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EDINBURGH
Written by Rosaline Masson. Illustrated by John Fulleylove.
Stock no. 1831470
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1912. Almost very good condition.

20 colour plates with captioned paper guards. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Reprint with slight alterations. Top edge gilt. A & C Black Colour Book from the 7/6 series. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Top & tail of spine lightly worn with a few small nicks. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Thick blue-tip pen gift inscription to free front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

HOLLAND
Written by Beatrix Jungman. Illustrated by Nico Jungman.
Stock no. 1825644
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1904. Good condition.

De Luxe edition limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator. White cloth, blue borders and orange tree design with gilt titles. 75 tissue-guarded plates. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by the artist (no dedication) and numbered 128 (of 300). Spine browned, boards marked and grubby. Top & tail of spine worn and fraying. Front hinge pulled with residue surface paper from front endpaper stuck to half-title page. Rear hinge pulled wide, free rear endpaper is stuck to rear pastedown (possibly a binding error). Some inner hinges pulled else the binding is tight. Some foxing present especially to tissue-guards but not the plates themselves. Small damp stain to margins and lower corner of last few pages and plates.

EGYPT
Written by R. Talbot Kelly. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly.
Stock no. 1825638
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

De Luxe Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Bevelled boards. Heavy duty cloth boards with gilt titles and colour pattern. Top edge gilt. 75 tissue-guarded colour plates. xiii and 239 numbered pages. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) and numbered 238 (of 500). Boards grubby and stained, rear edge of spine has a small patch of cloth fraying.Joints cracked, rear endpaper missing. Binding of first few pages weak and will possibly disintegrate further so that the pages are loose. Binding glue drying out and thus a few weak spots. A few foxspots throughout. All plates present and clean.

WAR SKETCHES IN COLOUR
Written by Captain S.E. St. Leger.
Stock no. 2137507
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Red and orange/dark yellow borders to spine and front cover. 66 colour plates. B/w illustrations. A and C Black 20 Shillings Series. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some browning to spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to margins. All plates present.

SICILY
Written by Spencer Musson. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 2137436
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover and green and orange decorations. Top edge gilt. 48 tissue-guarded mounted colour plates and fold-out map to rear. Part of the A & C Black 20 Shilling Series. 1-2" split to top of spine; some fraying to cloth; other horizontal tear across top of spine - partially repaired with glue. Browning to spine. Bumping to corners. Some scuffing. Front joint is pulled. Newspaper cutting has been stuck to the rear pastedown. Some browning and foxing.

THE LAKE OF GENEVA
Written by Francis Gribble. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis; May Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137434
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and and front cover. Top edge gilt. 60 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding map. 4 page booklist to rear. The rarest of the Black's 20 Shilling Series. Assumed early edition/reprint in same year as 1st edition - as has 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is browned with a few chips and splits to top; some fraying to cloth. Front board bright and clean. Corners are bumped. Personal gift inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Joints are starting to crack a little. Some foxing present. Plate margins browned. All plates present.

DENMARK
Written by Clive Holland. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137429
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. Popular series. Spine is browned. Some marks to covers. One of first pages of prelims is partially detached. Some page corner tips are creased. Foxing and light browning.

HAUNTS OF ANCIENT PEACE
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by Agnes Locke.
Stock no. 2137416
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Black/grey patterned border. 20 colour plates. A and C Black 7/6 Series. Originally published in 1902 by Macmillan. 4 page booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks and spots to covers. Foxing to various degrees throughout.

BATH & BRISTOL
Written by Stanley Hutton. Illustrated by Laura A. Happerfield.
Stock no. 2137410
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. 3000 copies printed. Grey cloth, green titles and borders. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2 folding maps. REPRINT! Spine is browned. Marks to covers; bumping. Front joint is a bit cracked. Margin tear to plate guard page 101. Blue mark to verso of plate page 176. Some foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

FROM SKETCH-BOOK AND DIARY
Written by Elizabeth Butler. Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 2137357
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 28 colour plates + b/w illustrations. A & C Black 10 Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist + 4 page additional booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to covers, especially spine and edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Foxing throughout. Light browning to plates.

GERMANY
Written by Gerald Bullett; Anthony Bertram. Illustrated by E.T. Compton; E. Harrison Compton.
Stock no. 2137300
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Black's New Series Of Colour Books. With a chapter on German tourism and mountaineering by Bertram. Blue cloth. 32 colour plates and sketch map. Bumping and wear to spine and corner. Marks to covers. Inscriptions and drawings in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Foxing and browning.

IRELAND
Written by Frank Mathew. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137240
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st thus 1916. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Dark blue cloth with harp and shamrock design printed in green and yellow. Gilt titles to spine. 50 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. The text used is the same as the 1906 edition illustrated by Walker. This is the NEW edition with new illustrations. Front cover is a little bowed. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine, with small split to rear edge. Joints are a bit cracked, some hinges are pulled. Foxing to various degrees throughout. A couple of pages (around pages 15 / 16) have chipped/ragged page margins.