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THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PAINTINGS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1827056
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Edited by Martin Bailey. From Duccio to Picasso. Blue cloth with gilt titles and the names of artists in gilt to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. A few very minor marks to text block. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a bump to lower sealed corner.

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THE JUBILEE YEARS 1887-1897
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827054
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus1 1996. Very good condition.

Compiled by Hudson. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, lightly marked and has a small patch of surface paper damage to one end.

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HOURS IN A LIBRARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Leslie Stephen; Jonathan Steinberg.
Stock no. 1827049
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Introduction by Jonathan Steinberg. A series of essays. Blue cloth. Gilt titles and decoration. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is partly split at top open edges.

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COLERIDGE AMONG THE LAKES & MOUNTAINS
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827047
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

From his Notebooks, Letters and Poems 1794-1804. Selected and edited by Roger Hudson. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. A light crease to margin of first few pages (very minor). Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and lightly faded, one corner bashed.

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THE ASCENT OF MAN
Written by J. Bronowski; Melvyn Bragg.
Stock no. 1827046
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

New foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue paper boards with blocked design. Colour & b/w illustrations. xvii and 302 pages. Still in original shrinkwrap. One side open edge corners are crushed, book believed to be unharmed.

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FRENCH SHORT STORIES
Written by Brian Masters. Illustrated by Veronique Bour.
Stock no. 1827045
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt. Introduced by Masters. Classic Short Stories series. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed & bumped/knocked at open edges (minor).

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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION
Written by Robert Falcon Scott. Illustrated by Herbert G. Ponting.
Stock no. 1827041
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Blue pictorial cloth, black title to spine. B/w photos. 82 b/w photos plus 7 line drawings. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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CRIME STORIES FROM THE 'STRAND'
Written by Geraldine Beare; H.R.F. Keating. Illustrated by David Eccles.
Stock no. 1827038
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Selected by Geraldine Beare with an Introduction by H.R.F. Keating. Lilac/blue pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Vertical crease to spine. Vertical edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed with some small marks.

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VANITY FAIR
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray; Fay Weldon. Illustrated by Roland Pym.
Stock no. 1827037
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Fay Weldon. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Blue decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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LIVES OF THE ARTISTS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Giorgio Vasari; George Bull.
Stock no. 1827033
Published by Folio Society. 1993. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt and dark brown decoration, gilt titles. Three volumes. A selection translated by George Bull. Second printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little rubbed and scuffed, slight fading, minor crease to cloth on one side.

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CHRONICLES
Written by Raphael Holinshed; Michael Wood.
Stock no. 1827027
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green decorated cloth; gilt titles. Selections from the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, first collected and published by Raphael Holinshed, William Harrison and Others. Introduction and commentary by Michael Wood. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE
Written by Edward Gibbon; Betty Radice.
Stock no. 1827026
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and with an introduction by Betty Radice. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a little grubby.

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