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FIFTY DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Written by Hywel Williams.
Stock no. 1321071
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Black cloth spine with gilt title, decoration to boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap. Looks as through there may be some slight dust to spine of book beneath slipcase.

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INVENTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Chiara Frugoni.
Stock no. 1321051
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Black cloth spine with gilt title. Vivid pictorial boards illustrating some of the inventions. From table forks to buttons and underwear! Colour illustrations. 186 pages includes index. Minimal rubbing at corners of book. Red slipcase is very lightly marked.

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MUSIC FOR KING HENRY
Written by Nicolas Bell; David Skinner.
Stock no. 1821643
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of a Royal Choirbook. Very large format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with gilt & foil decorations. Limited edition of 500 copies and 20 lettered copies. 36 pages. Coloured frontispiece and ornamented initial letters. Also includes a commentary volumes which has red cloth spine with gilt title and pictorial front board. Colour illustrations and 117 pages. Also included is a CD: Henry's Music Motets from a Royal Choirbook Songs by Henry VIII. Commentary volume and CD ARE MISSING. This copy is the Facsimile volume ONLY. Boards and contents fine. This is copy 377. Contained in publisher's slipcase with some light scuffing.

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THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA & ARABIA AND EGYPT AND NUBIA (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David Roberts.
Stock no. 1821642
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

First printed by the Folio Society in 2010 and reprinted in a smaller format for this 2014 edition. Very large format. Red decorated cloth, gilt titles. Stunning colour illustrations. Top edges gilt. Slight crease to top of spine on Egypt and Nubia volumes, else boards and contents fine. Contained in individual slipcases which are a little scuffed and slightly grubby.

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FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821639
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Translated by Shapiro, introduced by Bakewell. Green goatskin leather binding with gilt titles. Limited edition of 1000, each copy numbered and signed by Quentin Blake. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 180 SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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THE ORPHAN OF THE RHINE
Written by Eleanor Sleath.
Stock no. 1821634
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels. A Romance. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt border to boards. Top edge black. Spine slightly dulled, board corners lightly bumped. Text block slightly browned and slightly grubby. No slipcase as issued.

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LOVE AND WAR IN THE APENNINES
Written by Eric Newby; Edward Stourton. Illustrated by Robin Heighway-Bury.
Stock no. 1320907
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2016. Nearly fine condition.

A love story and a war story. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap. Tiny bump to lower edge of opening corner else fine.

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THE AGE OF SCANDAL: AN EXCURSION THROUGH A MINOR PERIOD
Written by T.H. White.
Stock no. 1320886
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Reay Tannahill. Gilt to spine slightly rubbed. Contained in slightly grubby cream slipcase.

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BETJEMAN'S BRITAIN
Written by John Betjeman; Candida Lycett Green.
Stock no. 2134558
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, front board has five images in b/w imprinted. B/w photographic endpapers. Full of b/w photos. A fine copy in pictorial slipcase which slightly worn at corners.

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BLACK MISCHIEF
Written by Evelyn Waugh. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821460
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2016. Fine condition.

Folio Collectables series issued without a slipcase. Blue cloth boards, yellow titles and black design to front and rear. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. Black ribbon page marker. A fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE AND WORLD
Written by Katherine Duncan-Jones; William Shakespeare.
Stock no. 1320815
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Compiled and introduced by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Mauve cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial paper boards. Cream endpapers depicting street maps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to corners else fine. Publisher's cream slipcase is slightly grubby and rubbed at opening corners.

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THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Written by Wilkie Collins. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1320585
Published by Folio Society. 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue textured cloth with gilt title-label to spine. 519 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning. A couple of hinges cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine, a tiny mark to front panel and browned to spine and rear panel. No slipcase, as issued.

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