Pleasant compilation of writings detailing life in the jubilee years from 1887 to 1897. Features diary entries, articles and sketches from a range of characters describing society, technology, culture and more. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Sl [more...]
Splendid Folio Society volume of selected crime stories that appeared in the Strand Magazine. Including How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom by Arthur Conan doyle; The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling; Mirage by W. Somerset Maucgham; The News in Englis [more...]
Folio Society edition of Morrison's 1902 novel, set in working class london. With b/w illustrations by Val Biro. With an introduction by Peter Forster. Lacks slipcase. Previous owner's sticker to ffep. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Goo [more...]
Folio Society edition of Saki's terrific short stories selected by John Letts. With drawings by Osbert Lancaster. Complete with slipcase. Some toning to spine, light shelfwear to volume and slipcase. Previous owner's sticker to ffep. Contents clean and prim [more...]
A selection from the letters and writing of the well traveled Soldier-farmer, describing the emergence of American society in the second half of the 18th century. With b/w illustrations by Sarah Van Niekerk. Quarter cloth with marbled paper by Ann Muir. No [more...]
'Being a further selection of Brief Lives, together with excerpts from his writings on antiquities and science'. Selected and edited by Richard Barber. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slight sudge mark to cover. previous owner's bookplate to fron [more...]
Striking Folio Society edition of Cohen's selection and translation of numerous primary sources detailing the conquest of Peru. Featuring 'A translation of books I - IV of Agustin de Zarate's History of these events, supplemented by eye witness accounts of ce [more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
'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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Charming volume of humourous or notable after dinner type speeches selected by Tim Heald from throughout history. Features illustrations by Paul Cox. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelfwear to slipcase. Volume crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
Collection of eight stories by the 17th century Spanish writer, including The Ravages of Vice and A Shameful Revenge (La más infame venganza). With striking b/w illustrations by Eric Fraser. Lacks slipcase but in protective jacket. Some mild shelf=wear, el [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society reprint edition of Strachey's influential, pioneering and controversial sketches of a number of eminent victorians. Complete with slip case. Some cracking to slipcase. Light sunning to spine. Contents clean and sound. Good+ [more...]
Elegant Folio Society of Southey's 1813 biography of Horatio Nelson. Edited and introduced by Kenneth Fenwick. With b/w illustrations and maps to end-papers. gilt decorated cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has mild rubbing, wear and marking. [more...]
Folio Society edition of de Rojas' great novel published in 1499 and considered the first renaissance work in Spanish. With b/w illustrations by Dodie Masterson. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some heavy toning. Very light toning to spine. Previous [more...]
Attractive Heron edition. Scarlett leatherette boards with gilt titling and design, decorated endpapers and silken bookmarker. Fading to gilt on spine. Interior is clean and unread. Good overall. [more...]
