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Folio 21: A Bibliography of the Folio Society 1947 -1967
£8.00 +
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Francis Meynall
The Folio Press; The Folio Society 1967
Bbibliographic account of the Folio Society's output, with succinct descriptions and details of each volume. With colour and b/w images of the many books mentioned. With introductions. Complete with No slipcase. Some rubbing and toning to cloth covers. Co [more...]
Bel-Ami
£8.00 +
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Guy de Maupassant; Eric Sutton (trans)
The Folio Society 1955
Early Folio Society edition of Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel about a Parisian social climber. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Alistair Grant. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Toning and rubbing to covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Fair [more...]
The Conquest of New Granada
£8.00 +
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Juan Rodriguez Friele (Freyle); William C. At
The Folio Society 1961
Elaborately decorated Folio Society edition of Atkinson's edited transation of Freile's great history of conquest of Colombia, written around 1638 but only appearing in 1859. With b/w illustrations by Harold Bennett. Maps to end-papers. Complete with slip [more...]
The Gold Rush
£8.00 +
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E. Gould Buffum
The Folio Society 1959
'An account of six months in the California diggings.' Oft thrilling, featuring encounters with Native Americans and ambitious prospectors. With black and white illustrations. Complete with slipcase. Marking to spine. Tanning to page edges. Contents clea [more...]
The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London to his friends in the East
£8.00 +
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Oliver Goldsmith
The Folio Society 1969
Handsome Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's letters, purportedly from an outsider, satirizing the manners of the English. Quarter cloth with marbled boards and decoration by Cecil Keeling. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some light toning and rubbing [more...]
Egypt Revealed: Artist Travellers in an Antique Land
£8.00 +
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T. G. H. James
The Folio Society 1997
Superb Folio Society volume detailing some of the earliest expeditions to ancient Egypt with a special view to how the sights and artworks were recorded. With copious colour and b/w images, including paintings by David Roberts and from the Description de L'Eg [more...]
The Silk Road
£8.00 +
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Frances Wood
The Folio Society 2002
Splendid Folio Society edition of Wood's history of the Silk Road. With numerous colour images. Bound in full silk with gilt decoration. Maps to end-papers. complete with slipcase. very mild marking to covers. Sunning to spine, as is common with this ed [more...]
Wonders of the World
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Simon Goldhill; Richard Barber; Theodore K. R
The Folio Society 2006
Glossy, hefty Folio Society volume detailing the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the seven wonders of the medieval world and so on. Complete with numerous full page colour images. Complete with slipcase. Some light shelfwear to slipcase. but contents c [more...]
The Grand Tour: 1592 - 1796
£7.75 +
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Roger Hudson (editor); Lawrence Sterne, James
The Folio Society 1993
Generously illustrated Folio Society volume presenting an account of the Grand Tour - the 'edifying' excursion many young Englishmen took to continental europe - through the writings of a selection of authors. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild sh [more...]
The Eventful History Of The Mutiny And Piratical Seizure Of HMS Bounty: Its Causes And Consequences
£7.75 +
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John Barrow
The Folio Society 1976
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Barrow's authoritative 1831 account of the mutiny on the HMS Bounty which had occurred some forty years previously. Drawing on the official documents and letters pertaining to the incident, Barrow looks critically at the figu [more...]
The Life of Mozart Including his Correspondence
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Edward Holmes
The Folio Society 1992
Folio Society edition of Holmes' great biography of Mozart, first published in 1845. Edited and with an introduction by Christopher Hogwood. Quarter cloth with gilt silhouette to cover. Complete with slipcase and b/w images. Some very slight fading to spin [more...]
The Vicar of Wakefield
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Oliver Goldsmith
The Folio Society 1952
Early Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative edn-papers. No slipcase as issued. Some toning to spine and Some tanning to page edges but otherwise is clean, p [more...]
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Folio Society 1975
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...]
The Unlucky Family
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Mrs Henry de la Pasture (Elizabeth Lydia Rosa
The Folio Society 1980
Pleasant Folio Society edition of de la Pasture's 1907 Children's novel. With an introduction by Auberon Waugh. b/w illustrations by John lawrence. Complete with slipcase. Some very light shelf-wear to slipcase. Very light toning to spine. Contents clean [more...]
The First Colonists: Hakluyt's Voyages to America
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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 light toning and shelf-wea [more...]
Our Village
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Mary Mitford
The Folio Society 1997
Pleasant quarter cloth edition of Mitford's evocative collection of sketches of rural life, first published in The Lady's Magazine in the early 19th century. With wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Slipcase has light shelfwear else crisp and clean. In Near Fi [more...]
The Worlds of John Aubrey
£7.50 +
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John Aubrey
The Folio Society 1988
'Being a further selection of Brief Lives, together with excerpts from his writings on antiquities and science'. Selected and edited by Richard Barber. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Some shelfwear and marking to slipcase. Light rubbing to label [more...]
The Life of Charlemagne
£7.50 +
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Einhard The Frank
Folio Society 1970
Important contemporary account of the Life of Charlemagne by the diminutive scholar, Einhard. Bound in a mock vellum with gilt titling. Full colour images of illuminated manuscripts and artifacts. Decorated endpapers, complete with slipcase. Slipcase has s [more...]
Betjeman's Britain
£7.50 +
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John Betjeman
The Folio Society 1999
Collection of Betjeman's writing about Britain, selected by Candida Lycett Green. With extracts of his poetry and that of others. Numerous b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Some light rubbing to edges of slipcase. Very mild bumping to corners. Contents [more...]
Our Village
£7.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Mary Mitford
The Folio Society 1997
Pleasant quarter cloth edition of Mitford's evocative collection of sketches of rural life, first published in The Lady's Magazine in the early 19th century. With wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Slipcase has light shelfwear else crisp and clean. In Near Fi [more...]
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