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The Folio Society

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Darwin's Essential Works: On the Origin of Species; The Voyage of the HMS Beagle; The Expression of the Emotions; The Descent of Man
£285.00 +
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Charles Darwin; Stephen Pinker; Richard Keyne
The Folio Society 2006
Pleasant decorative Folio Society editions of Darwin's key works: On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection (2007, fourth printing); The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals & the Autobiography (2008, first thus); Journal of Research [more...]
African Adventures: King Solomon's Mines, She, Allan Quartermain (three volumes)
£95.00 +
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H. Rider Haggard
The Folio Society 1995
Jaunty Folio Society edition of three of Haggard's greatest victorian adventure stories that appeared in quick succession, in 1885, 1886 and 1887 respectively. With black and white illustrations by David Eccles. Bound in tan cloth with gilt decoration by the [more...]
A History of British Birds (two volumes)
£90.00 +
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Thomas Bewick
The Folio Society 2010
Special Folio Society edition of Bewick's magnum Opus: The History and Description of Land Birds of 1797 and History and Description of Water Birds that was published in 1804. This edition is based on the revised text of 1826. With numerous b/w illustrations [more...]
Atonement
£85.00 +
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Ian McEwan
The Folio Society 2017
Elegant Folio Society edition of McEwan's popular 2001 novel. Bound in quarter cloth with a design by Tina Berning. Complete with 9 colour illustrations by Berning and decorative end-papers. With an introduction by Adam Begley. Complete with slipcase. In [more...]
The First Folio of Shakespeare: The Norton Facsimile
£82.00 +
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William Shakespeare
W. W. Norton / Folio Society 1996
The Second edition of the Norton facsimile of Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623, printed by Blount and Jaggard. With two introductions explaining the origins, printing methods and modern scholarship of the First Folio. Bound in quarter bonded leather with pic [more...]
Empires of the Nile
£82.00 +
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Derek A. Welsby; David W. Phillipson
The Folio Society 2008
Impressive Folio Society edition of Welsby and Phillipson's account of the Empires of the Nile, including the Kush, the Nubian and Ethiopian Empires. Decorated cloth binding. Top edge gilt. Complete with slipcase. Features colour Plates. Maps to endpapers. [more...]
The Vision of Piers the Plowman
£78.00 +
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William Langland; E. Talbot Donaldson (trans)
The Folio Society 2014
Impressive special quarter leather Folio Society edition of Langland's c.1377 religious allegory, written in verse. With the original middle english here, alongside a translation by E. Talbot Donaldson, edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Stephen H. A. Shepherd [more...]
Leo Tolstoy: The Collected Stories (three volumes)
£78.00 +
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Leo Tolstoy; Aylmer & Louise Maude (trans)
The Folio Society 2007
Striking edition of Leo Tolstoy's short stories designed and illustrated by Roman Pisarev. With an introduction by John Sutherland. Complete with slipcase. Small bump/crease to top of spine of volume II, mild shelf-wear to slipcase. . Else crisp and prist [more...]
Empires of the Ancient Near East: The Egyptians; The Babylonians; The Persians; The Hittites (four volumes)
£70.00 +
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Alan Gardiner; H. W. F. Saggs; J. M. Cook; O.
The Folio Society 2006
Impressive Folio Society set on the empires of the Ancient Near East. Decorated cloth binding. Complete with slipcase. Features colour Plates. Maps to endpapers. Complete with slipcase. Some very light shelf-wear to slipcase. Contents crisp and clean. [more...]
A Wizard of Earthsea
£68.00 +
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Ursula K. le Guin; David Mitchell
The Folio Society 2015
Sophisticated Folio Society edition of le Guin's enduring 1968 fantasy, the first novel to be set in her world of Earthsea. Featuring seven colour illustratons of David Lupton and maps to end-papers. With an introduction by David Mitchell. Complete with slipc [more...]
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
£59.00 +
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Anna Funder
The Folio Society 2016
Stylish Folio Society edition of Funder's 2003 account of the lives of various East Germans working for and against the Stasi. With colour images and map. With a new introduction by the author. Complete with slipcase. Some light shelf-wear to slipcase. Vol [more...]
The Gnostic Gospels
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Marvin Meyer (editor)
The Folio Society 2007
'The sacred writings of Nag Hammadi library, the Berlin Gnostic Codex and the Codex Tchacos.' Terrific quarter leather Folio Society edition of The Gnostic Gospels, the New Testament apocrypha, early religious teachings not part of the biblical cannon. Annot [more...]
The Icelandic Sagas (Part One)
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Magnus Magnusson (trans)
The Folio Society 1999
Terrific special Folio Society quarter leather edition featuring episodes from the Icelandic Sagas, selected, translated and edited by Magnus Magnusson. Includes The Saga of the Greenlanders; The Saga of Erik the Red; Hrafnkel's Saga; Njal's Saga and others. [more...]
Chronicles of the Dark Ages: The Coming of the Anglo-Saxons; Lore; The Fall of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (three volumes)
£52.00 +
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Richard Barber (editor)
The Folio Society 2008
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...]
A History of the Crusades (3 vols)
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Steven Runciman
The Folio Society 1994
Runciman's unparalleled study of the Crusades; not just an example of epic scholarship but a highly readable and exciting account of this tumultuous period. In three volumes: The First Crusade, The Kingdom of Jerusalem and The Kingdom of Acre. The first volu [more...]
The Birth of a New Freedom: The Selected Writings of Abraham Lincoln
£35.00 +
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Abraham Lincoln; Fred Kaplan (editor)
The Folio Society 2015
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...]
The Story of the Renaissance: The Florentine Renaissance; The Flowering of the Renaissance; Europe from Renaissance to Reformation; The Renaissance in Europe; Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance
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G. R. Elton; Boies Penrose; Vincent Cronin; J
The Folio Society 2001
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...]
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Round the World Under Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
£34.00 +
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Charles Darwin
The Folio Society 2003
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...]
Barchester Towers
£33.00 +
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Anthony Trollope
The Folio Society 2014
Elegant new Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With colour illustrations by Bill Bragg and an introduction by Kathryn Hughes. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some very faint spotting to fore-edge, else immaculate. Near fine. [more...]
Othello
£30.00 +
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William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 1955
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...]
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