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...]
Charming deluxe leather edition of three of Kipling's dog stories: Thy Servant a Dog; Toby Dog and The Great Play Hunt. Features b/w illustrations by G. L. Stampa throughout. Blue mottled leather wth gilt decoration and titling. Inner dentelles, all edges [more...]
Limited edition, selection of stories from the Decameron, taken from the anonymous translation of 1741 and revised by Orson in 1896. Illustrated in b/w with linocuts by Edmondo Lucchesi. Limited to c. 1000 copies, of which this is number 749. quarter cloth w [more...]
Impressive Easton Press edition of Haggard's dramatic 1887 adventure of lost civilizations and sorceresses. Full leather with gilt design to covers. Decorative devices within. All edges gilt. Some light shelf-wear to edges, else crisp and clean. Fine cond [more...]
Nicely produced special commemorative edition. Bound in a red faux leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some heavy sunning to rear panel and toning elsewhere. Contents clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Terrific quarter leather single volume edition of the Folio Society edition of Robert Graves' classic versions of the Greek Myths. Bound in quarter cloth with decorated boards, With b/w illustrations by Grahame Barker. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has s [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Schrodinger's popular science book, that was 'based on lectures given under the auspices of the Dublin institute for Advanced Studies at Trinity College Dublin, february 1943'. An interesting exploration of the function and l [more...]
First edition from the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and stages by Tanya Moiseiwitsch done for the Stratford Company's tour of Australia and New Zealand. With an introduction by Ivor Brown. [more...]
Pleasant edition of Dickens' Christmas books including the classic Christmas/Ghost story A Christmas Carol plus The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Battle of Life. A facsimile of Dickens' favoured 1876 edition. Bound with quarter [more...]
Elegant Folio Society collection of Christmas Carols from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, chosen by Percy Dearmer. With numeorus colour plates featuring related contemporary artworks, illustrations and illuminated manuscript. With illustrated slipca [more...]
Nicely produced volume featuring the complete Sherlock Holmes stories with the original illustrations from the Strand Magazine. Contains A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear and all the collections of sho [more...]
First edition of the influential edition of Gaskell's popular comic novel on rural and small town life in Victorian Britain. Lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson with over one hundred b/w drawings and decorations. Bound in the publishers's simple cloth cover [more...]
Striking Folio Society edition of Ambler's breakthrough 1938 mystery espionage thriller in which a unwitting refugee is drawn into a game of internation espionage. With stylish colour illustrations by Paul Blow and an introduction by ex-Mi6 head Stella Rimmi [more...]
Attractive two volume set of Dickens' classic. A facsimile of Dickens' favoured 1873 edition. Bound with quarter faux-leather and marbled end-papers. With original illustrations by phiz. Faint smudge to top edge, else bright and clean. Very good [more...]
Fetching gilt and green cloth binding in the 'Cranford series' style. Illustrated throughout by Charles Brock in b/w. All edges gilt. Previous owners name to ffep. Dusty staining to covers and bumping to edges. Occassional light spotting to front matte [more...]
Decorative, illustrated edition of Swift's enduring satire. With illustrations by W. B. Handforth, including 8 colour plates. No date but c. 1930. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Light rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges. Very light foxing to f [more...]
Striking Folio Society edition of Ambler's breakthrough 1938 mystery espionage thriller in which a unwitting refugee is drawn into a game of internation espionage. With stylish colour illustrations by Paul Blow and an introduction by ex-Mi6 head Stella Rimmi [more...]
