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The Folio Society

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The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
£12 +
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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
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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
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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...]
The Secret Garden
£11 +
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Folio Society 1990
Charming edition of the children's classic, The Secret Garden. With elegant b/w illustrations by Dodie Masterman. Complete with slipcase. Very minor marking to gilt on spine and slight foxing to fore-edge but otherwise prim and clean. Very good overall. [more...]
Barchester Towers
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Anthony Trollope
The Folio Society 1998
Handsome quarter cloth edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With illustrations by Alexy Pendle. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some light shelfwear to slipcase and volume but otherwise prim and clean. Very good. [more...]
The Trumpet Major
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Thomas Hardy
The Folio Society 1991
Handsome edition of Hardy's historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars. With woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. With slipcase. In pristine condition. Fine. A terrific example. [more...]
Inventions of the Middle Ages
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Chiara Frugoni
The Folio Society 2010
Folio Society volume detailing the many inventions and innovations of the middle ages, with frequent reference to the primary sources. With colour images throughout. With slipcase. Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. As new. [more...]
Cleopatra
£10 +
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Jack Lindsay
The Folio Society 1998
Impressive edition of Lindsay's study of the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra. With maps to end-papers. Features full colour images and further maps and diagrams. Complete with slipcase. Very light shelfwear. Contents crisp and immaculate. very good+ [more...]
Julius Caesar
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Christian Meier; David McLintock (trans)
The Folio Society 1998
Impressive edition of Meier's study of the Roman statesmen and general. With maps to end-papers. Features full colour images and further maps and diagrams. Complete with slipcase. Very light shelfwear and some marking to slip-case. Contents crisp and immac [more...]
Wonders of the World
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Simon Goldhill; Richard Barber; Theodore K. R
The Folio Society 2006
Glossy, hefty Folio Society volume detailing the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the seven wonders of the medieval world and so on. Complete with numerous full page colour images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some light shelfwear. volume crisp [more...]
Ordeal by Fire: Witnesses to the Great War
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Lyn MacDonald (editor)
The Folio Society 2001
Impressive Folio Society collection of diary entries and letters written by soldiers and participents during World War One, arranged chronologically. Printed on green pages with black/green images. 312 pp. With slipcase. Slipcase has some light shelfwear bu [more...]
The Double Cross System
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J. C. Masterson
The Folio Society 2008
Account of the double cross (or XX) system in which British intelligence managed to take control of German agents operating in Britain and use them to send back misleading information. Written by Masterson, the chairman of the Twenty Committee, who ran the op [more...]
The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Thomas Hardy
The Folio Society 1990
Handsome edition of Hardy's great Wessex novel. With woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. With slipcase. Crisp and clean, contents pristine. Fine condition. [more...]
The Earth: An Intimate History
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Richard Fortey
The Folio Society 2011
Impressive volume detailing the geology and development of the physical earth, with a focus on some of the most fascinating features. Quarter cloth with decorated boards. With colour images throughout. Contents crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
Wonders of the World
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Simon Goldhill; Richard Barber; Theodore K. R
The Folio Society 2006
Glossy, hefty Folio Society volume detailing the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the seven wonders of the medieval world and so on. Complete with numerous full page colour images. Complete with slipcase. Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. As new. [more...]
The Double Cross System
£10 +
FREE p&p
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J. C. Masterson
The Folio Society 2007
Account of the double cross (or XX) system in which British intelligence managed to take control of German agents operating in Britain and use them to send back misleading information. Written by Masterson, the chairman of the Twenty Committee, who ran the op [more...]
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
£10 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 1989
Pleasing 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 handsomely patterned paper. Top edge with [more...]
Darkness at Noon
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Arthur Koestler; Daphne Hardy (trans)
The Folio Society 1981
Impressive Folio Society edition of Koestler's allegorical 1940 novel on Stalin's purges and trials of bolsheviks. Handsome three quarter cloth binding with b/w wood engravings by George Buday. With an introduction by Vladimir Bukovsky. Complete with slipca [more...]
At the Court of The Borgia
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Johann Burchard [Burchart]; Geoffrey Parker (
The Folio Society 1997
'Being an account of the reign of the Pope Alexander VI'. An account of life under the Borgia pope, written by his Master of Ceremonies, Burchard. Complete with slipcase. Maps as end-papers and b/w images. In fine condition. [more...]
The Double Cross System
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J. C. Masterson
The Folio Society 2008
Account of the double cross (or XX) system in which British intelligence managed to take control of German agents operating in Britain and use them to send back misleading information. Written by Masterson, the chairman of the Twenty Committee, who ran the op [more...]
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