Introduced by Alexander McCall Smith. Illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman. Pp. xvi+254, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates (one double page); pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; within brown card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2013. First edition thus. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Folio Society... More about THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE
Translated by Robert Graves. Lithographs by Michael Ayrton. Pp. 208, the frontispiece, 8 plates, and pictorial endpapers all printed in brown & black, appendix; roy. 8vo; cream vegetable parchment papered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & brown, a trifle soiled and slightly browned (heavier on spine); top edges brown;... More about THE TRANSFORMATION OF LUCIUS, otherwise known as THE GOLDEN ASS
Or man as he is not. Drawings by Cecil Keeling. Pp. x+262, frontispiece and 9 plates printed in lilac & black, pictorial endpapers; qr. black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges lilac (faded); tiny chip to bottom edge pp. 259/260... More about HERMSPRONG
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 about DROLL STORIES
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 about THE HAPPY CAPTIVE
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 about THE ILLUSTRATED ZULEIKA DOBSON
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 about ZULEIKA DOBSON
Edited by Alan Powers. Drawings by Peter Bailey. Pp. xiv+222, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, index; pictorial cloth; within maroon card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2004. First edition thus. More about SELECTED POEMS
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 about MY LIFE
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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 about THE NEWGATE CALENDAR. [and] THE NEW NEWGATE CALENDAR
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 about BLESSINGTON-D'ORSAY
Translated by William Gillis and with the original woodcuts. Pp. xxviii+344, frontispiece, title page decoration, and numerous text illustrations; light blue/grey canvas, lettered in gilt and decorated in navy; top edges blue; within brown card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1971. Folio 301. More about THE SHIP OF FOOLS
Introduction by Maldwin Drummond. Illustrations by Daniel Whistler. Pp. 296, black & white pictorial double title page and 11 plates (one double page), pictorial headpieces, 2 full page text maps, endpaper maps printed in blue; pictorial brown cloth, lettered & decorated in shades of blue; within dark blue card slipcase;... More about THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS
A selection from the writings of William Cobbett, with engravings by James Gillray. Edited with an Introduction by John Derry. Pp. 276, 8 plates, text maps; qr. blue cloth, spine lettered & decorated in gilt, pink papered boards, lettered and decorated in dark blue, the spine cloth slightly faded; top... More about COBBETT'S ENGLAND
Translated by Roger Senhouse. Dry-point etchings by Philippe Jullian. Pp. 160, 7 plates; pink art. silk, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle canted and slightly scuffed, edges lightly worn, with faint damp stain and slight bruise to top edge of lower board, spine cloth lightly faded; top... More about CHERI
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 1920. More about THE RESCUE
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 about THE DESPOT & THE SLAVE
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 about TARTARIN OF TARASCON
Edited with an Introduction by Eveline Cruickshanks. Pp. xii+340, frontispiece portrait plus 11 plates, 1 full page text map plus endpaper map, index; red buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, with dark green skiver label on spine, the boards a trifle bowed and slightly scuffed; top edges dark green; text... More about MEMOIRS OF LOUIS PHILIPPE, COMTE DE SEGUR
Introduction by Roy Strong. Pp. xxvi+418, coloured frontispiece portrait, plus 20 plates (all but one coloured or part-coloured), 2 full page maps, double page genealogical table, index; roy. 8vo; blue buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine blocked in brown; within maroon card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2005... More about ELIZABETH I
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 about PRAISE OF FOLLY
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 about THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams
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 about THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES
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 about THE LIFE OF MR. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT
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 about HASSAN