Adam & Charles Black, Publishers.- 7 Shilling Series

65 volumes (of 73), lacking: The Beautiful Birthday Book; A Short History of the Church of England; English Costume: I Early English; English Costume: II Middle Ages; English Costume: III Tudor and Stuart; English Costume: IV Georgian; Eton from a Backwater; Days with Velasquez, all First Editions for the series, apart from Edinburgh; Scottish Life and Character; The Garden that I Love; Gardens of England, each with numerous colour plates, some spotting, ownership inscriptions, bookplates, original decorative cloth, some wear, John Halifax Gentleman and Moscow in original dust jackets, v.s., 1903-1917 (65)

***Although comprised mainly of travel books, the 7s series also includes such titles as: ‘The Homes of Tennyson’ and ‘British Dogs at Work’. Taking advantage of a new three-color printing process, A & C Black released hundreds of color plate books between the years 1900 and 1930. Their series’ offered finely made books with large numbers of color plates to the general reading public.