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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

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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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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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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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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British land mammals and their habits / by Nicol Simpson ; containing 24 illustrations, viz: 8 by C.F. Newall, W.S. Berridge, and others, from drawings in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs

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Wild life on the wing / by M.D. Haviland ; with 8 full-page illustrations in colour & 50 smaller drawings in the text by Patten Wilson

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Wild flowers and their wonderful ways / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 21 illustrations, viz.: 3 by C.F. Newall from drawings in colour, 5 by Ernest T. Waltham from colour photographs direct from nature, 13 in black and white from photographs

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Trees / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour

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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

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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

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

British land mammals and their habits / by Nicol Simpson ; containing 24 illustrations, viz: 8 by C.F. Newall, W.S. Berridge, and others, from drawings in colour, 14 in black and white from photographs

Wild life on the wing / by M.D. Haviland ; with 8 full-page illustrations in colour & 50 smaller drawings in the text by Patten Wilson

Wild flowers and their wonderful ways / by the Rev. Charles A. Hall ; containing 21 illustrations, viz.: 3 by C.F. Newall from drawings in colour, 5 by Ernest T. Waltham from colour photographs direct from nature, 13 in black and white from photographs

Trees / by Rev. Charles A. Hall ; with sixteen full-page illustrations, eight of them in colour