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Pictures from The British Isles Depicted by Pen and Camera, “with thirty-nine coloured plates and six Rembrandt Photogravures” (Special Edition), published by Cassell and Company Ltd., London, Paris, New York and Melbourne.
The work is divided into three books, each of two sections; my copy is bound into six separate volumes, each containing one of the sections. The books are undated and could be anywhere from 1880 to 1905; the binding bears the date 1905. Books published in the US before 1923 are out of copyright.
The introduction is by Harold Spender, but there is no attribution for the main text.
Title: The British Isles
Published by: Cassell and Company, Limited
City: New York
Date: 1905
Total items: 21
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
York Minster, From the South West
Photo: Wilson, Aberdeen [$]
Front Cover, The British Isles (Vol 1)
My copy is in 6 separate volumes, each bound in green with gold, and with one sections of the book in each volume. [$]
Llanthony Priory, Valley of the Honddu
The ruins of Llanthony Abbey, later converted into farm buildings. The priory was built around the year 1200 by the Augustinians, but some three hundred years later the church had become corrupt and was nationalized by [...] [more...] [$]
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