The British Isles (page 2/3)

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.

Title Page, The British Isles (Vol 1)

“The British Isles
Depicted by pen and camera
With thirty-nine coloured plates and siz Rembrandt photogravures
Special Edition
Volume I.—Section I. [more...]

Bala Town and Lake

Bala is a market town in Gwynedd, North Wales; when this picture was taken, the town was rather small.

Cricklade

“To all intents and purposes it is at Cricklade that the Thames comes into existence, and to ninety-nine Thams enthusiasts out of a hundred Cricklade itself is a mere name.” (p. 118) [more...]

Stocks at Stanton Harcourt

“Stanton Harcourt still preserves the stocks in which petty offenders were held in ludicrous durance. (p. 120)” [more...]

Stocks at Stanton Harcourt (Sepia-Tinted Edition)

A “sepia-tinted photograph” version of The Stocks at Stanton Harcourt.

On the Edge of Sherwood Forest

From the Painting by John MacWhirter, R.A.
John MacWhirter (1839 – 1911) was a Scottish painter. He showed great promise as a boy, and his work was shown at the Royal Academy of Art (entitling him to the initials R.A.) when he was fourteen years old. The cynic in me says this was because his paintings were [...] [more...]

York Minster, From the South West

Photo: Wilson, Aberdeen

Clevedon

Many are the pleasant and busy towns and villages which look forth upon [the River Severn at the Bristol channel] in its salted and merged condition and know it not. Of these, Clevedon alone may be indicated, for Tennyson’s sake, in his familiar tribute to our stream; for in this bright and growing health-resort for Bristol’s workers Arthur Hallam, his friend, lies buried: [more...]

Plan of York

Plan of the city of York, from approx. 1890