Nicely produced edition of Foyle's fascinating dictionary of peculiar words, with their meaning and origins. Quarter cloth. Decorated end-papers. Some mild shelf-wear, else clean and sound. Near fine. [more...]
Handsome 'Gemel' (an old English word meaning twin) edition of Forsyth's two volumes on perculiar words and their histories, including The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language (2012) and The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll [more...]
Imposing Folio Society edition of Adam Smith's 1776 study of the changing modes of economic and political activity and how nations would generate wealth. Complete in three volumes with slipcase. With an introduction by John Galbraith and contemporary colour [more...]
Glorious Folio Society edition of Einstein's epochal texts. Bound in grey paper with foil blocked design by Jonathon Kitchen. An introduction by Roger Penrose. Complete with slipcase. In crisp, fine condition. [more...]
Marvelous Folio Society edition of Sun Tzu's classic treatise on war and diplomacy. With b/w diagrams and colour images. An introduction and notes by Ames. Bound in quarter cloth with crush silk sides. Gilt calligraphy to cover. Complete with slipcase. [more...]
Splendid Folio Society volume combing Feynmen's two collections of scientific essays: Six Easy Pieces and Six Not So Easy Pieces, in which Feynman instructs the average reader in increasingly complex scientific topics from Atoms and basic physics to Quantum me [more...]
'A Natural History of the first four thousand million years of Life on Earth.' Terrific volume detailing the evolution of life and the environment that permits it. With colour images throughout. Green cloth of gilt decoration and titling. Decorated slipcas [more...]
Beautiful edition of Confucius' analects. His sayings and aphorisms collected and preserved by his followers on many subjects. Features colour artwork from related scrolls and manuscripts. Complete with slipcase. Small dent to rear cover of slipcase. Volu [more...]
Elegant Folio Society volume featuring a selection from Thomas Cochrane's two autobiographies detailing his life in the Royal Navy (especially his experiences in the Napoleonic wars, which led to Napoleon nicknaming hims le Loup des Mers - the Sea Wolf) and th [more...]
Jaunty Folio society edition of Bryson's first travel book, published in 1989, Bryson toured the small towns of America, trying to present everyday life, whilst recounting his childhood in Iowa. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Sealed In Publishe [more...]
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