Gems of British Scenery

U.K.: John Player & Sons, n.y.. Complete set of 25 numbered cigarette cards, undated but published in 1917. Heavy stock 2 5/8" X 1 3/8". Very good. Faint occasional edgewear, but overall bright and attractive. A beautiful full set of these color pictorial cards celebrating England's scenic delights, with 21 cards printed landscape and 4 printed upright. Scenes consist of, in numerical order: 1. Lynmouth Pier Meeting of the Waters, Killarney, 2. Castle Rock, Lynton, 3. Watersmeet, Lynton, 4. Lydford Gorge, 5. Malmsmead, N. Devon, 6. The Doone Valley, 7. Fingle Bridge, 8. Oddicombe Bay, Torquay, 9. Clovelly, 10. Falcon Crag, Derwentwater, 11. Kynance Cove, 12. Avon Gorge, Clifton, 13. High Force, Teesdale, 14. Cliveden Woods, Thames, 15. Tintern Abbey, 16. High Tor, Matlock, 17. Mawddach Falls, 18. Fairy Glen, Bettws-y-Coed, 19. Aberglaslyn Pass, N. Wales, 20. Balmoral, Scotland, 21. The Trossachs, Scotland, 22. Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine, 23. Loch Awe, Argyll, 24. Upper Lake, Killarney and 25. Meeting of the Waters, Killarney. Rectos each printed in brown feature series title, individual number and title and a brief paragraph describing each landscape. A charming set of these miniature beauties, each a lovely landscape.