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The Folio Society

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The Queen of Spades; The Captain's Daughter
£7.00 +
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Alexander S. Pushkin; Gillon R. Aitkin (trans
The Folio Society 1970
Quarter cloth Folio edition of Pushkin's enduring short story and novella. Illustrated with etching by Clarke Hutton. Quarter cloth with interesting decorative paper to boards. Lacks slipcase. Boards bowed. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Content [more...]
Nelson and Emma
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Roger Hudson (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Profusely illustrated collection of letters and primary sources relating to Nelson and Emma. Edited by Roger Hudson. Complete with pictoral slip case. Crisp, clean. Fine condition. [more...]
Nelson and Emma
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
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Roger Hudson (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Profusely illustrated collection of letters and primary sources relating to Nelson and Emma. Edited by Roger Hudson. Complete with pictoral slip case. Crisp, clean. Fine condition. [more...]
Venice: The Most Triumphant City
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
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George Bull
Folio Society 1980
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase as issued, but complete with glassine wrapper. Some light shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very Good. [more...]
Barchester Towers
£7.00 +
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Anthony Trollope
The Folio Society 1982
Reprint of the first Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With illustrations by Peter Reddick. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some light shelfwear to slipcase. Contents bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
Chartres: The Making of a Miracle
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Colin Ward
The Folio Society 1986
Generously illustrated Folio Society edition of Ward's study of the design, construction and influence of Chartres Cathedral. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Numerous colour and b/w images of the cathedral, its plans, stained glass etc. Complete with slipc [more...]
The Queen of Spades; The Captain's Daughter
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Alexander S. Pushkin; Gillon R. Aitkin (trans
The Folio Society 1970
Quarter cloth Folio edition of Pushkin's enduring short story and novella. Illustrated with etching by Clarke Hutton. Quarter cloth with interesting decorative paper to boards. Complete with slipcase. Sunning and light marking to spine. Rubbing and cracki [more...]
The Jubilee Years
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Roger Hudson; Jerome K Jerome; Max Beerbohm e
The Folio Society 1996
Pleasant compilation of writings detailing life in the jubilee years from 1887 to 1897. Features diary entries, articles and sketches from a range of characters describing society, technology, culture and more. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Sl [more...]
The Cream of Noel Coward
£6.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Noel Coward
The Folio Society 1997
A creamy selection chosen by Michael Cox from the writings of Noel Coward. Features extracts from his plays and his poems. Fun gold cloth binding. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. Complete with slipcase. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
The New Newgate Calendar
£6.50 +
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Norman Birkett (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Folio Society edition of the New Newgate Calendar, the continuation of the Newgate Calendar. A series of 'edifying' sketches of notorious trials and executions of well known criminals of the 18th and 19th centuries, including William Burke and the Earl of Car [more...]
My Early Times
£6.50 +
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1988
Charming edition of Dickens' account of his childhood. He describes, often whimsically, his studies, his toys and all the peculiar things that shaped him. Quarter cloth and decorative boards. B/w and colour images throughout. Some light wear and bumping to [more...]
The First Colonists: Hakluyt's Voyages to America
£6.50 +
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Richard Hakluyt; A. L. Rowse
The Folio Society 1987
'A Modern Version' edited and introduced by Rowse, containing Hakluyt's key writings on the English colonization of the Americas. Generously illustrated in colour and b/w. Nice 4to sized (280x220mm). Complete with slipcase. Some rubbing to edges of slipc [more...]
My Early Times
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FREE p&p
(UK)
Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1988
Charming edition of Dickens' account of his childhood. He describes, often whimsically, his studies, his toys and all the peculiar things that shaped him. Quarter cloth and decorative boards. B/w and colour images throughout. Complete with slipcase. Volume [more...]
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
£6.50 +
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Raleigh Trevelyan
The Folio Society; Michael Joseph 1976
Splendid, generously illustrated Folio Society edition detailing the rediscovery of Pompeii and the effect it had on europe in the early 18th century. Issued without a slipcase but this volume has acquired an ill-fitting one along the way. Crisp and clean. [more...]
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Folio Society 1970
Charming Folio edition of Stevenson's first published work. Written to secure independence from his parents and a future with the woman he loved, Travels with a Donkey is a pioneering work of travel writing. Detailing Stevenson's journey through the curious [more...]
Five Japanese Love Stories (Koshuko Gonin Onna)
£6.50 +
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Ihara Saikaku; William Theodore de Bary (tran
The Folio Society 1958
Delicate Folio Society edition of Ihara Saikaku's 1686 collection of love stories, entitled Women who loved Love. Bound in green artificial silk. Illustrated with wood engravings by Mark Severin. Decorated end-papers. Lacks slipcase. Toning to spine, spli [more...]
The Best After Dinner Stories
£6.50 +
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William Shakespeare; Geoffrey Chaucer; Winsto
The Folio Society 2003
Charming volume of humourous or notable after dinner type speeches selected by Tim Heald from throughout history. Features illustrations by Paul Cox. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelfwear to slipcase. Volume crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada
£6.00 +
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(UK)
Stephen Usherwood (editor)
The Folio Society 1978
Fascinating collection of letters of documents revealing the story of the Spanish Armada. From a variety of sources, Usherwood weaves them into coherent narrative. Gilt device to cover. With slipcase and colour images. Slight sunning to spine and foxing to [more...]
Lark Rise
£6.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Flora Thompson
The Folio Society 1979
Early Folio Society edition of Thompson's popular semi-autobiographical novel of her childhood in Juniper Hill, which spawned two sequels, forming the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edge [more...]
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Queen Caroline
£6.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Joseph Nightingale
The Folio Society 1978
Handsome cloth and gilt decorated Folio Society edition of The life of Caroline of Brunswick, controversial queen consort. Complete with slipcase. With b/w images. Slipcase has some rubbing to edges. Volume is crisp and clean. In very good condition [more...]
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