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THE BEST AFTER-DINNER STORIES
Written by Tim Heald. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1827286
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Selected and Introduced by Tim Heald. 268 pages. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a few light scuff marks and lightly bumped at corners.

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THE DUKE'S CHILDREN AND COMMENTARY TO THE FIRST EDITION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Anthony Trollope; Joanna Trollope; et al.
Stock no. 1326740
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Green leather spines and corners to 'The Duke's Children volume' - raised bands to spine and red title block with gilt title. Limited to 1980 numbered copies. The Complete text, reconstructed and edited by Steven Amarnick assisted by Robert F. Wiseman with Susan Lowell Humphreys. Introduced by Joanna Trollope. Commentary volume is green cloth with gilt titles. Books are fine, this is copy no. 896. Contained in slipcase which is very slightly scuffed.

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DESOLATION ISLAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827197
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks and black title. Colour plates and b/w chapter footers. vii and 285 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has some minor marks.

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THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827196
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a few minor marks to one end and spine.

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FEE FI FO FUM
Written by Osbert Sitwell.
Stock no. 1326295
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of fairy stories retold from a somewhat different angle, not so much for children as for their mothers and fathers... Red cloth. 230 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed at edges. Tiny hole to centre of spine.

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THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR
Written by J.G. Farrell. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1826963
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow pictorial boards, red title to spine. 9 full page colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE OLD MAN'S BIRTHDAY
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326267
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 332 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded and a little spotted. Endpapers browned. Erased pen marks to front endpapers. Some light foxing/browning to textblock else contents clean.

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THERE ARE FOUR SEASONS
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326120
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

Burnt orange cloth with black title to spine. 317 pages. Reprint of October 1937. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine and cover edges faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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PEG WOFFINGTON
Written by Charles Reade. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1325899
Published by George Allen. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Large Paper Copy (one of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper). Red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and front cover. 297 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to covers. Neat writing in ink to endpapers, pictures and small paper clippings stuck to endpapers, prelims and to rear fly-leaf. Browning to endpapersl. Light foxing to page margins.

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THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson. Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Very good condition.

Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

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TALES OF SUSPENSE AND TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Wilkie Collins; Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Anne Scott; Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1325361
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal. Black cloth with red decoration and silver title to spine. Top edges dyed red. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly scuffed with small dent at spine edge.

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THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN
Written by Laurence Sterne. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 1824308
Published by Franklin Library. 1st thus 1981. Nearly fine condition.

A work of fictional autobiography originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. Red leather spine with two raised bands, gilt title and tooling. Red cloth baords with gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations after Harry Furniss. All edges gilt. Appears to be unread.

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