Pleasant decorative Folio Society editions of Darwin's key works: On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection (2007, fourth printing); The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals & the Autobiography (2008, first thus); Journal of Research [more...]
Handsomely bound by Riviere & Son, first edition of Bates' version of the King James Bible, arranged to be read in a more narrative, literary fashion. With 2 double page colour maps to rear, showing Syria and Palestine and the Mediterranean Basin. With an intr [more...]
'with the Self-Interpreting and Explanatory Notes, and Marginal References, of the Late John Brown to which is Appended, A Complete Concordance of the Old and New Testaments'. Impressive full leather Bible. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine, raised bands. A [more...]
Lavishly illustrated account of the history of the nineteenth century and how it reflected in the culture, fashions and mores of society. Features hundreds of images of pictures and engravings, with dozens of colour plates reproduced from La Mode, Gallery of [more...]
Elegant leather binding of Walton's 17th century guide to fishing that ' breathes the very spirit of innocence, purity, and simplicity of the heart.' Features 74 b/w engravings by a variety of artists interspersed within the text. Bound in half leather with [more...]
Impressive quarter leather Folio Society edition of selected pieces and extracts that describes the mythological history of Rome plus elements of her early history that contributed to the city's legend. Included is verse by Horace, extracts from Virgil's Aene [more...]
Striking Folio Society edition of Borges' singular collection of short stories and essays. Including the Garden of Forking paths, The Library of Babel, Death and the Compass and others. By a variety of translators. With colour illustrations by Neil Packer. [more...]
Impressive Folio Society edition of the second (and most important, introducing Will Stanton) volume in Susan Cooper's much loved fantasy sequence written between 1965 and 1977. With colour illustrations by Laura Carlin. With a new preface by the author. Q [more...]
Handsomely rebound by Riviere and So. First edition of Bates' version of the King James Bible, arranged to be read in a more narrative, literary fashion. With 2 double page colour maps to rear, showing Syria and Palestine and the Mediterranean Basin. With an i [more...]
Elegant edition of Austen's 1814 novel. With numerous b/w illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an introduction by Austin Dobson. Bound in blind-stamped, floral patterned cloth. Fore-edge rough cut. 8vo. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Some light tanning [more...]
Imposing Folio Society edition of Dostoevsky's great novel. With b/w illustrations by Harry Brockway and an introduction by Stephen Tumin. Quarter cloth with illustrated cloth covered boards. Complete with slipcase. Some toning and mild shelf-wear to slipc [more...]
Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratch [more...]
Impressive special quarter leather Folio Society edition of Langland's c.1377 religious allegory, written in verse. With the original middle english here, alongside a translation by E. Talbot Donaldson, edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Stephen H. A. Shepherd [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of Caesar's accounts of his wars in Gaul and the civil wars of his lifetime. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Full page colour plates of relevant artifacts. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear, [more...]
Splendid edition of Dickens' enduring classic, published under the Folio Society's special Folio Press imprint. Featuring a facsimile of Dickens own (and the only) manuscript of the text, written in his hand and showing his alterations, printed on the recto. [more...]
Striking first Folio Society edition of Hugo's epochal novel. Decorative cloth with grey canvas front cover. Illustrated with somewhat macabre two colour lithographs by Charles Keeping. With introduction and footnotes. 8vo. (250x160mm) Complete with slipcas [more...]
Impressive Folio Society edition of Montaigne's essays. Appearing in the later half of the 16th century, the essays explore the human condition and the limits of knowledge whilst addressing a variety of topics profound and mundane. Featuring the 1603 transla [more...]
Imposing Folio Society of Meyrink's wildly successful 1914 novel on the nature of Ghetto life and Jewish mysticism. With b/w illustrations by Vladimir Zimakov and an introduction by Iain Sinclair. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear. [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of Paul Scott's great quartet of historical novels, tracing the decline and collapse of British rule in India during WWII and its aftermath. With colour illustrations by Finn Campbell-Notman. Bound in cloth with a design by the [more...]
The rare deluxe Heron full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Containing all his plays; his longer poems, The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis; and all of his sonnets. These compact volumes are in full leather and blocked with 23ct gold. W [more...]
