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The Folio Society

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Classic Short Stories: Russian, American & English Short Stories (three volumes)
£24.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Gogol, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Charles Dickens, M.
The Folio Society 1997
Splendid Folio Society edition of some of the greatest English, American and Russian short stories by its most celebrated practitioners, including D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Irving Washington, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twai [more...]
The Lost Continent
£23.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Bill Bryson
The Folio Society 2007
Jaunty Folio society edition of Bryson's first travel book, published in 1989, Bryson toured the small towns of America, trying to present everyday life, whilst recounting his childhood in Iowa. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Sealed In Publishe [more...]
Charlemagne: Father of a Continent
£19.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Alessandro Barbero; Allan Cameron (trans)
The Folio Society 2009
Impressive Folio Society edition of Barbero's examination of the life and rule of Charlemagne and the influence of the Carolingian Empire. With decorative cloth binding. Maps to endpapers and colour images. narrow 8vo. With slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear [more...]
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain (three volumes)
£19.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Daniel Defoe
The Folio Society 1983
Splendid First Folio Society Edition of Defoe's epistolary account of his travels through Britain, first published between 1724 and 1727 as A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain. Complete with three volumes in pictorial slipcase. Bound in brown cloth [more...]
The Second Jungle Book
£14.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Rudyard Kipling
The Folio Society 1994
Impressive Folio Society edition of Kipling's 1895 sequel to the Jungle book, continuing the tale of Mowgli in a series of short stories. Featuring the striking illustrations of Edward Detmold, redone in colour by David Eccles. Complete with slipcase. Some [more...]
The Decameron (two volumes)
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington (trans)
The Folio Society 1954
Early Folio Society edition of Boccaccio's renaissance compendium of short stories. With illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Complete with Dust-jackets. Decorative cloth boards. Some water damage to rear cover of volume 1, affecting rear free end-papers and [more...]
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Lewis Carroll
The Folio Society 1976
Tremendous Folio Society edition of Carroll's nonsensical poem, featuring lavish b/w illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Pictorial cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned, as is common, and slipcase has some shelf-wear and marking. Mil [more...]
The Importance of Being Earnest
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Oscar Wilde
The Folio Society 1960
Elegant Folio Society of Wilde's 1895 wildly succesful drawing room play. Bound in silk moire cloth, with decorated end-papers. Illustrated in colour by Cecil Beaton, with further b/w illustrations within the text. Lacks slipcase. Sunning to spine with f [more...]
Easy and Not So Easy Pieces
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Richard Feynman
The Folio Society 2009
Splendid Folio Society volume combing Feynmen's two collections of scientific essays: Six Easy Pieces and Six Not So Easy Pieces, in which Feynman instructs the average reader in increasingly complex scientific topics from Atoms and basic physics to Quantum me [more...]
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
£12.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Albert Einstein; R. W. Lawson (trans)
The Folio Society 2005
Glorious Folio Society edition of Einstein's epochal texts. Bound in grey paper with foil blocked design by Jonathon Kitchen. An introduction by Roger Penrose. Complete with slipcase. In crisp, fine condition. [more...]
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
£11.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Laurence Sterne
The Folio Society 1970
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Sterne's pioneering comic novel, first appearing in 1759. Decorative cloth with leather label to spine. Illustrated with wood-engravings by John Lawrence. Complete with slipcase. Rubbing to leather label, foxing to page edg [more...]
Mr. Norris Changes Trains
£10.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Christopher Isherwood
The Folio Society 1990
Interesting Folio Society edition of Isherwood's Berlin set 1935 novel. With colour illustrations by Beryl Cook and an introduction by Samuel Hynes. Complete with slipcase. Some very slight shelf-wear to slipcase and slight rubbing to edges. Contents bright [more...]
Wonders of the World
£10.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Simon Goldhill; Richard Barber; Theodore K. R
The Folio Society 2006
Glossy, hefty Folio Society volume detailing the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the seven wonders of the medieval world and so on. Complete with numerous full page colour images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some light shelfwear. volume crisp [more...]
Medieval People
£10.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Eileen Power
The Folio Society 2008
Terrific Folio Society edition of Power's gallery of Medieval people, from Marco Polo, to Madame eglentyne to the peasant Bodo. An examination of their times, lifestyles and histories. Bound in printed parchment. Reprinted with a new binding. Complete with [more...]
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
£9.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Laurence Sterne
The Folio Society 1949
Pleasant early Folio Society edition of Sterne's autobiographical novel on his travels through France and Italy. Bound in decorative cloth with illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. No DJ. Some toning to spine, some bumping to edges. Light markings to top edge [more...]
England in the Age of Improvement
£9.50 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Asa Briggs
The Folio Society 1999
The seventh volume from the Folio History of England Series. With b/w images and frontispiece. Complete with slipcase. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep. Else crisp and clean. Near Fine. [more...]
An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of the H. M. S. Dolphin
£9.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
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...]
Egypt Revealed: Artist Travellers in an Antique Land
£9.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
T. G. H. James
The Folio Society 1997
Superb Folio Society volume detailing some of the earliest expeditions to ancient Egypt with a special view to how the sights and artworks were recorded. With copious colour and b/w images, including paintings by David Roberts and from the Description de L'Eg [more...]
Pather Panchali: Song of the Road
£9.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Bibhutibhushan Banerji; T. W. Clark & Tarapad
The Folio Society 1971
Elegant Folio society edition of Banerji's 1928 novel. With illustrations by Janet Archer. Bound in red 'open-weave' cloth with leather label to spine. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear, else crisp and clean. A nice example. Very good. [more...]
King Richard II
£9.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 1958
First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs by Loudun Sainthill. With an introduction by John Gielgud. Complete with Dust Jacket. DJ has tears to edges, with slight loss. Some light foxing [more...]
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