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Asia in pictures / by H. Clive Barnard ; containing sixty-five illustrations - thiry-two of which are 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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How other people live / by H. Clive Barnard ; containing sixty illustrations - thirty-two of which are in colour

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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 British Empire / by Frank Fox ; containing thirty-two full-page illustrations in colour

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Peeps at the world's children / by L. Edna Walter ; with twenty-two full-page illustrations, twelve being in colour ; also eleven outline pictures for colouring contained in a pocket at the end of the book

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Gardens in their seasons : a nature book for boys and girls / by C. von Wyss ; containing fifty-seven illustrations, thirty-two of which are in colour

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Peeps at the art of the potter / by Harry Barnard ; with twenty full-page illustrations, four of them 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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Asia in pictures / by H. Clive Barnard ; containing sixty-five illustrations - thiry-two of which are in colour

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How other people live / by H. Clive Barnard ; containing sixty illustrations - thirty-two of which are in colour

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