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The Folio Society

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Epitaph for a Spy
£21.00 +
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Eric Ambler
The Folio Society 2013
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...]
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
£21.00 +
FREE p&p
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Nathanial Hawthorne
The Folio Society 2008
Beautifully produced Folio Society edition of Hawthorne's 1851 retelling of Greek Myths for children. Includes tales of Bellerophon, Perseus and Heracles. With colour illustrations by Walter Crane, plus decorations and decorated initials by Crane with end-pa [more...]
A Voyage Round the Coast of Great Britain
£20.00 +
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William Daniell
The Folio Society 2008
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Daniell's account of his journey around the coast of Great Britain between 1813 and 1823, seeking out suitable scenes to paint. Numerous colour images of Daniell's watercolours plus maps. With an introduction by C. J. [more...]
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...]
Antony and Cleopatra
£15.00 +
FREE p&p
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William Shakespeare
The Folio Society 1956
First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs of costumes by Audrey Cruddas and b/w images of decor and staging by Roger Furse. With an introduction by Laurence Olivier. Complete with Dust Jac [more...]
Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
£15.00 +
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C. W. Ceram
The Folio Society 1999
Impressive Folio Society edition of Ceram's account of the history and practice of archeology. From its inception and role as a new science to notable excavations. With b/w images and maps. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some shelf-wear, marking and r [more...]
The Folio Golden Treasury: The Best Songs and Poems in the English Language
£15.00 +
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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...]
American Short Stories
£14.50 +
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Edgar Allen Poe; Washington Irving; Mark Twai
The Folio Society 1997
Splendid Folio Society edition featuring some of the greatest American short stories by the most illustrious US authors. Includiing works by Jack London, John Steinbeck, Dorothy Parker. With b/w illustrations by Paul Gulla and an introduction by William Abrah [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 Oregon Trail
£14.00 +
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Francis Parkman
The Folio Society 2009
New Folio Society edition of Parkman's classic account of his two month journey through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas in the mid 19th century. With colour images of contemporary paintings. Decorative cloth covers, maps to end-papers. Complete wit [more...]
The Nude
£13.00 +
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Kenneth Clark
The Folio Society 2010
Splendid Folio Society edition of Clark's exploration of the nude form throughout Art History. With hundreds of colour images. An introduction by Charles Saumarez Smith.4to. Quater cloth with pictorial covers. Complete with slipcase. Some light marking [more...]
An Embassy to China
£13.00 +
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Lord McCartney
The Folio Society 2004
'Being the journal kept by Lord McCartney during his embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-Lung 1793 to 1794'. Fantastic volume containing McCartney's revealing diary as well as his observations and reports. Illustrated with Water-Colour sketches made during the emb [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 +
FREE p&p
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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 Authentic Gospel of Jesus
£12.00 +
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Geza Vermes
The Folio Society 2009
Impressive Folio Society edition of Geza Vermes' 2004 study of the sayings of Jesus, an attempt to form a coherent exposition of his message. Quarter cloth with gilt raised image to front cover. Top edge gilt. Complete with slipcase. In crisp fine conditio [more...]
Short Stories
£11.50 +
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H. G. Wells
The Folio Society 1990
Striking Folio Society edition of Well's selected short stories, chosen by Tim Heald with illustrations by Jonathon Hitchin. Complete with slipcase Slipcase has some toning and rubbing. Very faint foxing to fore-edge. Else clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Wonders of the World
£10.00 +
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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 +
FREE p&p
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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...]
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