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THE MAPP AND LUCIA NOVELS (6 VOLUMES)
Written by E.F. Benson. Illustrated by Natacha Ledwidge.
Stock no. 1827875
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Nearly fine condition.

6 volumes, titles are: Trouble for Lucia; Lucia's Progress; Mapp and Lucia; Lucia in London; Miss Mapp; and Queen Lucia. Pastel colour cloth. B/w illustrations. Second printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase with just a couple of minor marks.

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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
Written by George MacDonald; Maria Tatar. Illustrated by Madalina Andronic.
Stock no. 1827874
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with silver title to spine. 168 pages. Colour plates. Introduced by Maria Tatar. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase whichh has a small tear to middle of one edge (relatively minor).

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THE LOST WORLD
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle; Andrew Lycett.
Stock no. 1827873
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E.D. Malone of the Daily Gazette. A novel about a scientific expedition to authenticate reports of prehistoric fauna in furthest South Americal. Introduced by Andrew Lycett. Red cloth pictorial boards with gilt borders and dinosaur images. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a crease created during binding process to one edge (VG+).

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1827872
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Written by Kazuo Ishiguro. Illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman.
Stock no. 1827871
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

A sad and humourous love story. Brown and gilt pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full page colour illustrations. Tiny bump to lower front corner of board else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at open edge.

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THE RAJ QUARTET (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Paul Scott. Illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman.
Stock no. 1827870
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Very good condition.

Four volumes, one in each colour: blue, black, red, brown. Gilt title to spines. The Jewel in the Crown; The Day of the Scorpion; The Towers of Silence; A Division of the Spoils. Colour frontispiece and 6 plates per volume. Minor mark to front cover & spine of Towers of Silence and light bump to top front corner, and also a mark to the rear cover of Division of the Spoils (very minor). Otherwise, a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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HERODOTUS: THE HISTORIES
Written by Herodotus; Aubrey De Selincourt; John Marincola; Theodore K. Rabb.
Stock no. 1827869
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Very good condition.

Translation by Aubrey de Selincourt; Revised with an introduction & notes by John Marincola; Preface by Theodore K. Rabb. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt vignettes. Colour plates. A few tiny minor marks to front board. Five small marks to top edge of text block. A few tiny top corner creases to contents else clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few white marks and is lightly scuffed. Not a bad copy (sounds worse than it is).

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THE MYCENAEANS AND THE DECIPHERMENT OF LINEAR B
Written by William Taylour; John Chadwick; J. Lesley Fitton.
Stock no. 1827868
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by J. Lesley Fitton. Brown cloth with blocked gilt design and title to spine. Maps to endpapers. xxiii and 378 pages including index. Colour plates and b/w maps. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE ASCENT OF MAN
Written by J. Bronowski; Melvyn Bragg.
Stock no. 1827867
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 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. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and a little marked (VG).

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THE WORLD OF ODYSSEUS
Written by M.I. Finley; Simon Hornblower.
Stock no. 1827866
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Burnt orange pictorial cloth. Colour photos. Introduction by Hornblower. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827865
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Dark green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Introduced by Crossley-Holland. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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BRITISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Richard Barber. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1827864
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Three volumes: Marvels and Magic; Heroes and Saints; History and Romance. Burgundy cloth spines. Pictorial boards depicting Excalibur. B/w illustrations. Sixth printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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