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The Folio Society

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The Works of William Shakespeare (thirty-seven volumes)
£326.00 +
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William Shakespeare
The Folio Press; The Folio Society 1960
The Complete set of the Folio society series of Shakespeare's dramatic works that began in 1950 with Romeo and Juliet and ended in 1976 with Timon of Athens. Sometimes called the Rainbow edition for the colour cloth. A mixture of 1st and 2nd impressions, wit [more...]
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...]
Myths and Legends of Ancient Rome
£120.00 +
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Lawrence Norfolk (editor); Virgil, Horace, Pl
The Folio Society 2008
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...]
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (three volumes)
£115.00 +
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Adam Smith
The Folio Society 2008
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...]
The Baburnama
£95.00 +
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Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (?ahir-ud-Din Muham
The Folio Society 2013
Impressive Folio Society edition of the memoirs of the Timurid Prince, a descendant of Tamerlane, who founded the Murghal Empire in the early sixteenth century. A learned and inquisitive man, Babur's autobiography provides a fascinating and detailed account o [more...]
The Vision of Piers the Plowman
£78.00 +
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William Langland; E. Talbot Donaldson (trans)
The Folio Society 2014
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...]
A Christmas Carol: A Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library
£70.00 +
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society; Folio Press 1970
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...]
Myths and Legends of the Ancient Near East
£60.00 +
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Rachel Storm
The Folio Society 2003
Striking Folio Society collection of various myths, legends and folk tales from Mesopotamia (featuring extracts from the Epic of Gilgamesh), Egypt, The Levant (including biblical stories), Anatolia (including appropriate greek myths), Arabia and Iran (featurin [more...]
The Book of Common Prayer
£45.00 +
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The Folio Society 2007
Beautifully produced Folio Society edition of the Book of Common Prayer, 'ornamented with wood-cuts from designs by Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbien and others'. A reproduction of William Pickering's elaborate 1853 edition, itself an imitation of Queen Elizabeth' [more...]
Lord of the Flies
£40.00 +
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William Golding
The Folio Society 2009
Striking Folio Society edition of Golding's great novel. With an introduction by Ian McEwan and colour illustrations by Sam Weber. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some very light shelf-wear. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep. Otherwise crisp and [more...]
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
£39.00 +
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Oliver Sacks
Folio Society 2011
Quirky Folio Society edition of Sacks' interesting account of various neurological issues through the prism of various (semi fictionalized) cases of his own patients. With colour illustrations/collages by Martin O'Neill. Complete with slipcase. Previous own [more...]
The History of England (five Volumes)
£39.00 +
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Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Folio Society 1987
Elegant Folio Society edition of Macaulay's controversial history of England, published from 1848 to 1855, starting from the ascension of James II to peace of Ryswick in 1697. Fascinating not only for the turbulent time depicted but for Macaulay's ebullient [more...]
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
£37.00 +
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W. B. Yeats; Paul Muldoon
The Folio Society 2007
Ominous Folio Society edition of Yeats' collection of Irish myths and legends, telling stories of giants, Banshees, Fairies and worse. With b/w illustrations by Farquharson and an introduction by Paul Muldoon. Bound in pictorial cloth blocked with the demon [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...]
The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933 - 1945: I shall Bear Witness, To the Bitter End (two volumes)
£35.00 +
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Victor Klemperer; Martin Chalmers (trans)
The Folio Society 2006
Striking Folio Society edition of Victor Klemperer's diaries that provided unprecedented insight into the rise of the Nazi party in Germany and the realities of German Society during the second world war. With maps to end-papers, b/w images and frontispieces [more...]
The Brothers Karamazov
£35.00 +
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky [Dostoevsky]; David Margas
The Folio Society 1964
Ominous Folio Society edition of Dostoevsky's great novel. With b/w illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Lacks slipcase. Mild wear to covers. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep and another previous owner's bookplate to half-title. Contents clean and soun [more...]
Birdsong
£32.00 +
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Sebastian Faulks
The Folio Society 2007
Elegant Folio Society edition of Faulks' acclaimed 1993 novel. With nine colour illustrations by Swara Harasymowicz and an introduction by Faulks. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear. Small marking/abrasion to ffep, probably from stic [more...]
Peter Pan or, The Boy Who Would not Grow Up
£31.00 +
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J. M. Barrie
The Folio Society 1992
Folio Society edition of Barrie's classic play. With stylish colour illustrations by Paula Rego. With a significant introduction by Andrew Birkin, which includes hitherto unpublished sections from Barrie's notes. 4to. Complete with slipcase. Previous owner [more...]
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
£30.00 +
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Angela Carter
The Folio Society 2012
Devilish Folio Society edition of Carter's 1979 collection of stories, sometimes macabre, sometimes risque retellings of various children's stories and folktales, including Bluebeard (the novella The Bloody Chamber), Puss in boots, Red riding hood, Beauty and [more...]
Sylvia's Lovers
£29.00 +
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Elizabeth (Mrs.) Gaskell
The Folio Society 2005
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Gaskell's tragic 1863 novel. Bound in patterned cloth with gilt titling. With a colour frontispiece and 9 b/w illustrations by Alexy Pendle. With an introduction by Jenny Uglow. Complete with slipcase. Previous own [more...]
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