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The Folio Society

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Venice: The Most Triumphant City
£8.00 +
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George Bull
Folio Society 1980
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase but complete with glassine wrapper. Some shelfwear commensurate to age, very slight bumping to bottom edge, contents clean and prim. A bright copy. Very good. [more...]
The Sun King and his Loves
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Lucy Norton
The Folio Society 1982
Generously illustrated account of Louis XIV's milieu and pursuits. With colour and b/w images throughout. Issued without Slipcase. Slight toning to spine. Else pristine. Very good, near fine. [more...]
Folio 34: A Checklist of the Publications of the Folio Society 1947 -1980
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John Dreyfus & John Letts
The Folio Press; The Folio Society 1981
The Third bibliographic account of the Folio Society's output, with succinct descriptions and details of each volume. With b/w illustrations adapted from the many books mentioned. With introductions. Some mild shelf-wear and bumping to top of spine. Else cl [more...]
Folio 21: A Bibliography of the Folio Society 1947 -1967
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Francis Meynall
The Folio Press; The Folio Society 1967
Bbibliographic account of the Folio Society's output, with succinct descriptions and details of each volume. With colour and b/w images of the many books mentioned. With introductions. Complete with No slipcase. Some rubbing and toning to cloth covers. Co [more...]
Bel-Ami
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Guy de Maupassant; Eric Sutton (trans)
The Folio Society 1955
Early Folio Society edition of Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel about a Parisian social climber. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Alistair Grant. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Toning and rubbing to covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Fair [more...]
The Gold Rush
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E. Gould Buffum
The Folio Society 1959
'An account of six months in the California diggings.' Oft thrilling, featuring encounters with Native Americans and ambitious prospectors. With black and white illustrations. Complete with slipcase. Marking to spine. Tanning to page edges. Contents clea [more...]
The Double Cross System
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J. C. Masterman
The Folio Society 2007
Account of the double cross (or XX) system in which British intelligence managed to take control of German agents operating in Britain and use them to send back misleading information. Written by Masterson, the chairman of the Twenty Committee, who ran the op [more...]
La Dame Aux Camelias (The Lady of the Camellias)
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Alexandre Dumas fils (The Younger); Barbara B
The Folio Society 1975
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Dumas' son's 1848 novel. Bound in full artificial silk. With b/w illustrations by Jennifer Campbell. Compete with slipcase. Slipcase has wear and rubbing. Previous owner's name and sticker to ffep. Spine is toned [more...]
The Semi-Attached Couple
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Emily Eden
The Folio Society 1955
Folio Society edition of Eden's popular 1860 novel, compared to the work of Jane Austen. Bound in pink artificial silk. With duo-tone illustrations by Dorothea Braby. No slipcase. Light toning to spine, Faint mark to rear cover. Previous owner's sticker t [more...]
The History of England from 1485 to 1685
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Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay; Peter Rowland
The Folio Society 1980
Elegant Folio Society edition comprising of Macaulay's various writings on the history and politics of the from the reigns of Henry VII and VIII up until Charles II; including biographical chapters on Milton, Bunyan etc. Compiled and arranged by Rowland into a [more...]
Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story
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Max Beerbohm
The Folio Society 1967
Reprint of the first Folio Society edition of Beerbohm's biting satire of undergraduate life at Edwardian Oxford. With Beerbohm's own delicate illustrations. Complete with slipcase. Sunning to spine, mild shelf-wear to edges and DK, contents clean and prim. [more...]
The Pilgrim: The Journeys of Pietro Della Valle
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Pietro Della Valle; George Bull (trans)
The Folio Society 1989
Elegant Folio Society edition of della Valle's account of his journeys through Asia Minor, Persia and India during the seventeenth century. With terrific full page b/w illustrations taken from the Dutch edition published in 1665. Complete with slipcase and i [more...]
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
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Gilbert White
The Folio Society 1962
Early Folio Society edition of White's great account of Selborne, a collection of observations, letters and reports. Written in 1789, it is valuable as a document of pre-industrial England as well as an early example of ecological study. With illustrated by [more...]
The Life of Mozart Including his Correspondence
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Edward Holmes
The Folio Society 1992
Folio Society edition of Holmes' great biography of Mozart, first published in 1845. Edited and with an introduction by Christopher Hogwood. Quarter cloth with gilt silhouette to cover. Complete with slipcase and b/w images. Some very slight fading to spin [more...]
The Vicar of Wakefield
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Oliver Goldsmith
The Folio Society 1952
Early Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative edn-papers. No slipcase as issued. Some toning to spine and Some tanning to page edges but otherwise is clean, p [more...]
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Folio Society 1975
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 Unlucky Family
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Mrs Henry de la Pasture (Elizabeth Lydia Rosa
The Folio Society 1980
Pleasant Folio Society edition of de la Pasture's 1907 Children's novel. With an introduction by Auberon Waugh. b/w illustrations by John lawrence. Complete with slipcase. Some very light shelf-wear to slipcase. Very light toning to spine. Contents clean [more...]
The First Colonists: Hakluyt's Voyages to America
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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 light toning and shelf-wea [more...]
Our Village
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Mary Mitford
The Folio Society 1997
Pleasant quarter cloth edition of Mitford's evocative collection of sketches of rural life, first published in The Lady's Magazine in the early 19th century. With wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Slipcase has light shelfwear else crisp and clean. In Near Fi [more...]
The Worlds of John Aubrey
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John Aubrey
The Folio Society 1988
'Being a further selection of Brief Lives, together with excerpts from his writings on antiquities and science'. Selected and edited by Richard Barber. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Some shelfwear and marking to slipcase. Light rubbing to label [more...]
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