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The Folio Society

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A Short History of English Literature
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Gilbert Phelps
The Folio Society 1962
Swift, readable history of english literature from Chaucer to the victorian era. With b/w images. Quarter leather with gilt decoration. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has some rubbing and toning. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning and light marking t [more...]
At the Court of The Borgia
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Johann Burchard [Burchart]; Geoffrey Parker (
The Folio Society 1963
'Being an account of the reign of the Pope Alexander VI'. An account of life under the Borgia pope, written by his Master of Ceremonies, Burchard. Maps as end-papers and b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has rubbing and splitting to bottom panel [more...]
The Sun King and his Loves
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Lucy Norton
The Folio Society 1982
Generously illustrated account of Louis XIV's milieu and pursuits. With colour and b/w images throughout. With glassine protective jacket Contents crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Fathers and Sons
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Ivan Turgenev; Rosemary Edmonds (trans)
The Folio Society 1979
Pleasant Folio Society Edition of Turgenev's great novel. Quarter cloth with decorative paper to boards. An introduction by Colin Ward and illustrations by Janos Kass. Lacks slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean, bright and tight. Very good. [more...]
The Jubilee Years
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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...]
Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Giorgio Vasari; George Bull (trans)
The Folio Society 1971
Elegant Folio Society edition of Bull's translation of Vasari's sixteenth century biography of Michelangelo. Considered the first Italian art historian, Vasari's encyclopedic collection of brief biographies was massively influential. With numerous b/w pl [more...]
Greville's England: selections from the Diaries of Charles Greville, 1818-1860
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Charles Greville; Christopher Hibbert (editor
The Folio Society 1981
Engaging selection from Greville's controversial diaries. With b/w contemporary images of the events. With slipcase. Shelf-wear to slipcase. Volume is crisp and pristine. Fine condition. [more...]
Ralph Rashleigh
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James Tucker
The Folio Society 1977
Folio Society edition of the autobiographical account of the 19th century Australian Convict James Tucker that was found much later and only published in full in 1952. Detailing the protagonist's arrest in England and subsequent life in exile. Complete with [more...]
The Spanish Bawd: Being the Tragi-Comedy of Callisto and Melibea (La Celestina)
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Fernando de Rojas; J. M. Cohen (trans)
The Folio Society 1973
Folio Society edition of de Rojas' great novel published in 1499 and considered the first renaissance work in Spanish. With b/w illustrations by Dodie Masterson. No Slipcase but with protective wrapper. Some light shelf-wear to edges but contents crisp and [more...]
Roger de Coverly
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Joseph Addisson; Richard Steele; Eustace Budg
The Folio Society 1967
Handsome Folio Society edition of these humorous vignettes from the Life of Roger de Coverley, an 18th century country gentleman, taken from The Spectator Magazine, illustrated with wood engravings by Rochard Shirley Smith. No slipcase but with protective wra [more...]
The Fire of Liberty
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Esmond Wright (editor); Jefferson, Cornwallis
The Folio Society 1983
Selected extracts from a variety of first hand sources that tell the story of the American Revolution. With b/w images and colour endpapers and frontispiece. Issued without a slipcase but complete with glassine jacket. Some light shelf-wear, contents crisp [more...]
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