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The Folio Society

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The Cream of Noel Coward
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Noel Coward
The Folio Society 1997
A creamy selection chosen by Michael Cox from the writings of Noel Coward. Features extracts from his plays and his poems. Fun gold cloth binding. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. Complete with slipcase. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
The New Newgate Calendar
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Norman Birkett (editor)
The Folio Society 1994
Folio Society edition of the New Newgate Calendar, the continuation of the Newgate Calendar. A series of 'edifying' sketches of notorious trials and executions of well known criminals of the 18th and 19th centuries, including William Burke and the Earl of Car [more...]
My Early Times
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1988
Charming edition of Dickens' account of his childhood. He describes, often whimsically, his studies, his toys and all the peculiar things that shaped him. Quarter cloth and decorative boards. B/w and colour images throughout. Some light wear and bumping to [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 rubbing to edges of slipc [more...]
My Early Times
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Charles Dickens
The Folio Society 1988
Charming edition of Dickens' account of his childhood. He describes, often whimsically, his studies, his toys and all the peculiar things that shaped him. Quarter cloth and decorative boards. B/w and colour images throughout. Complete with slipcase. Volume [more...]
The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79
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Raleigh Trevelyan
The Folio Society; Michael Joseph 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 this volume has acquired an ill-fitting one along the way. Crisp and clean. [more...]
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Folio Society 1970
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 Best After Dinner Stories
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William Shakespeare; Geoffrey Chaucer; Winsto
The Folio Society 2003
Charming volume of humourous or notable after dinner type speeches selected by Tim Heald from throughout history. Features illustrations by Paul Cox. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelfwear to slipcase. Volume crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
A Shameful Revenge and Other Stories
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Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor; John Sturrock (tr
The Folio Society 1963
Collection of eight stories by the 17th century Spanish writer, including The Ravages of Vice and A Shameful Revenge (La más infame venganza). With striking b/w illustrations by Eric Fraser. Lacks slipcase but in protective jacket. Some mild shelf=wear, el [more...]
Eminent Victorians
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Lytton Strachey
The Folio Society 1967
Pleasant Folio Society reprint edition of Strachey's influential, pioneering and controversial sketches of a number of eminent victorians. Complete with slip case. Some cracking to slipcase. Light sunning to spine. Contents clean and sound. Good+ [more...]
The English Language
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Robert Burchfield
The Folio Society 2007
Handsome Folio Society edition. Account of the English language by the great lexicographer Burchfield, exploring its history, usage and alphabet. Quarter cloth. With colour images. Complete with Slipcase. Slipcase has some light shelf-wear and mark. Prev [more...]
Southey's Life of Nelson
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Robert Southey
The Folio Society 1963
Elegant Folio Society of Southey's 1813 biography of Horatio Nelson. Edited and introduced by Kenneth Fenwick. With b/w illustrations and maps to end-papers. gilt decorated cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has mild rubbing, wear and marking. [more...]
The Spanish Bawd: Being the Tragi-Comedy of Callisto and Melibea (La Celestina)
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Fernando de Rojas; J. M. Cohen (trans)
The Folio Society 1973
Folio Society edition of de Rojas' great novel published in 1499 and considered the first renaissance work in Spanish. With b/w illustrations by Dodie Masterson. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some heavy toning. Very light toning to spine. Previous [more...]
The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada
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Stephen Usherwood (editor)
The Folio Society 1978
Fascinating collection of letters of documents revealing the story of the Spanish Armada. From a variety of sources, Usherwood weaves them into coherent narrative. Gilt device to cover. With slipcase and colour images. Slight sunning to spine and foxing to [more...]
Lark Rise
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Flora Thompson
The Folio Society 1979
Early Folio Society edition of Thompson's popular semi-autobiographical novel of her childhood in Juniper Hill, which spawned two sequels, forming the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edge [more...]
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Queen Caroline
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Joseph Nightingale
The Folio Society 1978
Handsome cloth and gilt decorated Folio Society edition of The life of Caroline of Brunswick, controversial queen consort. Complete with slipcase. With b/w images. Slipcase has some rubbing to edges. Volume is crisp and clean. In very good condition [more...]
First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords
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Phillip Pullman; John Sutherland et al.
The Folio Society 2008
Nice little volume featuring fifteen specially commissioned forewords by prominent writers on significant books published by The Folio Society. Includes Phillip Pullman on The Anatomy of Melancholy; Helen Dunmore on Anna Karenina; John Sutherland on Slaughter [more...]
The Fight for Freedom: Palermo, 1860
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F. Brancaccio Di Carpino; John Parris (trans)
Folio Society 1968
Folio Society edition of di Carpino's account of Garribaldi's invasion and liberation of Sicily. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned. Previous owner's bookplate to front blank. Contents clean and prim. Good/very good. [more...]
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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Benvenuto Cellini; George Bull (trans)
The Folio Society 1966
Folio Society edition of the autobiography of the 16th century Italian sculptor and artist. Red cloth. Gilt decoration. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase is toned and worn. Slight marking to spine. Markings to rear cover. Previous owner's bookplate to fr [more...]
Lark Rise
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Flora Thompson
The Folio Society 1983
Early Folio Society edition of Thompson's popular semi-autobiographical novel of her childhood in Juniper Hill, which spawned two sequels, forming the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some marking and spi [more...]
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