BRADLEY A. G.

Worcestershire. Painted by Thomas Tyndale. Described by A.G. Bradley. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY

A & C Black,, 1919. 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 23 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), and folding map in sepia, free endpapers mildly browned; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip framed in lighter blue and blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First published in 1916. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Inman 394.

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Book number: 42470

Catalogue: A&C Black Colour Plate Books0

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CALLOW William

William Callow. An Autobiography. Edited by H.M. Cundall. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

A&C Black,, 1908. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 22 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), 7 plates in monochrome, and 22 illustrations and 2 facsimiles in the text, endpapers moderately browned, corner clipped from half-title; original green decorative cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down and 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. Published in Black's 7/6 Series. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Inman 132

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CUNDALL H.M.

Birket Foster R.W.S.. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY

A&C Black,, [1906, 1930]. 8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, 73 coloured plates, 20 full-page plates in monochrome (a number full-page) and 58 illustrations in the text, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; original decorative blue cloth, upper board blocked and lattered in yellow and white, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end, and the trade ticket of Burlington of Whitehaven on front paste-down. Published in September 1930 but retaining the date (1906) of the first edition.

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Book number: 29132

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GILBEY Sir Walter

George Morland. His Life and Works. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

A&C Black,, 1907. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present) and 49 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tussue guards present), free endpapers browned, top third of front free endpaper clipped, some very light and occasional spotting; pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered, in gilt, green and black, git top, uncut, upper hinge cracked on surface (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp of publisher's advertisements at end. Inman 56, recording that 3000 copies were printed.

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Book number: 30194

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HALL Rev. Charles A.

The Romance of the Rocks [Peeps at Nature series]. NEAR FINE COPY

A&C Black,, 1912. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), decorative title, 7 coloured plates, 7 plates in monochrome and 33 illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of decorative burgundy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue and yellow, upper board with coloured illustration (repeated in text) mounted in frame border, a near fine copy. Particularly bright copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Inman 823.

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Book number: 14535

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JUTA Rene

The Cape Peninsula. Being Pen and Colour Sketches described by Rene Juta and painted by W. Westhofen. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE JUTA ISSUE

J C Juta, Cape Town,, 1910. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present) and 24 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), some mild spotting, neat signature on front free endpaper; original dark green cloth, upper board and backstrip framed blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Published simultaneously with the A&C Black edition, but considerably scarcer. The work was produced by Juta to whom Black paid a commission on sales. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Inman 135.

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Book number: 37494

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MONCRIEFF A. R. Hope

Bonnie Scotland. Painted by Sutton Palmer. Described by A.R. Hope Moncrieff NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

A & C Black,, 1904. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 74 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present); blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. A popular title in the 20s series, it was many times reissued in various states but never as splendidly as in this original edition. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Inman 71.

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THOMAS Edward

Oxford. Painted by John Fulleylove. Described by Edward Thomas [Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY.

A&C Black,, [1922]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece, 31 fine coloured plates and a full-page map in the text, endpapers and fore-edges lightly foxed, some light spotting (mainly marginal) as often to text; original decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, bright, firm copy. This classic fusion of Thomas's prose and Fulleylove's paintings was first published with 60 plates in 1903. This considerably more affordable edition was itself reprinted several times with steadily diminishing numbers of illustrations. Cordeau & Merry 378 (recording the first and this edition); Eckert p.189 (first edition); Inman 571.

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Book number: 4378

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THOMAS Edward

Oxford. Painted by John Fulleylove. Described by Edward Thomas [Revised Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

A&C Black,, [1922]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece, 31 fine coloured plates and a full-page map in the text, some light occasional foxing to text margins, fore-edges lightly foxed, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; original decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, an unusually fresh, bright copy. This classic fusion of Thomas's prose and Fulleylove's paintings was first published with 60 plates in 1903. This considerably more affordable edition was itself reprinted several times with steadily diminishing numbers of illustrations. Cordeau & Merry 378 (recording the first and this edition); Eckert p.189 (first edition); Inman 571.

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Book number: 4380

Catalogue: A&C Black Colour Plate Books0

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