; Shore, W. Teignmouth; Showell, Charles.; Silberrad, Una L.,; Simpson, A. Nicol; Skues, G. E. M.; Sloan, J. M.; Smith, A. Murray,; Smith, A. Croxton; Smith, William.; Smith, William,; Snell, F. J.; Spielmann, M. H.; St. Leger, Stratford.; Steel, Flora Annie Webster,; Stewart, Alexander Morrison,; Stewart, H.; Stewart, W. C.; Stokes, Adrian Scott,; Stone, Christopher,; Story, Sommerville.; Stowe, Harriet Beecher,; Stowell, Leonard.; Swift, Jonathan,; Swinburne, Henry Lawrence.; Swinson, Cyril.; Symonds, John Addington,; Thackeray, Lance,; Thomas, Edward,; Thomson, M. Pearson.; Todd, John A.; Tregarthen, J. C.; Trevor, Roy,; Tuker, M. A. R.; Turing, Harvey Doria,; Tyndale, Thomas.; Tyndale, Walter,; Vaile, P. A.; Van Millingen, Alexander,; Van Millingen, Julius R.; Varley, Telford.; Vernon, Paul E.; Villiers-Stuart, C. M.; Wakeling, T. G.; Walker, Norman Whistler Gregory,; Walter, L. Edna; Walters, John Cuming.; Watson, Frederick,; Westell, W. Percival; Westerman, Percy F.; Weston, Walter,; Whitehead, Frederick,; Whymper, Charles,; Wigram, Edgar T. A.; Willett, Wilfred,; Wilmot-Buxton, E. M.; Wodehouse, P. G.; Woollard, Dorothy,; Wyllie, W. L.; Wyss, C. von; Young, Ernest,; Younghusband, Francis Edward,; Yovitchitch, Lena A.
Associated organizations: Adam and Charles Black (Firm),; William Collins Sons and Co.,; Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
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