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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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WAR IMPRESSIONS
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 2137055
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1903. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 216mm x 153mm. xiv, 254 pages. Folding chart. 99 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. An A. & C. Black Colour Book. Damp staining to bottom corner of front cover. Split to top of spine at front; to about half way down the book. Marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and margins. Tear to fold-out page. A working copy ONLY!

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WATER-COLOUR GUIDANCE FOR THE STUDENT, THE AMATEUR AND THE OCCASIONAL COLOURIST
Written by J. Hullah Brown. Illustrated by J. Hullah Brown.
Stock no. 2137051
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 24 colour plates and other b/w illustrations. A & C Black Colour Book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and marks to covers. Top inner margins of pages (next to top of spine) creased. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. All plates present.

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ENGLAND
Written by Ronald Carton. Illustrated by Gordon Home; et al.; A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137019
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1932. Almost very good condition.

32 coloured plates, blue cloth, Popular Series. Some wear and marks to covers. Front endpaper is stuck to front pastedown. Some foxing and browning, but mostly to outer page edges. All plates present.

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KENT
Written by W. Teignmouth Shore. Illustrated by W. Biscombe Gardner.
Stock no. 2136983
Published by A. & C. Black. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. Popular series. 2nd revised edition. Spine is browned. Marks to covers, including damp stain to rear cover. Foxing. Damp stain to first few plates on lower margin. Browning to margins of plates. Grubby mark to plate on page 113.

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SOUTH DEVON
Written by Chas R. Rowe. Illustrated by C.E. Hannaford.
Stock no. 2136979
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 24 colour plates. A & C Blacks 6 shilling series. Spine is faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some throughout. Plate pages 72, 104 and 120 have been reattached.

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WORLD PICTURES
Written by Mortimer Menpes; Dorothy Menpes.
Stock no. 2136948
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Good condition.

A & C Black 20 Shilling Series. 9 x 6.5 ins. Red cloth with black and gold decorations to front board. 50 colour and 50 black and white plates. Joints are broken! 1" split to cloth at base of spine; some chipping and nicks with fraying to cloth on spine and corners. Heavy bump to bottom corner of rear cover. Remains of bookplate to front pastedown. Front endpaper is nearly detached, browned and torn. Page edges are browned. All plates present.

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BONNIE SCOTLAND
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Illustrated by Sutton Palmer.
Stock no. 2123624
Published by A. & C. Black. 1912. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

An outline of Scotland's salient features with a glimpse at its history, national character and customs. 75 colour plates. Blue decorated cloth; gilt title to spine; brown title to front cover. 254 pages and 8 page booklist to rear. 9 x 6". An A. & C. Black Colour Book in the 20 Shillings Series. Some wear to cover corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. A little foxing; some margin marks. A couple of tissue guards have become loose, but still inserted. Wrapper is very creased and damaged; has been repaired to verso with brown tape; still some pieces of loss.

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WORLD'S CHILDREN
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 1314438
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies. White decorated cloth with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. 246 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist. This is copy no. 322. Spine and corners bumped. White cloth is slightly grubby. Foxing throughout (affects tissue-guards but not actual plates).

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HAPPY ENGLAND
Written by Marcus B. Huish. Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 2107921
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1909. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 80 colour plates and 1 black and white portrait of author. A. & C. Black Colour Book series. Reissue in large size. Bumping to corners. Spine is faded/browned, with small split to top. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is a bit cracked. Foxing to outer page edges. Some page browning.

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