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The Folio Society

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Coleridge: Selected Poems
£18 +
FREE p&p
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Samuel Taylor Coleride
The Folio Society 2003
Handsome quarter leather binding of Coleridge's selected poems, part of the Folio Society Poets series. With b/w engravings by Miriam MacGregor. An introduction by Richard Holmes. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some bumps but volume is crisp pristine [more...]
The Life of Samuel Johnson (two volumes)
£16 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
James Boswell
The Folio Society 1993
Impressive Folio Society edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, the landmark biography of Dr. Johnson called "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature". Bound in quarter cloth. Complete with slipcase. Some very light shelfwe [more...]
Benjamin Franklin
£15 +
FREE p&p
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Walter Isaacson
The Folio Society 2008
Impressive Folio Society edition of Isaacson's life of American founding father, inventor and statesman, Benjamin Franklin. Quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Colour portrait to frontis. Complete with Slipcase. Crisp, fine condition. [more...]
The Cretan Runner: His Story of the German Occupation
£15 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
George Psychoundakis; Patrick Leigh Fermour (
The Folio Society 2009
The incredible story of the Greek resistance fighter's wartime experience in occupied Crete. He ran huge distances, ferrying messages and aiding the underground resistance and stranded British troops, becoming the stuff of legend amongst his compatriots. Wit [more...]
The Island of Sakhalin
£15 +
FREE p&p
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Anton Chekhov; Luba & Michael Terpak (trans)
The Folio Society 1989
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Chekhov's fascinating study of the island of Sakhalin, a remote colony of exiles, prisoners and dwindling natives. Seeking to expose the circumstances and tribulations of its inhabitants, Chekhov embarked on a arduous journey [more...]
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
£15 +
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Steven Pinker
The Folio Society 2009
Stylish Folio Society edition of Pinker's examination of human language, intended for a general reader. Pinker argues that Language is an innate human instinct, an evolutionary result of our need to communicate. With illustrations by Andy Martin and slipcase [more...]
The Folio Book of Short Novels: Turn of the Screw; Death in Venice; Call of the Wild; Gigi; The Virgin and the Gypsy
£15 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Henry James; Jack London; Thomas Mann; D. H.
The Folio Society 1998
Jaunty Folio Society volume featuring five acclaimed novellas. Each with a double page illustration by Sara Fanelli. Complete with slipcase. In Fine condition. [more...]
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
£14 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Steven Pinker
The Folio Society 2009
Stylish Folio Society edition of Pinker's examination of human language, intended for a general reader. Pinker argues that Language is an innate human instinct, an evolutionary result of our need to communicate. With illustrations by Andy Martin and slipcase [more...]
Hours in a Library
£14 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Leslie Stephen
Folio Society 1991
Pleasant Folio Society edition of essays on great literature written between 1874 and 1879 by the critic and biographer Leslie Stephen, father of Virginia Woolf. Topics include the works of Sterne, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Walter Scott, Balzac and many [more...]
Troilus and Criseyde
£14 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Geoffrey Chaucer; Stewart Boston (trans)
The Folio Society 1990
Splendid Folio Society edition of Chaucer's epic poem Troilus and Criseyde. Written in the late 14th century and set during the Trojan War, Troilus and Criseyde is widely considered Chaucer greatest work, in part because it is complete, unlike the unfinished [more...]
Life: An Unauthorized Biography
£14 +
FREE p&p
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Richard Fortey
The Folio Society 2008
'A Natural History of the first four thousand million years of Life on Earth.' Terrific volume detailing the evolution of life and the environment that permits it. With colour images throughout. Green cloth of gilt decoration and titling. Decorated slipcas [more...]
Michaelangelo
£14 +
FREE p&p
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Howard Hibbard
The Folio Society 2007
Lavish account of Michaelangelo's life and work, with a special focus on the evolution and legacy of his art. 4to. Fully illustrated in colour. Complete with slipcase. Some shelfwear to slipcase. Sealed in Publisher's shrinkwrap. As New. [more...]
The Art of Love
£13 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso); James Michie (tr
The Folio Society 1994
Tremendous Folio Society edition of Ovid's great treatise on love and its proper application. Comprised of three books in which he poetically instructs men on winning women, how to keep them and how women can keep men. With erotic and explicit colour images [more...]
A History of the Indians of the United States
£13 +
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Angie Debo
The Folio Society 2003
Handsome Folio Society edition of Debo's great in depth history of the native american peoples and in particular their interactions with european settlers. Debo was one of the foremost historians of the Native Americans and this, her penultimate work, was mea [more...]
The Lost City of the Incas
£13 +
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Joseph J. Ellis
The Folio Society 2007
Folio Society edition of Bingham's account of his discovery and exploration of Machu Pichu in 1911. With an introduction by John Hemming. Numerous b/w images and sketches. Slip case has a small bump to top front edge. Volume is pristine. Near fine overall [more...]
Charlemagne: Father of a Continent
£12 +
FREE p&p
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Alessandro Barbero; Allan Cameron (trans)
The Folio Society 2006
Impressive Folio Society edition of Barbero's examination of the life and rule of Charlemagne and the influence of the Carolingian Empire. With decorative cloth binding. Maps to endpapers and colour images. narrow 8vo. With slipcase. Immaculate. In fine [more...]
101 Stories
£12 +
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O. Henry
The Folio Society 2002
Impressive Folio Society edition of the complete stories of O. Henry, american master of the short story. With b/w illustrations by Rod Waters. With slipcase. Slipcase has some shelfwear and marking to bottom panel but volume is pristine. Fine condition. [more...]
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
£12 +
FREE p&p
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William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 2009
Terrific Folio Society edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. With an introduction by Katherine Duncan-Jones and numerous b/w engravings by a variety of artists including Peter Reddick and Simon Brett. Quarter cloth with fetching purple silk moire paper. With sli [more...]
Unreliable Memoirs
£12 +
FREE p&p
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Clive James
The Folio Society 2010
Folio Society edition of James' humourous memoirs. With b/w illustrations by Yann le Bec. With slipcase. Slipcase has some very very light shelfwear. In fine condition. [more...]
The Spanish Inquisition: A historical Revision
£12 +
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Henry Kamen
The Folio Society 2002
Striking Folio Society volume detailing the controversial history of the spanish inquisition. With colour images throughout. With slipcase. Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. As new. [more...]
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