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Folio 34: A Checklist of the Publications of the Folio Society 1947 -1980
£8.00 +
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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
£8.00 +
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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
£8.00 +
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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...]
Memoirs of the Mogul Court
£8.00 +
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Niccolao Manucci; William Irvine (trans)
The Folio Society 1957
Elegant Folio society of Irvine 1907 translation of Manucci's "Storia do Mogor", his 17th century account of his travels around the Murghal Empire and in particular its court. Bound in decorative cloth. With b/w illustrations from contemporary sources. Comp [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...]
1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates
£8.00 +
FREE p&p
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Walter Carruthers Sellar; Robert Julian Yeatm
The Folio Society 2001
Fun Folio Society edition of this comedic reworking of British History that first appeared in Punch Magazine in the early 20th century. With b/w illustrations by John Reynolds. With speckled edges to match the cover design. Complete with slipcase. Crisp and [more...]
Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story
£7.75 +
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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
£7.75 +
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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 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...]
Short Stories from the Strand
£7.50 +
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D. H. Lawrence; Jerome K. Jerome; H. G. Well
The Folio Society 1992
Splendid Folio Society volume of selected short stories that appeared in the Strand Magazine. Including The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells; Tickets, Please! by D. H. Lawrence; The Standard of Living by Dorothy Parker. Twenty-five stories in total. With illustra [more...]
London 1851: The Year of the Great Exhibition
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Eric de Mare
The Folio Society 1972
Tremendous, generously illustrated Folio Society edition describing tthe great exhibition of 1851 held in the special constructed Crystal Palace as well the state of London at that time. Quarter cloth, oblong. Issued without a slipcase. Some mild rubbing to [more...]
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