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MONTREUX
Written by Francis Gribble. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis; May Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137077
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and small decorations. 20 colour plates. Top edge gilt. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning; light foxing. All plates present.

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CORNWALL
Written by G.E. Mitton. Illustrated by G.F. Nicholls.
Stock no. 2137075
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Blue-grey cloth. Dark titles to spine and front cover. 24 colour plates. A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d series. Spine is browned with bumping and wear. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper which has small margin tear and creasing to corner. Page edge browning. Margin browning to plate pages. Some fingering to margins.

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WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S., F.R.G.S.
Written by William Callow; H.M. Cundall.
Stock no. 2137057
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

An Autobiography. Green cloth with gilt title to spine, black title to front cover and red/brown decorations. Edited by Cundall. A. & C. Black 7/6 series. Spine is browned. Corners are bumped. Cracking to joints. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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WINCHESTER
Written by Telford Varley. Illustrated by Wilfrid Ball.
Stock no. 2137056
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1910. Good condition.

24 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2000 copies printed. Top edge gilt. Blue cloth, gilt titles and coat of arms to front cover. A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. Covers are heavily marked and faded. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some pages internally. Some plate pages are starting to become detached. A reading copy.

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POMPEII
Written by W.M. Mackenzie. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 2137054
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and dark yellow title to front cover. 20 colour plates with tissue guards plus a few b/w plates. 179 pages plus fold-out map and publication list to rear. A & C Black 7/6 Series. Reprint. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine. Marks to covers. Top corner tips are creased (where book bumped). Hinge cracked at page 129. Sketch plan a bit foxed. Light foxing in other places.

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YORKSHIRE
Written by Gordon Home. Illustrated by Gordon Home.
Stock no. 2137009
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and small motifs. 32 tissue-guarded colour plates plus map. Top edge gilt. A & C Colour Book 7/6 series. Booklist to rear. Spine is bumped and worn with browning. Some fraying/chipping to cloth at top and tail. Marks to covers. Browning and foxing, especially to outer page edges. Plates to pages 50 + 142 are inserted elsewhere. Looks like one page to prelims has been reinserted. Joint broken to page 137. Tissue guard to page 134 is torn. Tissue guards and plates are worn. This is a working copy ONLY! All plates present. Booklist to rear is dated 1905.

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JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN
Written by Dinah Maria Murlock; Gordon Home. Illustrated by Oswald Moser; G.F. Nicholls.
Stock no. 2136946
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1912. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles, black and cream decorations. 20 Colour plates. Introduction by Home. A and C Black 7/6 Series. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front cover is a little bowed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Damp staining to top margin of front pastedown and front endpaper. Creasing to tissue guard of frontis. Plate opposite page 161 has slightly grubby margin. Page edge browning and some foxing.

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