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Dickens' London
£7.50 +
FREE p&p
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Charles Dickens
Folio Society 2010
Charming collection of Dickens' short pieces concerning London. Illustrated with drawings by George Cruikshank. Complete with slipcase. In crisp fine condition. [more...]
Memoirs of a Seafaring Life: The Narrative of William Spavens
£7.50 +
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William Spavens
The Folio Society 2000
Written in 1796, Spavens gives a thorough and illuminating account of his time at sea as well as explaining nautical life, navigation and geography to the lay-person. Featuring terrific colour images of relevant contemporary water-colours. Complete with slip [more...]
The Vicar of Wakefield
£7.25 +
FREE p&p
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Oliver Goldsmith
The Folio Society 1971
Redesigned Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative end-papers. Complete with slipcase. Some very light sunning to spine. Mild shelf-wear and rubbing to edge [more...]
Eminent Victorians
£7.00 +
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Lytton Strachey
Folio Society 1967
Stout Folio Society edition of Strachey's influential, pioneering and controversial sketches of a number of eminent victorians. Complete with slip case. Some sunning to spine and very minor shelfwear. Otherwise clean and square. Good+ overall. [more...]
What are the Seven Wonders of the World
£7.00 +
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Peter D'Empiro; Mary Desmond Pinkowash
The Folio Society 2005
Amusing Folio Society volume featuring 61 culturally significant lists including what are the seven wonders of the world and what are the seven ages of man according to Shakespeare. Each list is supported with context and background information. With b/w dec [more...]
The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill
£7.00 +
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James Melville
Folio Society 1972
Memoirs of the Elizabethan diplomat, valuable for Melville's proximity to Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth. Complete with slip case. Features full colour illustrations and images. Sewn head band and coloured top-edge. Slight sunning to spine and very min [more...]
Voice from the ranks: A personal narrative of the Crimean campaign
£7.00 +
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'A Sargeant of the Royal Fusiliers'; Kenneth
The Folio Society 1954
Early Folio Society volume, account by a veteran of the Crimean war with contemporary illustrations. Some light toning and marking to covers. Mild tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
A Memoir of the 'Forty-Five
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
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The Chevalier de Johnstone [James Johnstone]
The Folio Society 1970
Account of the jacobite uprising of 1745 by the young aide de camp Johnstone. with b/w diagrams, maps and images. Lacks slipcase but with protective wrapper. A bright clean, tight copy. Very good. [more...]
Charles Lamb: Essays
£7.00 +
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Charles Lamb; Rosalind Vallance & John Hampto
The Folio Society 1963
Handsome Folio Society edition of this selection of Lamb's engaging essays that appeared first in the London Magazine in the 1820s. Taken from the Essays and Last Essays of Elia, popular fallacies and other miscellaneous pieces. Black cloth with gilt decorat [more...]
Abelard and Heloise: The Story of His Misfortunes & Personal Letters
£7.00 +
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Thomas More; Betty Radice (trans)
The Folio Society 1977
Gentle Folio Society edition of the letters exchanged between the ill fated 12th century Monk and Nun on spiritual matters and their catastrophic love affair and marriage. With wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. No slipcase but with protective wrapper. Som [more...]
Twenty-one Tales
£7.00 +
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Rudyard Kipling
The Folio Society 1972
Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. With b/w illustrations by Ian Ribbons. complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some toning and rubbing to edges. Toning to spine. Contents clean and tight. G [more...]
An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of the H. M. S. Dolphin
£7.00 +
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George Robertson; Oliver Warner (editor)
The Folio Press; J. M. Dent; Folio Society 1973
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Robertson's account of the discovery of Tahiti, supplemented with additional extracts from the writings of his crew. Published under the Folio Press imprint. Complete with protective DJ with front and rear flaps. Engravings [more...]
A Man of Singular Virtue
£7.00 +
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Thomas More; William Roper
Folio Society 1980
Pleasing volume featuring 'The life of Thomas More' written by his son in Law, Roper, and a selection of his letters, introduced and edited by A. L. Rowse. Contains numerous full colour images. Attractive gilt to cover. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has [more...]
The Queen of Spades; The Captain's Daughter
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Alexander S. Pushkin; Gillon R. Aitkin (trans
The Folio Society 1970
Quarter cloth Folio edition of Pushkin's enduring short story and novella. Illustrated with etching by Clarke Hutton. Quarter cloth with interesting decorative paper to boards. Lacks slipcase. Boards bowed. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Content [more...]
Nelson and Emma
£7.00 +
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Roger Hudson (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Profusely illustrated collection of letters and primary sources relating to Nelson and Emma. Edited by Roger Hudson. Complete with pictoral slip case. Crisp, clean. Fine condition. [more...]
Edgar Degas: Ballet Dancers
£7.00 +
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Edgar Degas; Lillian Browse (editor)
The Folio Society 1960
Quarter cloth. A selection of colour plates and b/w images. 4to. Some mild shelf-wear. Sunning to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
A Man of Singular Virtue
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
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Thomas More; William Roper
Folio Society 1980
Pleasing volume featuring 'The life of Thomas More' written by his son in Law, Roper, and a selection of his letters, introduced and edited by A. L. Rowse. Contains numerous full colour images. Attractive gilt to cover. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has [more...]
Nelson and Emma
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Roger Hudson (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Profusely illustrated collection of letters and primary sources relating to Nelson and Emma. Edited by Roger Hudson. Complete with pictoral slip case. Crisp, clean. Fine condition. [more...]
Venice: The Most Triumphant City
£7.00 +
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George Bull
Folio Society 1980
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase as issued, but complete with glassine wrapper. Some light shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very Good. [more...]
Barchester Towers
£7.00 +
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Anthony Trollope
The Folio Society 1982
Reprint of the first Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With illustrations by Peter Reddick. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some light shelfwear to slipcase. Contents bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
Chartres: The Making of a Miracle
£7.00 +
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Colin Ward
The Folio Society 1986
Generously illustrated Folio Society edition of Ward's study of the design, construction and influence of Chartres Cathedral. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Numerous colour and b/w images of the cathedral, its plans, stained glass etc. Complete with slipc [more...]
A Short History of Time
£7.00 +
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Leofranc Holford-Stevens
The Folio Society 2007
Nice little 16mo. Folio Society volume exploring time and time keeping and its practice throughout history. Decorated cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Contents crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
The Wit of Oscar Wilde
£7.00 +
FREE p&p
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Oscar Wilde
The Folio Society 2007
Splendid Folio Society volume featuring the wit of Oscar Wilde via selections from his poetry, essays, plays and novels. With illustrations by Ian Archie Beck. Decorative blue cloth. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear. Contents cri [more...]
The Cream of Noel Coward
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
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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
£6.50 +
FREE p&p
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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
£6.00 +
FREE p&p
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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
£6.00 +
FREE p&p
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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
£6.00 +
FREE p&p
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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
£6.00 +
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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
£6.00 +
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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
£6.00 +
FREE p&p
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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
£6.00 +
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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...]
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