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The Folio Society

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The Cream of Noel Coward
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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
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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
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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
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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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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...]
Gulliver's Travels
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Jonathon Swift
The Folio Society 1965
Jaunty Folio Society edition of Swift's enduring 1726 satire. With illustrations by Edward Bawden. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned with slight marking. Some shelf-wear and toning to slipcase. Contents clean and bright. Good overall. [more...]
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
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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...]
Canaletto: Paintings, Drawings & Etching
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Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto); Gregory M
The Folio Society 1967
Quarter cloth. A selection of colour plates and images with descriptions and an essay by Martin. Oblong 4to. Some mild shelf-wear, creasing and rubbing to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [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...]
The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada
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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
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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
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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...]
First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords
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Phillip Pullman; John Sutherland et al.
The Folio Society 2008
Nice little volume featuring fifteen specially commissioned forewords by prominent writers on significant books published by The Folio Society. Includes Phillip Pullman on The Anatomy of Melancholy; Helen Dunmore on Anna Karenina; John Sutherland on Slaughter [more...]
The Fight for Freedom: Palermo, 1860
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F. Brancaccio Di Carpino; John Parris (trans)
Folio Society 1968
Folio Society edition of di Carpino's account of Garribaldi's invasion and liberation of Sicily. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned. Previous owner's bookplate to front blank. Contents clean and prim. Good/very good. [more...]
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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Benvenuto Cellini; George Bull (trans)
The Folio Society 1966
Folio Society edition of the autobiography of the 16th century Italian sculptor and artist. Red cloth. Gilt decoration. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase is toned and worn. Slight marking to spine. Markings to rear cover. Previous owner's bookplate to fr [more...]
Lark Rise
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Flora Thompson
The Folio Society 1983
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 marking and spi [more...]
The Eventful History Of The Mutiny And Piratical Seizure Of HMS Bounty: Its Causes And Consequences
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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...]
Twenty-one Tales
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Rudyard Kipling
The Folio Society 1946
Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. In protective wrapper. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
The Fine Art of Food
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Reay Tannahill
The Folio Society 1968
Readable account of fine food throughout the ages, with an view to its role within various cultures. With numerous b/w and colour images. Lacks the issued glassine jacket. Quarter cloth. Mild toning to cloth. Light marking to covers. Foxing to fore-edge. [more...]
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
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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 , lacks wrapper. Some foxing/staining to fore-edge and cover. contents clean and [more...]
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