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The Folio Society

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The Three Musketeers; Twenty Years After; The Man in the Iron Mask (three volumes)
£162.00 +
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Alexandre Dumas
The Folio Society 2001
Attractive set of Dumas' novels concerning those three musketeers, the d'Artagnan Romances. Comprising of The Three Musketeers ; Twenty Years After; The Man in the Iron Mask- All first Folio Society editions. Elaborate gilt decorated cloth boards, featuring [more...]
Best Of Blandings: Summer Lightning; Heavy Weather; Uncle Fred In The Springtime; Full Moon; Pigs Have Wings; Service With A Smile (six volumes)
£140.00 +
FREE p&p
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P. G. Wodehouse
The Folio Society 2004
Delightful, jaunty Folio Society edition of Wodehouse's best novels set at Blandings castle. Containing: Summer Lightning; Heavy Weather; Uncle Fred In The Springtime; Full Moon; Pigs Have Wings; Service With A Smile. With black and white illustrations by Pa [more...]
Leo Tolstoy: The Collected Stories (three volumes)
£85.00 +
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Leo Tolstoy; Aylmer & Louise Maude (trans)
The Folio Society 2007
Striking edition of Leo Tolstoy's short stories designed and illustrated by Roman Pisarev. With an introduction by John Sutherland. Complete with slipcase. Some extremely faint slight foxing to fore-edge. Else crisp and pristine. Near Fine condition. *D [more...]
The Adventures of Richard Hannay: The Thirty-Nine Steps; Greenmantle; Mr. Standfast; The Three Hostages; The Island of Sheep
£70.00 +
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John Buchan
The Folio Society 2003
Handsome collection of all Buchan's novels featuring the dashing spy/adventurer Richard Hannay. With stylish illustrations by Nick Hardcastle and an introduction by Andrew Lownie. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some slight shelfwear and light marking [more...]
The Descent of Man
£65.00 +
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Charles Darwin
The Folio Society 2008
[and Selection in Relation to Sex] Handsome Folio Society edition of Darwin's seminal work on Human evolution and sexual selection, which differs from natural selection. Pictorial cloth covers. An introduction by Richard Dawkins. With b/w diagrams througho [more...]
The Count of Monte Cristo
£63.00 +
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Alexandre Dumas;
The Folio Society 1999
Splendid and hefty Folio Society edition of Dumas' classic tale. With b/w illustrations by Roman Pisarev and an introduction by John Mortimer. Complete with slipcase. Some very light rubbing to spine decoration, else crisp and clean. Near fine. *Due to s [more...]
Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
£62.00 +
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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...]
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat
£62.00 +
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John Gribbin
The Folio Society 2012
Stylish Folio Society edition of Gribbin's popular 1984 account of Quantum Theory and its mysteries, written for the layperson. With quirky colour illustrations by Raymond Biesinger and a new afterword by the author. Complete with slipcase. In crisp, fine co [more...]
The French Revolution: A History (three volumes)
£48.00 +
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Thomas Carlyle
The Folio Society 2001
Tremendous Folio Society edition of Carlyle's authoritative and influential history of the French Revolution (1837). With numerous b/w contemporary illustrations. With an introduction by William Cobb. Decorative cloth with gilt label to spine. Complete with [more...]
Novels: A Tale of Two Cities; Great Expectations; David Copperfield; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick papers
£42.00 +
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1994
The Folio Society's 'second series' edition of five of Dickens' key works: A Tale of Two Cities; Great Expectations; David Copperfield; Oliver Twist and The Pickwick papers Illustrated in b/w by Charles Keeping. Bound in cream cloth decorated with Keeping's [more...]
Bleak House
£41.00 +
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1994
The Folio Society's 'second series' edition of Dickens' 1853 novel, set against the backdrop of interminable legal wranglings. Illustrated in b/w by Charles Keeping. Bound in cream cloth decorated with Keeping's drawings. With an introduction. Complete wit [more...]
The Aztecs
£35.00 +
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Nigel Davies
The Folio Society 2002
Impressive Folio Society edition of Davies' 1973 account of the Aztec civilization, from its roots in the migrations of the Chichimec peoples to its apogee and then the aftermath of the Spanish invasion. with colour plates and maps to endpapers. Decorated clo [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...]
Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England
£32.00 +
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Alison Weir
The Folio Society 2015
Imposing Folio Society edition of Weir's 1999 account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. In crisp fine condition. [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...]
History of Western Science 1543-2001
£29.00 +
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John Gribbin
The Folio Society 2006
Splendid special Folio Society edition of the updated version of Gribbin's 2002 volume called Science: A History, which traces the history of science in the west from the Renaissance to the present day. With colour plates and b/w images. Bound in quarter lea [more...]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
£28.00 +
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1995
The Folio Society's 'second series' edition of Dickens' final unfinished novel, that was nevertheless published in 1870. Illustrated in b/w by Charles Keeping. Bound in cream cloth decorated with Keeping's drawings. With an introduction. Complete with slipc [more...]
The Old Curiosity Shop
£28.00 +
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1995
The Folio Society's 'second series' edition of Dickens' tragic 1844 novel. Illustrated in b/w by Charles Keeping. Bound in cream cloth decorated with Keeping's drawings. With an introduction. Complete with slipcase, decorated with Dickens' signature in gil [more...]
A Midsummer Night's Dream
£28.00 +
FREE p&p
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William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 1957
First edition from the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs of Oliver Messel, done for Tyrone Guthrie's 1937 production at the Old Vic. With an introduction by Ralph Richardson. Complete with dust jacket. Dj has [more...]
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