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UK: The Folio Society, 1980. Book. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio Society Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society Edition has lime green decorated boards which are square and tight. The text block is bight and clean.The cardboard slipcase is covered in grey paper which has some very light marks on one of the panels. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio Society Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio edition is based on an account written by Pope Alexander VI master of ceremonies Johann Burchard. The brown decorated boards, text block and binding are clean and tight. The black cardboard slipcase as light scuffing to its lower corner, but is still very good. Book price includes 2nd class postage UK only..

Uk: The Folio Society , 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio Society Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The binding on this Folio edition is based on a mid-sixteenth century Italian binding now in the British Museum. The decorated boards, binding and text block are all square, tight and clean. The cardboard slipcase has wear to its corners and splits to its seams. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only..

UK: Folio Society Ltd, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Benvenuto Cellini was born in 1500, wrote his autobiography at intervals during the years 1558-66, and died in 1571. The first printed edition of the life did not appear until 1728, and it did not become widely known outside Italy until the early nineteenth century. During past hundred years it has taken in place as the most famous, or notorious, of all autobiographies. There is very light spotting to the text block edges and slight wear to the slipcase corners. This is a good tight copy.

UK: The Folio Society, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society eight volume set of the " Barbarian Invasion Of Britain "all of which are in their own individual slipcases are in unread condition. The covers are illustrated and the spines are in purple with red panels for the titles.The slipcases are covered in a dark red paper with a faint illustration. A very fine set of volumes whose publishing dates range from 2000 - 2003. Book price includes postage- UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 1982. Book. Illus. by Peter Reddick. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society Edition of " Barchester Towers " is covered in dark green paper with a dark with a line decoration, the spine in a dark green cloth with a gilt decoration down its length. The Text block is illustrated throughout with drawings by Peter Reddick. This book is in an unread condition. The cardboard slipcase is covered in a light grey paper, there is some scuffing to one of the panels, otherwise it is in very good condition. Book price includes postage - UK only.

UK.: The Folio Society, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The corners are lightly bumped , this volume does not have a slip-case. A good clean copy. PLEASE NOTE: International economy shipping to world zones 1 and 2 is by sea and could take up to 90 days to arrive..

UK: The Folio Society, 1973. Book. Illus. by Virgil Burnett. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society Edition of " Beowulf " has boards covered in a brown hessian type material with a design in green on the front board the title in gilt sits in a green block down the spine. Te text block is illustrated with lithographs by Virgil Burnett. This book is in an unread condition. The cardboard slipcase is covered in a light brown textured paper, half of one panel is sun-tanned..

UK: The Folio Society, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This folio edition has boards covered in a black and red chequered pattern , the text is illustrated with black and white photographs. This book is in an unread condition. The slipcase is covered in grey paper, it has a bump to one corner and a small indent on the edge of the spine. Book price includes postage- UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 1995. Book. Illus. by Helen Smithson. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society edition of " The Best of Dorothy Parker " has the boards in silver with a silhouette of a city skyline. the lamination on the boards is crinkled whether by accident or design we don't know. The text block is in unread condition. The cardboard slipcase is covered in a grey paper which is in very good condition. Book price includes postage- UK only.

UK: The Folio Society, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bestiary being an English version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the original miniatures reproduced in facsimile. Illustrated on the hardboards and a blue slipcase. A good, clean and tight copy..

London UK: The Folio Society, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Folio Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This Folio Edition of " The Book of Days " has blue covered boards in Buckram with a design by David Eccles. the text block is square and tight, One panel of the slipcase has a printed calendar which lightly rubbed. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.

UK: The Folio Society, 1995. Book. Illus. by Leonard Rosoman.. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society edition of " Brideshead Revisited " has the boards covered in a lime green cloth with a multi-squared yellow decoration which incorporates a young womans head. The text block is illustrated throughout by Leonard Rosoman. The cardboard slipcase is also covered in a plain lime green paper, there is light marking to one panel. The book is in an unread fine condition and the slipcase is very good. Book includes price includes postage.- UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio Society Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio edition is a selection based upon existing contemporary portraits edited by Richard Barber. The text is illustrated throughout, The boards, text block and binding are clean and tight. The cardboard slipcase is very good. Book price includes 2nd class postage UK only.

UK: The Folio Society, 1970. Book. Illus. by Dodie Masterman. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society Edition of " Cakes and Ale " has the boards decorated in a lime green cloth with a silhouette of cyclists in a woodland scene, the title is in gilt down the spine. The text block is illustrated throughout with monotypes by Dodie Masterman. The book is in an unread condition. The cardboard slipcase is covered in a textured blue paper and is lightly sun-faded around the edges. Book price includes postage -UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 1974. Book. Illus. by Edna Whyte. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Edition of " The Canterbury Tales " has boards covered in a hessian style cloth and the spine in brown faux? leather with gilt title and decoration. the end-papers and paste-downs are decorated. and the text is accompanied with woodcuts, there is a mark on the head of the page block. The card board slipcase is in brown paper which has faded at the edges there is also a split where the side panel meets the base. The book price includes postage - UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 1976. Book. Illus. by Charles Keeping.. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society edition " The Castle of Otranto " has boards covered in a floral pattern with black and green spine which as gilt lettering down its length. The text is illustrated with lithographs by Charles Keeping. the cardboard slipcase is covered in a textured paper which is in a very good condition. This book is in an unread condition. Book price includes postage - UK only..

UK: The Folio Society, 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society Edition of " Charlemagne. Father of a Continent " light olive green boards, the front panel and spine have gilt decoration. The text block is good and clean, this book is in an unread condition. The covered slipcase is covered in a dark maroon paper has no wear, marks or tears. Book price includes postage -UK only.

UK: The Folio Society, 2003. Book. Illus. by Peter Bailey. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Edition of ' Cider with Rosie ' has decorated cream and light green boards and a light green spine. The text is accompanied with line drawings. This book is in a fine unread condition. The slipcase which is illustrated all over with a scene of harvesting the wheat, has had a small section of the picture rubbed way at the base of the front panel. Book price includes postage - UK only..

UK: The Folio Society and Oxford University Press, 1967. Book. Illus. by K.C. Jordan F.R.G.S.. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio Society Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society edition of Clarendon's History of the Great Rebellion has the binding based on the work of an unknown craftsman for @ Th Fables of PilPay' ( London 1699 ) now in the British Museum. The endpapers are adapted from pages in the first edition which showed the standards of the opposing forces. The decorated boards, binding and text block are all square, tight and clean. The cardboard slipcase has wear to the corners and a stain to one corner..