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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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
BESTIARY
Written by Richard Barber.
Stock no. 1827562
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Blue cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Being an English version of the Bodleian Library manuscript. Translated and introduced by Richard Barber. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
- LEGENDS
- LEATHER BINDING
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- ARCHITECTURE
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ITALY
- VENICE
- GOTHIC
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- LITERATURE
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
- LEATHER BINDING
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- PERFORMING ARTS
- PLAYS
- LEATHER BINDING
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME
Written by Victor Hugo; Walter J. Cobb; Quentin Blake.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1827519
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduction by Quentin Blake. Translated by Walter J. Cobb. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt & black vignette to front. Two colour illustrations. Top edge blue. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
ROGUE MALE
Written by Geoffrey Household; John Banville.
Illustrated by David Rooney.
Stock no. 1827518
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Brown pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Banville. First published in 1939 by Chatto & Windus, this edition follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear), and is lightly faded at one open edge.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
IN XANADU: A QUEST
Written by William Dalrymple.
Stock no. 1827517
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition.
With a new introduction by the author. The author's quest across Asia to Coleridge's Xanadu. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- TRAVEL
- ASIA
THE COMPLETE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Helen Smithson.
Stock no. 1827516
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition.
An omnibus volume containing Kiss Kiss, Over to You, Switch Bitch, Someone Like You, and eight further Tales of the Unexpected. Pictorial boards, red title to spine. Black endpapers. Colour plates. A very few minor marks/browning to text block. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE