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The Folio Society

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Children's Bible Stories: Old Testament and New Testament
£30.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)

The Folio Society 2009
Bible stories retold for children, adapted from the 1964 Hamlyn volume 'The Children's Bible in Colour'. Complete with 13 colour illustrations by Peter Malone. Complete with slipcase. In crisp fine condition. [more...]
Legends of King Arthur: Arthur, Tristan, The Holy Grail (three volumes)
£30.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Richard Barber (editor)
The Folio Society 2002
Impressive quarter cloth Folio Society edition of selected legends of King Arthur, recreating the stories from a variety of sources. Each section, including Arthur as Emperor, The Round Table, Tristan, Tristan and Iseult, Percival and Galahad, have a scholarl [more...]
The Folio Book of the Carols
£28.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Percy Dearmer
The Folio Society 2007
Elegant Folio Society collection of Christmas Carols from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, chosen by Percy Dearmer. With numeorus colour plates featuring related contemporary artworks, illustrations and illuminated manuscript. With illustrated slipca [more...]
An Outcast of the Islands
£24.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Joseph Conrad
The Folio Society 2003
Striking Folio Society edition of conrad's second novel published in 1896, leaning on his experiences at sea. With illustrations by Francis Mosley. Introduction by Richard Woodman. Blue cloth with silver and black design. Complete with slipcase. In crisp [more...]
An Illustrated Journey Round the World
£24.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Thomas, William & Samuel Daniell; Katherine P
The Folio Society 2007
Beautifully produced Folio Society volume describing the travels of the Daniell family of Painters, with the accompanying art. Featuring the journeys to the East by Thomas Daniell and his nephew William, that took in India and parts of China; and the expediti [more...]
Epitaph for a Spy
£23.00 +
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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...]
In Xanadu: A Quest
£23.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
William Dalrymple
The Folio Society 2015
Impressive Folio Society edition of Dalrymple's 1989 account of his journey from Jerusalem to Xanadu (Shangdu), the summer seat of Kubla Kahn, mimicking the journey made by Marco Polo and providing a new account of once important silk road locations. With a ne [more...]
The Great fire of London in 1666
£21.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Walter George Bell
The Folio Society 2004
Striking Folio Society edition of Bell's revised 1952 account of the Great Fire of London, describing the state of the city prior to the inferno; the cause of the blaze and accounts of its spread throughout London, as well the immediate and long term aftermat [more...]
The Shadow-Line & Within the Tides
£21.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Joseph Conrad
The Folio Society 2001
Striking Folio Society edition of conrad's 1917 novella and Within the Tides, a collection of four short stories. With illustrations by Francis Mosley. Introduction by Alan Ross. Blue cloth with silver and black design. Complete with slipcase. In crisp fine [more...]
Epitaph for a Spy
£21.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
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
(UK)
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 +
FREE p&p
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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 Conquest of Mexico
£16.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
William H. Prescott
The Folio Society 1994
Handsome Folio Society edition of Prescott's history of Mexico 'with a preliminary view of Ancient Mexican Civilization and the life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes.' With colour images and maps. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edges. [more...]
Russian Short Stories
£16.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
Alexander Pushkin; Nikolai Gogol; Ivan Turgen
The Folio Society 1999
Splendid Folio Society edition of some of the greatest Russian short stories Includiing works by Bulgakov (The Murderer), Nabokov (A Russian Beauty), Tolstoy (The Raid), Gorky (Twenty Six Men and A Girl), Gogol's Overcoat; Pushkin's Queen of Spades and more. W [more...]
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
£15.00 +
FREE p&p
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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
(UK)
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 +
FREE p&p
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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 Source of the Nile: The Lake Regions of Central Africa
£15.00 +
FREE p&p
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Richard Burton
The Folio Society 1993
First Folio Society edition of Burton's account of his exploration of the lakes of central Africa and his search, as the first white european to do so, for the source of the Nile. With an introduction by Ian Curteis and numerous b/w images. Complete with sli [more...]
The Folio Golden Treasury: The Best Songs and Poems in the English Language
£15.00 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
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 +
FREE p&p
(UK)
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...]
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