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The Folio Society

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Darwin's Essential Works: On the Origin of Species; The Voyage of the HMS Beagle; The Expression of the Emotions; The Descent of Man
£285.00 +
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Charles Darwin; Stephen Pinker; Richard Keyne
The Folio Society 2006
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...]
The Anatomy of Melancholy
£145.00 +
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Robert Burton; Holbrook Jackson, Phillip Pull
The Folio Society 2010
Fantastic Folio Society edition of Burton's meditative and personal study of melancholy, or more generally sadness and depression. First publishd in 1621. Ostensibly a medical text-book, in Burton's hand it becomes a literary masterpiece; ranging from Litera [more...]
Chronicles of Barsetshire: Barchester Towers, The Warden, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington, Doctor Thorne, The Last Chronicle of Barset (six Volumes)
£136.00 +
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Antony Trollope
The Folio Society 1996
Handsome Folio Society set of Trollope's series of novels set in the fictitious county. Written between 1855 and 1867, The Chronicles of Barsetshire are considered Trollope's greatest achievement. Quarter cloth binding with decorated boards. B/w illustration [more...]
Atonement
£125.00 +
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Ian McEwan
The Folio Society 2017
Elegant Folio Society edition of McEwan's popular 2001 novel. Bound in quarter cloth with a design by Tina Berning. Complete with 9 colour illustrations by Berning and decorative end-papers. With an introduction by Adam Begley. Complete with slipcase. In [more...]
A Wizard of Earthsea
£110.00 +
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Ursula K. le Guin; David Mitchell
The Folio Society 2015
Sophisticated Folio Society edition of le Guin's enduring 1968 fantasy, the first novel to be set in her world of Earthsea. Featuring seven colour illustratons of David Lupton and maps to end-papers. With an introduction by David Mitchell. Complete with slipc [more...]
African Adventures: King Solomon's Mines, She, Allan Quartermain (three volumes)
£95.00 +
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H. Rider Haggard
The Folio Society 1995
Jaunty Folio Society edition of three of Haggard's greatest victorian adventure stories that appeared in quick succession, in 1885, 1886 and 1887 respectively. With black and white illustrations by David Eccles. Bound in tan cloth with gilt decoration by the [more...]
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
£88.00 +
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Anna Funder
The Folio Society 2016
Stylish Folio Society edition of Funder's 2003 account of the lives of various East Germans working for and against the Stasi. With colour images and map. With a new introduction by the author. Complete with slipcase. Some light shelf-wear to slipcase. Vol [more...]
The First Folio of Shakespeare: The Norton Facsimile
£82.00 +
FREE p&p
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William Shakespeare
W. W. Norton / Folio Society 1996
The Second edition of the Norton facsimile of Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623, printed by Blount and Jaggard. With two introductions explaining the origins, printing methods and modern scholarship of the First Folio. Bound in quarter bonded leather with pic [more...]
Empires of the Nile
£82.00 +
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Derek A. Welsby; David W. Phillipson
The Folio Society 2008
Impressive Folio Society edition of Welsby and Phillipson's account of the Empires of the Nile, including the Kush, the Nubian and Ethiopian Empires. Decorated cloth binding. Top edge gilt. Complete with slipcase. Features colour Plates. Maps to endpapers. [more...]
The Scramble for Africa 1876-1912 (two volumes)
£76.00 +
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Thomas Pakenham
The Folio Society 2011
Impressive Folio Society edition of Pakenham's popular but controversial 1991 history of the European colonization of Africa. With an introduction by Saul David. Bound in quarter cloth with pictorial paper. With b/w images and maps. Complete with slipcase. [more...]
The Iliad
£55.00 +
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Homer; Robert Fagles
The Folio Society 2007
Seventh printing of this impressive Folio Society edition of Fagles' popular and critically acclaimed translation of the Iliad. With 8 colour illustrations by Grahame Baker, plus b/w maps. Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. Maps to end-papers. Bound i [more...]
Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
£50.00 +
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Kurt Vonnegut
The Folio Society 2006
Slick Folio Society edition of Vonnegut's 1969 masterpiece of postmodern sci-fi satire that attempts to parse the author's experiences during WW2, in particular the fire-bombing of Dresden. With an introduction by John Sutherland and colour illustrations by Jo [more...]
A History of Rome
£40.00 +
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Theodor Mommsen
The Folio Society 2007
'From the foundation of the City to the sole rule of Julius Caesar'. Splendid special quarter leather Folio Society edition of Mommsen's classic work of Roman History published in three volumes from 1854-1856. Mommsen considered Caesar the paragon of enlight [more...]
The Birth of a New Freedom: The Selected Writings of Abraham Lincoln
£35.00 +
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Abraham Lincoln; Fred Kaplan (editor)
The Folio Society 2015
Impressive Folio Society edition of Lincoln's selected writings, including speeches and pieces from his early political career in Illinois to his time as president, including the Gettysburg Address. With numerous b/w images. No slipcase. Some mild shelf-wea [more...]
Barchester Towers
£33.00 +
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Anthony Trollope
The Folio Society 2014
Elegant new Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With colour illustrations by Bill Bragg and an introduction by Kathryn Hughes. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some very faint spotting to fore-edge, else immaculate. Near fine. [more...]
Othello
£30.00 +
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William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 1955
First edition from the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and stages by Tanya Moiseiwitsch done for the Stratford Company's tour of Australia and New Zealand. With an introduction by Ivor Brown. [more...]
Eugene Onegin
£25.00 +
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Alexander S. Pushkin; Gillon R. Aitkin (trans
The Folio Society 2012
Striking Folio Society edition of Pushkin's great verse novel. With 7 colour illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso and an introduction by Elaine Feinstein. Large 8vo. Complete with slipcase. Mild shelf-wear to slipcase. Volume is crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
An Outcast of the Islands
£24.00 +
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Joseph Conrad
The Folio Society 2003
Striking Folio Society edition of conrad's second novel published in 1896, leaning on his experiences at sea. With illustrations by Francis Mosley. Introduction by Richard Woodman. Blue cloth with silver and black design. Complete with slipcase. In crisp [more...]
Epitaph for a Spy
£23.00 +
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Eric Ambler
The Folio Society 2013
Striking Folio Society edition of Ambler's breakthrough 1938 mystery espionage thriller in which a unwitting refugee is drawn into a game of internation espionage. With stylish colour illustrations by Paul Blow and an introduction by ex-Mi6 head Stella Rimmi [more...]
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: Grimm's fairy stories
£23.00 +
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Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm
The Folio Society 2006
Tremendous Folio Society edition of the fairy stories of the Brothers Grimm, with Arthur Rackham's fantastic colour illustrations. Contains dozens of stories including Handsel & Gretal, Rupunzel, the Frog Prince and more. With slipcase. Decorated endpapers. [more...]
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