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The Folio Society

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The Cream of Noel Coward
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Noel Coward
The Folio Society 1997
A creamy selection chosen by Michael Cox from the writings of Noel Coward. Features extracts from his plays and his poems. Fun gold cloth binding. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. Complete with slipcase. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
The New Newgate Calendar
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Norman Birkett (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Folio Society edition of the New Newgate Calendar, the continuation of the Newgate Calendar. A series of 'edifying' sketches of notorious trials and executions of well known criminals of the 18th and 19th centuries, including William Burke and the Earl of Car [more...]
My Early Times
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1988
Charming edition of Dickens' account of his childhood. He describes, often whimsically, his studies, his toys and all the peculiar things that shaped him. Quarter cloth and decorative boards. B/w and colour images throughout. Some light wear and bumping to [more...]
The History of England in the Eighteenth Century
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Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay; Peter Rowland
The Folio Society 1980
Elegant Folio Society edition comprising of Macaulay's various writings on the history and politics of the 18th century, compiled and arranged by Rowland into a cohesive account of England during that period. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Very li [more...]
The First Colonists: Hakluyt's Voyages to America
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Richard Hakluyt; A. L. Rowse
The Folio Society 1987
'A Modern Version' edited and introduced by Rowse, containing Hakluyt's key writings on the English colonization of the Americas. Generously illustrated in colour and b/w. Nice 4to sized (280x220mm). Complete with slipcase. Some rubbing to edges of slipc [more...]
My Life and Hard Times and Other Observations
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James Thurber
The Folio Society 1980
A selection of Thurber's best auto-biographical sketches. With b/w illustrations. Complete with slipcase. Light marking to spine and covers. Very faint toning to spine. Volume is clean and prim. Good+ overall. [more...]
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Folio Society 2012
Charming Folio edition of Stevenson's first published work. Written to secure independence from his parents and a future with the woman he loved, Travels with a Donkey is a pioneering work of travel writing. Detailing Stevenson's journey through the curious [more...]
My Early Times
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1988
Charming edition of Dickens' account of his childhood. He describes, often whimsically, his studies, his toys and all the peculiar things that shaped him. Quarter cloth and decorative boards. B/w and colour images throughout. Complete with slipcase. Volume [more...]
Hogarth's England
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Eveline Cruikshank
The Folio Society 1957
Folio Society presentation volume for 1958. With numerous b/w images of Hogarth's prints. With detailed descriptions of the work and the world it reflects. No slipcase as issued, lacks glassine wrapper. Toning to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Fathers and Sons
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Ivan Turgenev; Rosemary Edmonds (trans)
The Folio Society 1979
Pleasant Folio Society Edition of Turgenev's great novel. Quarter cloth with decorative paper to boards. An introduction by Colin Ward and illustrations by Janos Kass. Complete with slipcase. Spine is faded with slight marking. Contents bright and clean. [more...]
Charles Lamb: Essays
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Charles Lamb; Rosalind Vallance & John Hampto
The Folio Society 1963
Handsome Folio Society edition of this selection of Lamb's engaging essays that appeared first in the London Magazine in the 1820s. Taken from the Essays and Last Essays of Elia, popular fallacies and other miscellaneous pieces. Black cloth with gilt decorat [more...]
Gulliver's Travels
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Jonathon Swift
The Folio Society 1965
Jaunty Folio Society edition of Swift's enduring 1726 satire. With illustrations by Edward Bawden. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned with slight marking. Some shelf-wear and toning to slipcase. Contents clean and bright. Good overall. [more...]
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
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Raleigh Trevelyan
The Folio Society; Michael Joseph 1976
Splendid, generously illustrated Folio Society edition detailing the rediscovery of Pompeii and the effect it had on europe in the early 18th century. Issued without a slipcase but this volume has acquired an ill-fitting one along the way. Crisp and clean. [more...]
The Goodman of Paris (Le Menagier de Paris): A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citizen of Paris c. 1393
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Eileen Power (trans)
The Folio Society 1993
Fascinating guide to (and account of) medieval french life, written by an unknown but well connected member of the haute bourgeoisie for his young wife, in which he describes how to run a household as well as how to be pious and agreeable to ones husband. Wit [more...]
Shades of the Alhambra
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Raleigh Trevelyan
The Folio Society 1984
Generously illustrated Folio Society edition describing the history and architecture of the Alhambra Palace. Issued without a slipcase. Some very very light shelfwear. Else crisp and clean. very good. [more...]
Tales from Two Pockets
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Karel Capek; Paul Selver (trans)
The Folio Society 1962
Pleasant Folio Society edition of the great Czech writer's 1926 collection of quirky short stories. With b/w illustrations by Karel Svolinksy. Complete with slipcase. Very light toning to spine. Very faint foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. V [more...]
Venice: The Most Triumphant City
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George Bull
Folio Society 1980
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Without slip case. Rubbing to extremities. Contents crisp and clean however. Good overall. [more...]
The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada
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Stephen Usherwood (editor)
The Folio Society 1978
Fascinating collection of letters of documents revealing the story of the Spanish Armada. From a variety of sources, Usherwood weaves them into coherent narrative. Gilt device to cover. With slipcase and colour images. Slight sunning to spine and foxing to [more...]
Elizabeth I: The Word Of A Prince: A Life From Contemporary Documents
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Maria Perry
The Folio Society 1990
A study of the life of Elizabeth I largely drawn from her own letters and writings. An intriguing account, often in Elizabeth's own voice. Quarter cloth with decorated boards. Features a plethora of colour and b/w images. Slip-case has some rubbing and she [more...]
Lark Rise
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Flora Thompson
The Folio Society 1979
Early Folio Society edition of Thompson's popular semi-autobiographical novel of her childhood in Juniper Hill, which spawned two sequels, forming the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edge [more...]
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