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From sketch-book and diary / by Elizabeth Butler ; with twenty-eight illustrations in colour and twenty-one small sketches in the text by the author

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 divers / by Hume Nisbet ; with eight illustrations in colour by the author

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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Japan / by John Finnemore ; containing eight full-page illustrtions in colour and twenty small drawings in the text by Miss Wakana Utagawa

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Talks about birds / by Frank Finn ; containing twenty-eight illustrations, eight of which are in colour

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Letters from the Holy Land / by Elizabeth Butler ; with sixteen illustrations in colour by the author

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The Great Western Railway / by Gordon Home ; containing 8 full-page illustrations in colour and 21 small sketches in the text

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Twenty Scottish tales and legends / edited by Cyril Swinson ; with eight illustrations in colour by Allan Stewart

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From sketch-book and diary / by Elizabeth Butler ; with twenty-eight illustrations in colour and twenty-one small sketches in the text by the author

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