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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 Making of the Modern World: The Age of Revolution, of Capital, of Empire, of Extremes (four volumes)
£202.00 +
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Eric Hobsbawm
The Folio Society 2005
Striking Folio Society edition of Hobsbawm's magnum opus, describing over four volumes what he called 'The Long Nineteenth Century' and the 'Short Twentieth Century'. Encompassing the French Revolution, the Industrial revolution the World wars and how these v [more...]
The Principia Mathematica (two volumes)
£170.00 +
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Isaac Newton; I Bernard Cohen & Anne Whitman
The Folio Society 2008
Tremendous edition of I. Bernard Cohen's definitive 1999 translation of Newton's Principia. Complete with A Guide to the Principia Mathematica including information on Newton, editions of the principia and the science within. Black cloth with gilt decoration [more...]
The Toilers of the Sea
£135.00 +
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Victor Hugo; James Hogarth (trans)
The Folio Society 2014
Special limited Folio Society edition of Hugo's 1866 novel set on an island similar to Guernsey, to which he dedicated the book. Using Hogarth's unabridged translation and featuring, for the first time, Hugo's own ink wash paintings as illustrations. Limited [more...]
African Adventures: King Solomon's Mines, She, Allan Quartermain (three volumes)
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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...]
The Baburnama
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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...]
A History of British Birds (two volumes)
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Thomas Bewick
The Folio Society 2010
Special Folio Society edition of Bewick's magnum Opus: The History and Description of Land Birds of 1797 and History and Description of Water Birds that was published in 1804. This edition is based on the revised text of 1826. With numerous b/w illustrations [more...]
The First Folio of Shakespeare: The Norton Facsimile
£82.00 +
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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...]
The Vision of Piers the Plowman
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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 Wizard of Earthsea
£68.00 +
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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...]
Carthage: A History
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Serge Lancel; Antonia Nevill (trans)
The Folio Society 2012
Striking Folio Society edition of the English translation of Lancel's comprehensive 1992 history of the Carthaginian Empire, from its founding by Phoenician traders and its associated myths, to its heights under the forebears of Hannibal, to its destruction by [more...]
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
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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 Icelandic Sagas (Part One)
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Magnus Magnusson (trans)
The Folio Society 1999
Terrific special Folio Society quarter leather edition featuring episodes from the Icelandic Sagas, selected, translated and edited by Magnus Magnusson. Includes The Saga of the Greenlanders; The Saga of Erik the Red; Hrafnkel's Saga; Njal's Saga and others. [more...]
Chronicles of the Dark Ages: The Coming of the Anglo-Saxons; Lore; The Fall of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (three volumes)
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Richard Barber (editor)
The Folio Society 2008
Fascinating Folio Society set of selected key works telling of the history and culture of the Anglo-saxon, from their origins in Germany to the collapse of the seven Kingdoms and the Norman conquest. Includes poems such as Beowulf and Hereward the Wake and th [more...]
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
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Mary Beard
The Folio Society 2013
Elegant Folio Society edition of Beard's well received 2008 account of Pompeii using the latest archaeological research. With colour images and an introduction by Ferdinand Mount. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has a small bump to bottom corner, with corr [more...]
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat
£39.00 +
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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 Birth of a New Freedom: The Selected Writings of Abraham Lincoln
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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 Story of the Renaissance: The Florentine Renaissance; The Flowering of the Renaissance; Europe from Renaissance to Reformation; The Renaissance in Europe; Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance
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G. R. Elton; Boies Penrose; Vincent Cronin; J
The Folio Society 2001
Handsome five volume Folio Society set of various histories of aspects of the Renaissance including: The Flowering of the Renaissance by Vincent Cronin (first published in1969); The Florentine Renaissance by Cronin (1967); Europe from Renaissance to Reformat [more...]
The War of the End of the World
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Mario Vargas Llosa; Helen R. Lane
The Folio Society 2012
Splendid Folio Society of Nobel Prize winner Llosa's 1981 novel, set in 19th century Brazil and based on the War of Canudos, where an apocalyptic cult leader rises in prominence following the abolition of Slavery. With colour illustrations by Ben Cain. With [more...]
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Round the World Under Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
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Charles Darwin
The Folio Society 2003
Lively Folio Society edition of Darwin's journal of his voyage and research aboard the HMS Beagle on its round the world voyage, that was first published in 1839 as Journal and Remarks. This edition uses the revised text of the 1860 edition that includes Darw [more...]
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