Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. With b/w illustrations by Ian Ribbons. complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some toning and rubbing to edges. Toning to spine. Contents clean and tight. G [more...]
Pleasing volume featuring 'The life of Thomas More' written by his son in Law, Roper, and a selection of his letters, introduced and edited by A. L. Rowse. Contains numerous full colour images. Attractive gilt to cover. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has [more...]
Quarter cloth Folio edition of Pushkin's enduring short story and novella. Illustrated with etching by Clarke Hutton. Quarter cloth with interesting decorative paper to boards. Lacks slipcase. Boards bowed. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Content [more...]
Profusely illustrated collection of letters and primary sources relating to Nelson and Emma. Edited by Roger Hudson. Complete with pictoral slip case. Crisp, clean. Fine condition. [more...]
Pleasing volume featuring 'The life of Thomas More' written by his son in Law, Roper, and a selection of his letters, introduced and edited by A. L. Rowse. Contains numerous full colour images. Attractive gilt to cover. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has [more...]
Profusely illustrated collection of letters and primary sources relating to Nelson and Emma. Edited by Roger Hudson. Complete with pictoral slip case. Crisp, clean. Fine condition. [more...]
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase as issued, but complete with glassine wrapper. Some light shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very Good. [more...]
Reprint of the first Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With illustrations by Peter Reddick. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some light shelfwear to slipcase. Contents bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
Generously illustrated Folio Society edition of Ward's study of the design, construction and influence of Chartres Cathedral. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Numerous colour and b/w images of the cathedral, its plans, stained glass etc. Complete with slipc [more...]
Nice little 16mo. Folio Society volume exploring time and time keeping and its practice throughout history. Decorated cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Contents crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
Splendid Folio Society volume featuring the wit of Oscar Wilde via selections from his poetry, essays, plays and novels. With illustrations by Ian Archie Beck. Decorative blue cloth. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear. Contents cri [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...]
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...]
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...]
Quarter cloth. A selection of colour plates and images with descriptions and an essay by Martin. Oblong 4to. Some mild shelf-wear, creasing and rubbing to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
