Edited by John Hampden. With wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. Pp. 158, frontispiece, pictorial headpieces, glossary and notes; demy 8vo; qr. brown buckram, spine lettered and decorate in gilt, marbled papered boards; top edges green; within brown card slipcase; bookplate of Terrence Cutler on upper free endpaper; The Folio..... 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
, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury. Based on the account of William fitzStephen his clerk, with additions from other contemporary sources translated and edited by George Greenaway. Illustrations from an early thirteenth century French verse life of Becket. Pp. 172, 8 plates, armorial endpapers, appendix, index; roy. 8vo;..... 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, coloured pictorial endpapers; yellow cloth, spine blocked in brown and lettered in gilt, the upper board decorated in brown, small damp stain to lower board, the spine slightly faded; top edges brown; within..... 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
Selected writings of Sir Thomas Browne. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Preface by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. Pp. xxvi+546, coloured frontispiece, plus 8 black & white plates and 2 full page illustrations; med. 8vo; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards; top edges purple; within brown card slipcase;..... 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
Edited by John Gore. Pp. xvi+334, frontispiece portrait plus 14 plates, appendices, index; demy 8vo; dark green buckram, lettered & decorated in gilt, a trifle marked, the spine cloth faintly faded; top edges red; within green card slipcase; bookplate on upper free endpaper; The Folio Society, London, 1970. Folio 34/277..... 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
being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Pp. 174(last blank), coloured frontispiece and plates, black & white text illustrations and pictorial headpieces, coloured pictorial endpapers; small cr. 4to; pictorial blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt; within red card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2008. Third printing..... More
Essays selected and Introduced by Rosalind Vallance. Engravings by George Cruikshank. Pp. 240(last blank), frontispiece plus 14 plates; tall demy 8vo; pictorial beige buckram, lettered and decorated in dark brown, the spine ruled in gilt, tiny faint spot to upper board; top edges dark brown; within brown card slipcase; bookplate..... 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
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
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