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Alexander and Marco Polo / by Sir George Scott ; with twenty-for plates, eight in colour

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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Marco Polo / by Sir George Scott ; with twelve full-page illustrations, four of them in colour

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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Columbus and Vasco Da Gama / by G.E. Mitton and Sir George Scott ; with twenty plates, eight in colour

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Mungo Park and Livingstone / by Sir George Scott and G.E. Mitton ; with twenty full-page plates, twelve in colour

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Twenty tales of the sea : a mixed cargo / collected by Cyril Swinson ; with eight plates in colour

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The tales of a grandfather / abridged and adapted from the original of Sir Walter Scott by Elizabeth W. Grierson ; with eight plates in colour

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

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Alexander and Marco Polo / by Sir George Scott ; with twenty-for plates, eight in colour

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