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The Folio Society

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The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933 - 1945: I shall Bear Witness, To the Bitter End (two volumes)
£35.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Victor Klemperer; Martin Chalmers (trans)
The Folio Society 2006
Striking Folio Society edition of Victor Klemperer's diaries that provided unprecedented insight into the rise of the Nazi party in Germany and the realities of German Society during the second world war. With maps to end-papers, b/w images and frontispieces [more...]
The Brothers Karamazov
£35.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky [Dostoevsky]; David Margas
The Folio Society 1964
Ominous Folio Society edition of Dostoevsky's great novel. With b/w illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Lacks slipcase. Mild wear to covers. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep and another previous owner's bookplate to half-title. Contents clean and soun [more...]
Anne of Green Gables
£32.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
L. M. Montgomery
Folio Society 2005
Charming Folio Society edition of Montgomery's 1908 classic children's novel. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood and nine colour illustrations by Anna Leplar. Bound in green cloth blocked with a design by the artist. Complete with slipcase. Previous o [more...]
Birdsong
£32.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Sebastian Faulks
The Folio Society 2007
Elegant Folio Society edition of Faulks' acclaimed 1993 novel. With nine colour illustrations by Swara Harasymowicz and an introduction by Faulks. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear. Small marking/abrasion to ffep, probably from stic [more...]
Peter Pan or, The Boy Who Would not Grow Up
£31.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
J. M. Barrie
The Folio Society 1992
Folio Society edition of Barrie's classic play. With stylish colour illustrations by Paula Rego. With a significant introduction by Andrew Birkin, which includes hitherto unpublished sections from Barrie's notes. 4to. Complete with slipcase. Previous owner [more...]
Sylvia's Lovers
£29.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Elizabeth (Mrs.) Gaskell
The Folio Society 2005
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Gaskell's tragic 1863 novel. Bound in patterned cloth with gilt titling. With a colour frontispiece and 9 b/w illustrations by Alexy Pendle. With an introduction by Jenny Uglow. Complete with slipcase. Previous own [more...]
Germinal
£28.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Emile Zola; Peter Collier (trans)
The Folio Society 2010
Stylish Folio Society of great 1885 novel exploring the plight of miners in the nineteenth century and the rise of the first International. With b/w illustrations by Phillip Bannister and an introduction by Ruth Scurr. Complete with slipcase. Prevous owne [more...]
Wives and Daughters
£28.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Elizabeth (Mrs.) Gaskell
The Folio Society 2002
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Gaskell's 1866 novel. Bound in patterned cloth with gilt titling. With a colour frontispiece and 10 b/w illustrations by Alexy Pendle. With an introduction by Victoria Glendinning. Complete with slipcase. Previous [more...]
The Idiot
£24.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky [Dostoevsky]; David Margas
The Folio Society 1971
Brooding Folio Society edition of Dostoevsky's great novel. With b/w illustrations by Charles Keeping. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing and wear commensurate to age. Mild shelf-wear to volume, faint mark to spine. Contents clean and tight. [more...]
Reflections on the Revolution in France
£20.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Edmund Burke
The Folio Society 2010
'And on the proceedings of certain societies in London relative to that event.' Striking Folio Society edition of Burke's 1790 response to the French Revolution, which would become one of the pillars of English conservatism. With colour images from contempor [more...]
Charlemagne: Father of a Continent
£19.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Alessandro Barbero; Allan Cameron (trans)
The Folio Society 2009
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. Some mild shelf-wear [more...]
My Early Life: A Roving Commission
£18.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Winston S. Churchill
The Folio Society 2008
Jaunty edition of Churchill's early biography concerning his childhood, education and military career, from 1874 to 1902. The Second Boer War features prominently. With b/w photographs and an introduction by Max Hastings. Complete with slipcase. Previous o [more...]
The Second Jungle Book
£14.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Rudyard Kipling
The Folio Society 1994
Impressive Folio Society edition of Kipling's 1895 sequel to the Jungle book, continuing the tale of Mowgli in a series of short stories. Featuring the striking illustrations of Edward Detmold, redone in colour by David Eccles. Complete with slipcase. Some [more...]
Rural Rides
£12.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
William Cobbett
The Folio Society 2010
Terrific Folio Society edition of Cobbett's Rural Rides, the journals of his travels around Britain on horseback that first appeared in the 1820s. Cobbett sought to see the state of rural england first hand to better inform his opposition to the government's [more...]
The Decameron (two volumes)
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington (trans)
The Folio Society 1954
Early Folio Society edition of Boccaccio's renaissance compendium of short stories. With illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Complete with Dust-jackets. Decorative cloth boards. Some water damage to rear cover of volume 1, affecting rear free end-papers and [more...]
Life of Herod
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
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Josephus
The Folio Society 2008
Attractive Folio Society volume featuring the writings of 1st century jewish historian Josephus on Herod, king of Judea. With full colour images of sites and artifacts, decorated endpapers, notes and introduction and complete with slipcase. In fine/as new co [more...]
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Lewis Carroll
The Folio Society 1976
Tremendous Folio Society edition of Carroll's nonsensical poem, featuring lavish b/w illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Pictorial cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned, as is common, and slipcase has some shelf-wear and marking. Mil [more...]
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
£11.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Laurence Sterne
The Folio Society 1970
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Sterne's pioneering comic novel, first appearing in 1759. Decorative cloth with leather label to spine. Illustrated with wood-engravings by John Lawrence. Complete with slipcase. Rubbing to leather label, foxing to page edg [more...]
Love in a Cold Climate
£11.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Nancy Mitford
The Folio Society 1993
Fetching Folio Society edition of wll received comedy of manners. Pictorial cloth binding. With b/w illustrations by Roland Pym and an introduction by Pauline Tennant. Complete with slipcase. Some very mild shelf-wear and toning to slipcase. Previous owne [more...]
Wonders of the World
£10.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
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...]
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