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THE NORSE MYTHS
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Jane Lydbury.
Stock no. 1827631
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Top edge red. Burgundy leather spine, with silver title. Grey and white decorated boards. B/w illustrations. Introduced and retold by Crossley-Holland. Third printing. Tiny patch of red ink bleeding from top edge to top margin of front endpaper and half-title page. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is very clean.

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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Illustrated by Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1827568
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt illustration to front cover, white title to spine. Colour illustrations. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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GHOST STORIES AND OTHER HORRID TALES
Written by Charles W. Stewart; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Robert Louis Stevenson; Lafcadio Hearn; et al. Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart.
Stock no. 1827566
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stories selected by Charles W. Stewart. Pictorial boards. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE
Written by William Blake; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827565
Published by Folio Society. 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Introduction by Richard Holmes. Small format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt decorations and title to front. Colour illustrations. 54 pages. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1827564
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Attractive blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. Superb colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Light rubbing to board edges else contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing and a couple of black grubby marks.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1827563
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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BRITISH MYTHS & LEGENDS
Written by Richard Barber. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1827561
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

This is the combined edition, with leather spine. Marvels and Magic; Heroes and Saints; History and Romance. Pictorial boards depicting Excalibur. Edited and Introduced by Richard Barber. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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THE STONES OF VENICE
Written by John Ruskin; Jan Morris. Illustrated by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 1827560
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Stones of Venice was originally published in 3 volumes between 1851 and 1853. Ruskin believed that the best of Gothic architecture was to be found in Venice. This edition is in beautiful terracotta pictorial cloth with colour plates by Ruskin. 350 pages includes index. Edited and Introduced by Jan Morris. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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POSSESSION: A ROMANCE
Written by A.S. Byatt. Illustrated by Rowena Dugdale.
Stock no. 1827558
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green and blue pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing, minor split to one open corner.

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PARADISE LOST
Written by John Milton; Peter Ackroyd; John Wain. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827556
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. Green leather spine with gilt title. Peach silk moiree covered boards. Top edge coloured. A Poem In Twelve Books by Milton with a preface by Ackroyd, an introduction by Wain and colour illustrations by Blake. Spine & top coloured edge lightly faded. Contents lovely. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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INFERNO
Written by Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary; Robin Hamlyn. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827555
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark yellow cloth with brown line decorations. Top edge burgundy. Superb colour plates by Blake. Translated by Cary with an introduction by Hamlyn. Spine very slightly faded (difficult to discern). Top edge of text block has a couple of 'waves', one or two pages have a little bleeding of top edge red ink to top margin (minor). Otherwise a very nice copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is unevenly faded at edges and scuffed.

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FAUST
Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; David Luke; Nicholas Boyle. Illustrated by Eugene Delacroix; et al..
Stock no. 1827554
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Parts One and Two. Introduction by Nicholas Boyle. Translation and Notes by David Luke. Large format. Bound in quarter leather with moire silk sides. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed at pictorial side edges.

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