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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1326509
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Very good condition.

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. White cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Colour plates. Third printing. Some very light marking to cover edges. Contained in a gold slipcase which is slightly edge rubbed.

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NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND
Written by Bill Bryson.
Stock no. 1326497
Published by Folio Society. 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

The author takes stock of the nation's public face and private parts. Pictorial boards. 2nd printing. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contained in a peach slipcase which is slightly bumped at corners and slightly scored.

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THE APOCRYPHA
Written by David Daniell.
Stock no. 1827071
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated out of the Greek and Latin Tongues Being the Version Set Forth AD 1611 Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised AD 1894. Introduction by David Daniell 2006. Large format. Brown leather spine with gilt title, light brown silk moire boards. Colour plates. Top edge deep brown. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few knocks and scuffs.

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THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold; David Eccles.
Stock no. 1827068
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Re-issued. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. The illustrations are based on original b/w drawings by Detmold, recreated in colour by Eccles. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a few minor knocks to edges.

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THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE
Written by Axel Munthe; Tim Burnett.
Stock no. 1827062
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Introduction by Tim Burnett. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed & knocked.

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THE FORSYTE SAGA (3 VOLUMES)
Written by John Galsworthy. Illustrated by Anthony Gross.
Stock no. 1827061
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Contains 'The Man of Property'; 'In Chancery' and 'To Let'. Quarter bound in buckram with printed paper sides. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which scuffed and partly split at top edges, small tear to surface paper on one side.

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HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
Written by William H. Prescott; Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Stock no. 1827060
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition.

Introduction by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. Attractive green pictorial cloth with gilt title and highlights. Colour illustrations. With a Preliminary View of The Ancient Mexican Civilization and the Life of The Conqueror Hernado Cortes. Top edge green. Cloth lightly creased at top & tail of spine (light bumping). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is bumped at open corners with some rubbing/wear.

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THE RISE OF ROME
Written by Polybius; Robin Waterfield; Michael Scott; Brian McGing.
Stock no. 1827057
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title block and gilt title. B/w pictorial paper front side, red cloth rear board. Colour and b/w plates. Translated by Waterfield, preface by Scott, Introduction and notes by McGing. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split open at top edge. Publisher's slipcase is crushed to one open edge with small split at lower corner of same edge.

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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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