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72952 Andersen, Hans Christian (W. Heath Robinson, illus.) Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1998. Reprint: quarto; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and decorations; 289pp., top edge dyed red, with a colour frontispiece, 15 colour plates and many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; light sunning to the spine. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $60

39955 [Anton Chekhov] Chekhov, Anton (Gordon McVay, trans. & ed.) Chekhov - Folio Society edition A Life in Letters The Folio Society, London, 1994. First printing: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and decorations to the boards; 378pp., with a monochrome portrait frontispiece and 16pp. of plates likewise. Minor wear. Fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

73829 Austen-Leigh, J.E. A Memoir of Jane Austen - Folio Society edition By Her Nephew The Folio Society, London, 1997. Seventh impression: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles and upper board decoration; 202pp., with a colour frontispiece and 9pp. of monochrome plates. Minor wear. Fine in rubbed slipcase with some scraping and discolouration on rear panel. Click here to order $24

34665 Beare, Geraldine, ed. (David Eccles, illus.; Introduction by Tim Heald) Adventure Stories from the 'Strand' - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1995. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, with spine-titling on a gilt panel and gilt-enhanced board decorations; 329pp., top edge dyed green, with black and white illustrations. Slightly faded spine. Near fine in a slightly scuffed gold slipcase. Stories by Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Grant Allen, Fred M. White, Arthur Morrison, H.G.Wells, Richard Marsh, F. Anstey, Edgar Wallace, F. Britten Austin, Stacy Aumonier, Richmal Crompton, W. Somerset Maugham, Sinclair Lewis, A.E.W. Mason, "Sapper", William C. White, Graham Greene & Hilton Brown. Click here to order $28

92442 Blackmoore, R.D. (David Rooney, illus.; Introduction by John Sutherland) Lorna Doone - Folio Society edition A Romance of Exmoor The Folio Society, London, 2000. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling and decorated boards; 552pp., with a woodcut decorated title page, 14 plates likewise and a tailpiece. Minor wear to the spine extremities. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

209028 Bronte, Anne, Charlotte, & Emily (Harry Brockway, Ian Stephens, George Tute, Peter Reddick, Howard Phipps, Simon Brett & Peter Forster, illus.) Seven Bronte Novels - Folio Society edition, seven volumes "Agnes Grey"; "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"; "The Professor"; "Villette"; "Shirley"; "Jane Eyre"; and "Wuthering Heights" The Folio Society, London, 1991. First printing: seven volumes, octavo; hardcover, green moire silk cloth boards with silver gilt spine titling; 2,441pp. [172pp. + 386pp. + 226pp. + 450pp. + 421pp. + 508pp. + 278pp.], with seven wood-engraved frontispieces and many illustrations likewise. Mild wear; spines sunned. Near fine in a matching gilt titled slipcase. Click here to order $220

96783 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (Miriam MacGregor, illus.; Introduction by Richard Holmes, ed.) Selected Poems - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2003. Reprint. Quarto; hardcover, quarter-bound in leather with decorated cloth boards, with gilt spine titles; 372pp., top edge dyed navy blue, with many woodcut illustrations. Minor wear; some mild spots to the text block fore-edge. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $60

8283 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (Roger Hudson, ed.) Coleridge among the Lakes & Mountains - Folio Society edition From his Notebooks, Letters and Poems 1794-1804 The Folio Society, London, 1991. First printing: octavo; hardcover, illustrated cloth boards with gilt spine titling; 256pp., with many colour plates. Minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

69770 Dickens, Charles (Arthur J. Cox, ed.; Introduction by Christopher Hibbert; Charles Keeping, illus.) The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1995. Reprint: royal octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth with gilt spine titles on red labels; 251pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in slightly rubbed, gilt decorated slip-case. Click here to order $40

69377 Dickens, Charles (Introduced by Christopher Hibbert & Charles Keeping, illus.) Hard Times - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1994. Reprint: royal octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth with gilt spine titles on red labels; 244pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in a slightly rubbed, gilt decorated slip-case. Click here to order $40

69766 Dickens, Charles (Introduction by Christopher Hibbert; Charles Keeping, illus.) The Adventures of Oliver Twist - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1994. Reprint: royal octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth with gilt spine titles on red labels; 380pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in a slightly rubbed, gilt decorated slip-case. Click here to order $40

69772 Dickens, Charles (Introduction by Christopher Hibbert; Charles Keeping, illus.) Martin Chuzzlewit - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1994. Reprint: royal octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth with gilt spine titles on red labels; 812pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in slightly rubbed, gilt decorated slip-case. Click here to order $40

201884 Dickens, Charles (Introduction by Rosalind Vallance, ed.; George Cruikshank, illus.) Dickens' London - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2009. Reprint: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with illustrated boards ruled in gilt and gilt spine titles; 239pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and 14 plates likewise. Very minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $25

86723 Diderot, Denis (trans. Leonard Tancock; lithographs Charles Mozley) The Nun - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1972. First printing. Hardcover, octavo; decorated black and gilt boards with black cloth spine with gilt spine titling, top edges dyed black and black endpapers; 168pp., monochrome illustrations, in red card slipcase. Spine faded. Frayed slipcase corners at front with small tears at corners/joints. Very good. Click here to order $25

41617 Donne, John (Introduction by Kingsley Hart) Poems of Love - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1992. Reprint: octavo; hardcover , full cloth with silver-gilt sine titles and board decorations; 208pp., numbered in red ink, top edges dyed red, with a monochrome portrait frontispiece. Minor wear; boards lightly rubbed; slight dusting to the text block top edge; previous owner's ink inscription to the flyleaf. Very good in like slipcase. Click here to order $25

7890 Donne, John (Scott Rivers, ed.) No Man is an Island - Folio Society edition A Selection from the Prose The Folio Society, London, 1997. Reprint. Octavo; hardcover; 198pp., with a colour frontispiece and many illustrations. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $27

209008 Dumas, Alexandre (Robin Buss, trans.; Introduction by Peter Conrad; Portia Rosenberg, illus.) The Black Tulip - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2011. First printing: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with decorative boards and gilt spine titles and decorations on a black label; 252pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and 9 plates likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in a slightly rubbed slipcase. Click here to order $30

84959 Galdos, Benito Perez (Lester Clark, trans.; Augustin Blancovaras, illus.) The Disinherited - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1976. First printing. Royal octavo; hardcover, illustrated boards with gilt spine titles on a red label; 339pp., top edges dyed dark red, with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; spine faded. Otherwise very good in a slightly spotted and rubbed slipcase. Click here to order $25

41951 Grossmith, George and Wheedon (John Lawrence, illus.) The Diary of a Nobody - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1992 Reprint. Octavo; hardcover, with illustrated boards; 165pp., top edges dyed green, with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; previous owner's sticker. Near fine in a lightly scraped slipcase. Click here to order $23

14840 Hardy, Thomas (Peter Reddick, illus.; Introduction by Tim Heald) The Woodlanders - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1991. First edition, thus: royal octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles on a brown label, an upper board decoration and endpaper maps; 348pp., top edges dyed brown, with a monochrome engraved frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Mild wear; text block edges spotted; spine label somewhat scuffed. No dustwrapper as issued. Very good to near fine in a slightly scuffed slipcase. Very good. Click here to order $28

97818 Hazlitt, William (Introduction by Rosalind Valance & John Hampden, eds.; Frank Martin, illus.) Essays - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1964. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, full cloth, with gilt spine titles on a black label, gilt spine and upper board decorations and decorative endpapers; 164pp., top edges dyed olive green, with many woodcut decorations. Minor wear; a small mark to the upper board. Slipcase is lightly rubbed. Near fine. Click here to order $28

39956 Horace (James Michie, trans.; Elisabeth Frink, illus.) The Odes of Horace - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1987. First printing. Quarto; hardcover, quarter bound in cloth with gilt spine-titling; 288pp, top edges dyed green, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $40

14809 [Jerome K. Jerome] Jerome, Jerome K. (Introduction by Joseph Connolly) My Life and Times - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1992. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth, with gilt spine titling; 223pp., with 16 monochrome plates. Minimal wear. Slipcase lightly worn. Near fine. Laid in: a promotional brochure for "Three Men in a Boat". Click here to order $30

209016 Kipling, Rudyard (Introduction by Andrew Lycett, ed.; George Tute, illus.) Rudyard Kipling - Folio Society edition Selected Poems The Folio Society, London, 2005. Reprint: quarto; hardcover, quarter-bound in leather with decorated cloth and gilt spine titles; 405pp., top edges dyed brown, with a monochrome engraved title page and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Fine in a lightly sunned slipcase. Click here to order $50

75632 Malory Knt., Sir Thomas (Introduction by William Caxton; Aubrey Beardsley, illus.) Le Morte d'Arthur - Folio Society edition The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and, in the end, le Mort Darthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All. The Folio Society, London, 2003. Facsimile edition: quarto; full black Nigerian goatskin with gilt decorations, gilt spine-titling, a grey ribbon and laid paper endpapers; 538pp., all text block edges gilt, with an illustrated monochrome frontispiece and 20 monochrome plates. Fine in like buckram solander box, titled in gilt on a black leather spine label, with an accompanying introductory booklet - "Thomas Malory, the 'Morte Darthur' and Aubrey Beardsley" by Anthony S.G. Edwards: small folio; laid paper wrappers; 16pp. Number 671 of a limited edition run of 1020 facsimile copies of the original printing by William Caxton, as revived by J.M. Dent in 1927. Click here to order $1000

208964 "Mark Twain" (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (Introduction by Colin Ward; Harry Brockway, illus.) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1993. First printing: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with decorated boards and silver-gilt spine titles; 288pp., with a monochrome illustrated title page and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

206543 "Mark Twain" (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (Introduction by E.L. Doctorow; Harry Brockway, illus.) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2005. First printing: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with decorated boards and gilt spine titles; 232pp., with a monochrome illustrated title page and 15 plates likewise. Very minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

90954 "Mark Twain" (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (Introduction by Ron Powers) Life on the Mississippi - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2006. First printing: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titling and upper board decoration; 384pp., with a colour frontispiece and 16pp. of monochrome and colour plates. Minor wear. Fine in a like illustrated slipcase. Click here to order $32

7880 Maupassant, Guy de (Donald Adamson, trans.) Bed 29 and Other Stories - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1993. First printing. Hardcover, octavo, 221pp. A little toning to text block edges; else near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $28

38370 Michelangelo (Introduction by Michael Ayrton; Elizabeth Jennings, trans.) The Sonnets of Michelangelo - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1961. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in vellum with blue silk boards and gilt spine titling; 112pp., top edges dyed light blue, with a monochrome frontispiece and 15 plates likewise. Minor wear; board fore-edge slightly faded and a few tiny scrapes to the spine; mild foxing to the endpapers; top text block edge faded towards head of spine. Very good in a mildly scraped slipcase. Click here to order $20

97748 Richardson, Joanna The Brownings - Folio Society edition A Biography Compiled from Contemporary Sources The Folio Society, London, 1986. First printing. Hardcover, octavo; gilt decorated red cloth boards with gilt spine titling, ochre endpaper, top edges dyed red; 285pp., monochrome illustrations. Near fine in brown slipcase. Click here to order $25

98778 Richardson, Joanna The Life and Letters of John Keats - Folio Society edition Folio Society, London, 1981. First printing. Hardcover, octavo; quarter bound in marble papered boards with blue cloth spine and gilt spine titling, blue endpapers; 170pp., monochrome photographic frontispiece and illustrations, top edge dyed blue. Minor wear only; near fine in foxed yellow slipcase. Click here to order $25

52341 Shakespeare, William (Wells, Stanley, and Gary Taylor, et al.,eds.; Peter Reddick, Gary Tute, Llewellyn Thomas, John Lawrence, Betty Pennell, Peter Forster, et al., illus.) The Complete Plays - Folio Society edition, eight volumes Volume 1: Tragedies; Volume 2: Comedies; Volume 3: Classical Plays; Volume 4: Romances; Volume 5: Tragicomedies; Volume 6: Early Comedies; Volume 7: Histories I; & Volume 8: Histories II. The Folio Society, London, 1997. First printing: eight volumes, octavo; hardcover; quarter-bound in cloth with illustrated papered boards and gilt spine titling; 3,704pp. [465pp. + 417pp. + 495pp. + 478pp. + 500pp. + 410pp. + 485pp. + 454pp.] with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; near fine in two slightly rubbed green slipcases, with gilt decoration and titling. Click here to order $250

97803 "Stendhal" (Marie-Henri Beyle) (Introduction by Margaret R.B. Shaw, trans.; Frank Martin, illus.) Scarlet and Black - Folio Society edition A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century The Folio Society, London, 1966. Reprint: octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth, with gilt spine titles on a black morocco label and black endpapers; 483pp., top edges dyed black with a red and white headband, with a monochrome woodcut portrait frontispiece and 12 plates likewise. Minor wear; a slight chip to the bottom edge of the upper board; spine lightly sunned. Slipcase rubbed with a couple of superficial surface tears. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $30

97737 Stevenson, Robert Louis (Introduction by Frank Delaney; Annie Newnham, illus.) Catriona - Folio Society edition Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad In Which are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent the Appin Murder; His Troubles with Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity on the Bass Rock; Journey into Holland and France; and Singular Relations with James More Drummond or MacGregor, A Son of the Notorious Rob Roy and His Daughter Catriona. Written By Himself and Now Set Forth The Folio Society, London, 1988. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, full cloth with illustrated boards with gilt spine titling on black labels; 271pp., top edges dyed ochre with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

33753 Stevenson, Robert Louis (Edward Ardizzone, illus) Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2006. Octavo; hardcover, illustrated boards with gilt spine titling; 136pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $23

97735 Taylor, Philip Meadows (ed. Brian Rawson & illus. Clarke Hutton) Confessions of a Thug - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1974. First printing. Hardcover, octavo; dark umber cloth boards with green upper board decoration, green spine label and gilt spine titling, dark green map endpapers; 372pp., monochrome illustrations and top text block edge dyed dark green. Minor wear only; near fine in pale brown slipcase with small tears on lower edges and slightly faded along front edges. Click here to order $28

92445 Traditional (E.J. Detmold, illus.) The Arabian Nights - Folio Society edition Tales from the Thousand and One Nights The Folio Society, London, 2000. Reprint. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt decorated boards and spine titling; 239pp., with a colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates. Minor wear; some mild spots to the boards and spine; faint spotting to the text block edges. Very good to near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $45

97796 Traditional (Kevin Crossley-Holland, ed. & trans.; Virgil Burnett, illus.) The Exeter Riddle Book - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1978. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and decorations on navy blue labels and a gilt upper board decoration; 140pp., top edges dyed turquoise, with a monochrome frontispiece and many decorations likewise. Minor wear. Slipcase mildly rubbed. Near fine. Click here to order $25

97733 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Alice Thomas Ellis; Robert Geary illus.) Ayala's Angel - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1989. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter bound in cloth with decorated papered boards with gilt spine titles on black labels; 532pp., top edges dyed blue, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine in a lightly sunned slipcase. Click here to order $30

90947 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Jane Smiley; Bill Bragg, illus.) The Warden - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2014. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, with illustrated upper board and endpaper maps; 205pp., with a colour frontispiece and many other illustrations. Minor wear. Fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $27

97731 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by John Rae; Robin Jacques, illus.) Dr Wortle's School - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1989. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter bound in cloth with decorated papered boards with gilt spine titles on black labels; 199pp., top edges dyed brown, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine in a slightly bumped slipcase. Click here to order $30

97717 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Julian Symons; Peter Reddick, illus.) Barsetshire Towers - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1977. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter bound dark in cloth with decorated papered boards, gilt spine titling and endpaper maps; 462pp., top edges dyed green, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; mild wear to corners. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

97715 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Julian Symons; Peter Reddick, illus.) Doctor Thorne - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1978. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter bound dark in cloth with decorated papered boards, gilt spine titling and endpaper maps; 507pp., top edges dyed orange, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; mild wear to corners. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

97723 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Julian Symons; Peter Reddick. illus.) Last Chronicles of Barset - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1980. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter bound dark in cloth with decorated papered boards, gilt spine titling and endpaper maps; 772pp., top edges dyed yellow, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; mild wear to corners. Near fine in a slightly shelfworn slipcase. Click here to order $30

97738 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Julian Symons; Peter Reddick, illus.) The Two Heroines of Plumplington and Other Stories - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 1981. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter bound in cloth with decorated papered boards with gilt spine titles on black labels; 276pp., top edges dyed dark red, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine in a slightly rubbed slipcase. Click here to order $30

201834 Trollope, Anthony (Introduction by Juliet McMaster; Llewellyn Thomas, illus.) The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - Folio Society edition By One of the Firm The Folio Society, London, 1999. First printing. Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with decorated boards and gilt spine titles on black labels; 176pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and 11 plates likewise. Very minor wear. Near fine in a like slipcase. Click here to order $30

45214 [William Shakespeare] Duncan-Jones, Katherine (Ed.) Shakespeare's Life and World - Folio Society edition The Folio Society, London, 2004. First printing. Quarto; hardcover, quarter-bound with a cloth spine and illustrated boards, with decorated endpapers; 308pp., with many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Near fine in a like slipcase. Anthology which intermingles passages from the playwright's own works with accounts from contemporaries and related documents. Illustrated with paintings and engravings. Click here to order $30