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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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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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ENGLISH COSTUME 1066-1820
Written by Dion Clayton Calthrop. Illustrated by Dion Clayton Calthrop.
Stock no. 614719
Published by A. & C. Black. 1937. Slightly better than good condition.

A and C Black Colour Book. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. 463 pages. The history and development of Costume in England. Remains of label to front pastedown. Edges a little grubby.

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ROME
Written by M.A.R. Tuker; Hope Malleson. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 602274
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st thus 1925. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Popular Series. 32 colour plates. Blue cloth. Covers marked, light stain to rear, joints just starting to crack. Some light foxing throughout.

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