Black's Popular Series of Colour Books: Surrey; Warwickshire; Northumberland; Kent; Cornwall; Dorset; Sussex; Derbyshire; Gloucestershire; Somerset; Buckinghamshire and Berkshire; Devon

Twelve attractive volumes within Black's exploration of English counties, profusely illustrated with colour plates, including revised and first editions. Twelve charming volumes within Black's Popular Series of Colour Books concerning the English counties, including first editions, second editions, and enalrged editions, published between 1922-1938. In the publisher's original blue cloth, with numerous colour plates and sketch maps. Taking the reader across the beautiful sites and scenes of English counties, illustrated by the best British landscape painters of the time. Black's nostalgic series both enlightens us on local insights but also transports us back one hundred years ago. - Surrey, described by A.R. Hope Moncrieff, illustrated by Sutton Palmer. Second edition, revised. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one other colour plates. Collated complete (1922).- Warwickshire, described by Clive Holland, illustrated by F. Whitehead. Second edition, revised. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete (1922). Plate 4 loosening.- Northumberland, described by Agnes Herbert, illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper. First edition. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all twenty-three colour plates. Collated complete (1923). Minor wear between p.40 and plate.- Kent, described by W. Teignmouth Shore, illustrated by W. Biscombe Gardner. Second edition, revised. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one other colour plates. Collated complete (1924).- Cornwall, described by G.E. Mitton, illustrated by G.F. Nicholls. Enlarged edition, with an additional chapter and twelve further illustrations. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete (1925). Slight wear between pp.40-41. Plate 44 loosening.- Dorset, described by Major H.O. Lock, illustrated by Walter Tyndale and A. Heaton Cooper. First edition. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one other colour plates. Collated complete (1925).- Sussex, described by Hilaire Belloc, illustrated by Wilfrid Ball. Second edition, revised. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one other colour plates. Collated complete (1925).- Derbyshire, described by A.R. Hope Moncrieff, illustrated by W. Biscombe Gardner and W. Heaton Cooper. First edition. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete. Contains a tipped-in advertisements for other colour illustrated books by Black (1927).- Gloucestershire, described by J.D. Newth, illustrated by G.F. Nicholls. First edition. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all twenty-three colour plates. Collated complete (1927).- Somerset, described by A.C. Osborn Hann, illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper and Walter Tyndale. First edition. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete (1927).- Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, described by G.E. Mitton, illustrated by Sutton Palmer. Second edition, revised. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete (1929).- Devon, described by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, illustrated by Sutton Palmer. Third edition. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all twenty-three other colour plates. Collated complete (1938). In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, the odd small mark and fading patch, with slight rubbing to joints and edges. Bumping to the heads and tail of the spines, and to the extremities. Fading heavier to Gloucestershire, Devon, Somerset and Buckinghamshire boards. Slight fading to spines, a little heavier to Kent, Derbyshire and Surrey, heavier to Gloucestershire, Somerset and Devon. Mottling to Northumberland boards, mostly to right edge. Previous owner's ink inscriptions to most end papers with faint offsetting to extremities and hinges. Offsetting heavier to Surrey rear free end paper and to Devon, Warwickshire and Kent free end papers, heaviest to Derbyshire free end papers. Previous owner's bookplate to.…