The British Isles (page 1/3)

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[picture: Front Cover, The British Isles (Vol 1)]

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

Author: Cassell

Published by: Cassell and Company, Limited

City: New York

Date: 1905

Total items: 18

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Gate of St John's Abbey, Colchester]

Gate of St John’s Abbey, Colchester

Built around the 1400s to help defend an Abbey that was even then some 300 years old, today the gate is open to the public. [more...]

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[picture: High Street, Chelmsford]

High Street, Chelmsford

The high street [US: main street] in Chelmsford, Essex, around 1900. There are people riding bicycles, carts and carriages drawn by horses, and a sign visible reading [...] [more...]

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[picture: Bala Town and Lake]

Bala Town and Lake

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

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[picture: Front Cover, The British Isles (Vol 1)]

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.

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[picture: St. Peter Port, Guernsey]

St. Peter Port, Guernsey

From the painting by Edwin Hayes, R.H.A., R.I. [more...]

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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.


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