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Happy England. With a Memoir and Descriptions. Reissued Larger Size.

By: ALLINGHAM, HELEN: HUISH, MARCUS. B.:

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. BLACK, 1909 reissue:

Seller ID: 78304

Hardback, approx 9.5 x 7 ins. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering, floral design and gilt panelling. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Spine and top edges of boards faded. Corners bumped. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Endpapers darkened and cracked at front. Some slight darkening/tanning to pages else very clean and tight throughout. Colour plates clean and bright. 204pp + Cat. 80 colour plates & Author’s portrait. Short biography of the noted Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham, painter of countryside scenes of cottages and village folk. 80 colour plates, each with a date a...
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Amid the High Hills.

By: BALFOUR-BROWNE, V. R. (ills.) / FRASER, SIR HUGH:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: A.& C.BLACK 1923 (1st.ed.).:

Seller ID: 82203

Tall 8vo. Bound in original dark blue pict.cloth gt; Very good. Nice bright copy. Some minor rubbing on edges, spine very lighting sunned. Pictorial front cover of dustwtapper has been stuck onto first page of front endpaper, second endpaper has small name inscription & small private stamp. Inside some foxing, two plates are nearly detached. All plates present. Inside generally clean & tight. 16 col.plts.by V.R.BALFOUR-BROWNE, and others. 16 photo.plates. B/w chapter headings. 224pp. 3,000 copies were published of this first edition.
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Familiar London.

By: BARTON, ROSE:

Price: £70.00

Publisher: A.& C. Black 1904 1st. edition.:

Seller ID: 83136

Hardback. Tall 8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. Attractive red decorated cloth covers with gilt to spine and front and colour ‘Rose’ designs to front and spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Spine a little faded. Light fading cloth on rear fore edge. Inside some light foxing, else inside pages generally clean and tight throughout. 208 pp. Cat.4pp. 61 colour plates. Scarce. Only 3000 copies were printed. A fascinating account of the city of London, illustrated and written by the renowned artist Rose Maynard Barton. Rose Maynard Barton was best known as watercol...
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Cruikshank’s Water Colours. With an Introduction by Joseph Grego.

By: CRUIKSHANK; GREGO, JOSEPH;

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. Black , 1903 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 77783

Hardback, Tall 8vo. approx 9 x 6.5 inches. Brown pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. In very good condition. Spine a little faded, rubbing to edges and corners, rubbing to rear board, slight darkening to front. Slight darking to half title page else a pages very clean and tight throughout. --- CONTENTS: Oliver Twist, The Miser’s Daughter, History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, and Emmett’s Insurrection in 1803. xxvipp + 325 pp. Illustrated with 68 colour plates.
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Greece. Painted by John Fulleylove. Described by J. A. McClymont.

By: FULLEYLOVE, JOHN; McCLYMONT, J. A.;

Price: £140.00

Publisher: A. & C. BLACK 1906 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 77789

Hardback. Tall 8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. In dark blue decorative illustrated cloth covers with gilt and colour printed designs to spine and front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some rubbing to ends of spine and corners. Some rubbing to rear. Crease to cloth on front board. slight darkening to endpapers. Small tear to bottom edge of front endpaper. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Colour plates clean and bright. Cloth lovely and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. --- Beautifully illustrated, scarce first edition. 235pp. With 75 captioned tissue guarded coloured plates and ...
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Essex. Painted & Described.

By: MONCRIEFF, A. R. HOPE; BRUHL, L. BURLEITH;

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. Black, 1909 (1st.ed.):

Seller ID: 81991

Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. In brown decorative cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front and colour printed designs. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Lovely bright clean cloth. Some minor rubbing to edges and corners. Endpapers darkened with owners inscription. The odd light handling/thumb spot else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 262 pp. 75 colour plates; Folding Map at rear. Beautifully illustrated guide to, and history of, ESSEX. One of the titles of the renowned 20 shilling series of colour books published by Adam and Charles Black in the early years of the ...
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Surrey. Painted by Sutton Palmer. Described by A. R. Hope Moncrieff.

By: PALMER, SUTTON: HOPE MONCRIEFF, A. R.:

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. BLACK, 1922 2nd edition revised:

Seller ID: 78289

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with blind embossed decoration to spine and boards. gilt lettering to spine, and black lettering to front. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW darkened, spine faded, edges rubbed, nicks to ends of spine. In protective sleeve.) Minor rubbing to corners of cloth. Slight darkening to endpapers and outer page edges. “Roffey and Clark Ltd. Croydon” bookseller label to rear endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. 255pp.; 32 colour plates by S. Palmer. Map.
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Egyptian Birds. For the most part seen in the Valley.

By: WHYMPER, Charles;

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. BLACK 1909 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 77790

Hardback. Tall 8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. In cream decorative illustrated cloth covers with gilt and colour printed designs to spine and front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Rubbing and small nicks to ends of spine and corners. Some small marks. Darkening to endpapers. Neat inscription to front. Hinges cracked. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Colour plates clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 221pp. With 51 captioned tissue guarded coloured plates and a folding map.
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