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Insect life / by C.A. Ealand ; with 74 full-page illustrations, 24 being from photographs by the author and 50 in colour from nature

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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Plant-life / by Charles A. Hall ; with 74 full-page illustrations, 24 being from photographs by the author and 50 in colour from drawings by C.F. Newall

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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Jamaica / painted by A.S. Forrest ; described by John Henderson ; with 24 full-page illustrations in colour

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The Cotswolds / painted by G.F. Nicholls ; described by Francis Duckworth ; 24 full-page illustrations in colour

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Pond life / by Charles A. Hall ; containing 50 illustrations, viz: 8 full page in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs, 28 drawings in the text

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Galloway / painted by James Faed, Junr. ; described by J.M. Sloan ; with 24 full-page illustrations in colour

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Edinburgh / by Rosaline Masson ; with twelve full-page illustrations in colour

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Insect life / by C.A. Ealand ; with 74 full-page illustrations, 24 being from photographs by the author and 50 in colour from nature

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Plant-life / by Charles A. Hall ; with 74 full-page illustrations, 24 being from photographs by the author and 50 in colour from drawings by C.F. Newall

Jamaica / painted by A.S. Forrest ; described by John Henderson ; with 24 full-page illustrations in colour

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Pond life / by Charles A. Hall ; containing 50 illustrations, viz: 8 full page in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs, 28 drawings in the text

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