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The Folio Society

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The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
£15.00 +
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Raleigh Trevelyan
The Folio Society 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 complete with glassine wrapper. Some light shelfwear, but otherwise bright, c [more...]
The Folio Golden Treasury: The Best Songs and Poems in the English Language
£15.00 +
FREE p&p
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Tennyson; Burns; Wordsworth; Byron et al.
The Folio Society 1997
Tremendous Quarter leather edition of Folio's Golden Treasury featuring poems and song from the 16th century to the 20th. With b/w engraving by a variety of artists. With slipcase. In fine condition. [more...]
The Second Jungle Book
£14.00 +
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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...]
Adventures of Casanova
£14.00 +
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Giacomo Casanova; Willard R. Trask (trans.)
The Folio Society 2007
The most amusing and/or exciting episodes extracted from Casanova's famous memoir. Lavish pictorial cover, full colour plates. Some light rubbing to edges. Contents bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
The Decameron (two volumes)
£12.00 +
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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...]
Life of Herod
£12.00 +
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Josephus
The Folio Society 2008
Attractive Folio Society volume featuring the writings of 1st century jewish historian Josephus on Herod, king of Judea. With full colour images of sites and artifacts, decorated endpapers, notes and introduction and complete with slipcase. In fine/as new co [more...]
Short Stories
£12.00 +
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Anton Chekhov; Ronald Wilks (trans)
The Folio Society 2006
Striking Folio Society edition of this 2004 translation of Chekhov's 1884 novel, with colour illustrations by Francis Mosley. Complete with slipcase. In crisp, fine condition. [more...]
The Oresteia
£12.00 +
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Aeschylus; Robert Fagles (trans)
The Folio Society 1984
Elegant Folio Society edition of Fagles' 1966 translation of Aeschylus' Oresteia triology: Agamemnon; Libation Bearers and Eumenides. Wih an introduction by Peter Levi and black white illustrations by Laurence Preece. Decorated canvas covers and end-papers. [more...]
Salome
£11.00 +
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Oscar Wilde; Vyvian Holland (trans)
The Folio Society 1957
Gorgeous Folio Society of Wilde's 1891 one act play based on the tragic attempted seduction of John the Baptist by Salome. Originally written in French and specially translated for this edition by Wilde's son Vyvian. Bound in special brocade cloth by Britis [more...]
Wonders of the World
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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...]
The Adventures of Roderick Random
£10.00 +
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Tobias Smollett
The Folio Society 1961
Jaunty Folio Society edition of Smollett's semi-autobiographical 1748 picaresque novel. In decorative cloth with leather label to spine. With b/w illustrations by Frank Martin. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has marking and toning. Some very light toning [more...]
Short Stories
£10.00 +
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Anton Chekhov; Elisaveta Fen (trans)
The Folio Society 1974
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Chekhov's selected short stories. Featuring 13 stories, including The Dragonfly, Sleep... Sleep..., The Enemies, The Wife and Hatred. With b/w illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Complete with slipcase. Spine has some very [more...]
The Poems of Catullus
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Gaius Valerius Catullus; James Michie (trans)
The Folio Society 1981
Elegant Folio Society edition of Catullus' poetical works, with Michie's 1969 translation facing the original Latin. With decorated initials and an introduction by Gavin Ewart. Bound in quarter 'Art' Leather. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some tonin [more...]
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
£9.50 +
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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...]
Rides Around Britain
£9.50 +
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John Byng
The Folio Society 1997
Handsome quarter cloth Folio Society edition of Byng's accounts of his various journey's on horseback throughout Britain in the late 18th century. Taken from his Journals and edited by Donald Adamson. With maps and b/w illustrations by Anne Hayward. With m [more...]
An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of the H. M. S. Dolphin
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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...]
The Last Grain Race
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Eric Newby
The Folio Society 2001
Folio Society edition of Newby's 1956 account of his time at sea aboard a windjammer working in Australia's grain trade in the late 1940s. With b/w images from the voyage. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned. Small mark to top edge. Contents clean and [more...]
Memoirs of a Seafaring Life: The Narrative of William Spavens
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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...]
Egypt Revealed: Artist Travellers in an Antique Land
£9.00 +
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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
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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...]
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