Collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honore de Balzac. Translated into modern English by Alec Brown. With drawings by Mervyn Peake. Pp. viii+408, frontispiece plus 23 plates printed in two colours; roy. 8vo; brown canvas, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker brown &..... More
Translated from the Spanish by William C. Atkinson. Vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence. Pp. 154+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations, endpaper maps; qr. burgundy leather, lettered & ruled in gilt, pictorial beige cloth, the boards a trifle sprung; top edges burgundy; within card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1977. First..... More
Pp. xvi+366, coloured frontispiece plus 16 plates (13 coloured), 5 text diagrams, index; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; within purple card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2002. Folio 60/1110. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his book label on upper pastedown. Originally published by Weidenfeld..... More
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With 80 illustrations by the author and an introduction by N. John Hall. Pp. [xxviii]+352, 18 coloured plates and numerous text illustrations, sepia pictorial endpapers; burgundy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with the Folio Society monogram at foot of spine; top edges grey (faded);..... More
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With illustrations by the author. Pp. 228, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, plus coloured pictorial endpapers; gilt lettered yellow cloth, decorated in brown, the spine slightly soiled and rubbed; top edges brown; within grey card slipcase, a trifle worn; inked ownership inscription at head of..... More
Edited and with an introduction by Iain Bain. With numerous wood-engravings and watercolours by the author. Pp. 192, 16 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait, title page vignette and text illustrations, glossary; qr. dark brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow papered boards, upper board with vignette..... More
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In two volumes. Volume One: Edited and selected by Sir Norman Birkett. With contemporary engravings. Pp. [iv]+260, frontispiece, plus 7 plates; Volume Two: Edited with an introduction by Lord Birkett. Pp. [ii]+266(last blank), frontispiece, plus7 plates; marching qr. black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, brown papered boards patterned in gilt..... More
A Masquerade. Introduction by Joanna Richardson. Pp. 308(last blank), 12 coloured plates (including frontispiece portrait), from contemporary sources, appendices; med. 8vo; qr. light green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards; top edges light green; within grey card slipcase, a trifle marked; ownership name and date on upper free..... More
A Romance of the Shallows. Illustrations by Francis Mosley. Introduction by Richard Woodman. Pp. 352(last blank), frontispiece, plus 11 plates; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver, the upper board decorated in silver & black; within silver lettered blue card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2003. *First published in..... More
An autobiography in fact and fiction. Translated and edited by Dan Hostadter. Drawings by Emma Chichester Clark. Pp. viii+140, coloured frontispiece plus 5 plates; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver; top edges navy; within cream card slipcase;The Folio Society, London, 1986. Folio 581. More
Translated by J. M. Cohen. Lithographs by M. Lin-Desportes. Pp. 118, black & white frontispiece, plus 6 plates printed in two colours; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, the boards faintly soiled; top edges yellow; lacking the slipcase; armorial bookplate (Richard George De Burgh Griffith) on..... More
Translated and with an Introduction by Leonard Tancock. Lithographs by Charles Mozley. Pp. 168, frontispiece and 6 plates printed in two colours; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black & gold patterned papered boards; top edges grey; within green card slipcase; a little light foxing; The Folio Society, London..... More
Being the Memoirs of Master Johann Dietz, Surgeon in the Army of the Great Elector and Barber to the Royal Court. Translated by Bernard Miall. Edited and Introduced by Mervyn Horder. Pp. viii+222(last blank), frontispiece plus 5 plates, 2 text illustrations; pictorial purple cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered..... More
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Betty Radice. Pp. 116(last colophon), coloured frontispiece and 8 plates; roy. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board in black, the spine cloth faintly faded; within card slipcase, a trifle soiled; bookplate of Australian architect Peter Corrigan on upper pastedown, another..... More
Wood-engravings by Derrick Harris. Pp. xviii+320, frontispiece, text illustrations (a couple full page), decorative title page border and headpieces; brown and white patterned cloth, with gilt lettered skiver label on spine, the spine cloth faintly discoloured; top edges yellow; within brown card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1967. Second Folio..... More
Engravings by Derrick Harris. Pp. xx+698(last colophon), pictorial double title page, text illustrations & decorations; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in gilt & green, skiver label on spine slightly grazed, the spine cloth faintly faded; top edges green; within marbled green card slipcase, edges a trifle worn; inked ownership inscription at..... More
With wood engravings by Frank Martin. Pp. 188(last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations; brown patterned cloth, gilt lettered label on spine; top edges dark green; within card slipcase, corners slightly split; The Folio Society, London, 1966. Folio 219. More
The Story of Hassan of Bagdad and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand. Introduction by Basil Dean. Costume designs by Peter Bucknell. Pp. 96 (last blank), coloured frontispiece and 5 plates, the text printed on pale blue Silurian paper, with display type printed in dark blue;..... More
Pp. 16 (including wrappers), illustrated in orange & black: printed paper wrappers, staples slightly rusted; The Folio Society, London, 1959. *Includes articles on Fielding's Tom Jones,and A Courtly Entertainment: Love's Labour's Lost and its audiences,by Richard Moore. More
Pp. 16 (including wrappers), illustrated, printed in blue & black; printed paper wrappers; The Folio Society, London, 1968. *Includes a selection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's letters referring to TheGreat Gatsby,to coincide with the Folio Society edition of that book in January 1968. More
Pp. 16 (including wrappers), illustrated, printed in blue & black; printed paper wrappers; staples rusted; The Folio Society, London, 1960. *Includes The American Short Story, by Christopher Adams. More
Pp. 49-72, illustrated; pictorial paper wrappers; The Folio Society, London, 1969. *Includes an article on Zola and realism, by Leonard Tancock. More
A bibliography of The Folio Society 1947-1967. With an appraisal by Sir Francis Meynell. Pp. 208, illustrated in colour and black & white (many full page), errata slip tipped-in at contents page, index; impl. 8vo; grey cloth, gilt lettered black leather skiver label on spine, upper board decorated in blind;..... More
Introduction by Craig Brown. Illustrations by Peter Bailey. Pp. xxii+278, frontispiece, text illustrations, index; narrow med. 8vo; qr. dark green cloth, patterned papered boards; within dark green card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2000. *Originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1931. More
Selected from The Worthies of England. Edited and introduced by Richard Barber. Pp. xxii+442(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 14 plates, pictorial tailpieces; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered & decorated in gilt; top edges pale grey; The Folio Society, London, 1987. Folio 585. *Lacking the slipcase. Selections from The History of..... More