The Folio Society from AJ Scruffles

London: Peter Davies, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition, first printing of Tey's great mystery novel. lacks Dust Jacket. 8vo. 272pp. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Faint ring mark to cover. Previous owner's name to ffep. End papers a little toned and with offsetting. Contents otherwise clean and binding… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Edward Arnold , 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pleasant reprint of the first collected edition of James' ghost stories that appeared in 1931. Contains the stories of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories, A Thin Ghost and Others and A Warning to the Curious plus four new stories. Dust jacket has some light… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Pleasing Folio Society volume featuring 73 images of Durer's works, many full page, some in colour. With an introduction and notes but the artist Nigel Lambourne. The Folio society presentation volume for 1970, issued without a slipcase but lacking glassine jacket. Nevertheless is prim, near fine condition.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. Pleasant Folio Society edition of Chekhov's selected short stories. Featuring 13 stories, including The Dragonfly, Sleep... Sleep..., The Enemies, The Wife and Hatred. With b/w illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Complete with slipcase. Spine has some very faint sunning. Else clean and bright. Very… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Important contemporary account of the Life of Charlemagne by the diminutive scholar, Einhard. Bound in a mock vellum with gilt titling. Full colour images of illuminated manuscripts and artifacts. Decorated endpapers, complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edges but volume is pristine. Very good/near… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice volume featuring colour images of the Bayeux tapestry and William of Poitiers contemporary account of the Norman invasion of england. Features colour lithographs of the entire tapestry, which was specially photographed for this edition. No slipcase. Some rubbing to edges but contents clean and tight. Very… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome Quarter Leather Folio Society edition of this selection of Hakluyt's writings on the various naval expeditions undertook during his life, primarily concerning the colonization of America. With wood effect decorative paper. B/w images. Complete with slipcase. Some general shelf-wear to slipcase. Mild rubbing to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1970. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Edward Ardizzone. Charming Folio edition of Stevenson's first published work. Written to secure independence from his parents and a future with the woman he loved, Travels with a Donkey is a pioneering work of travel writing. Detailing Stevenson's journey through the curious Cevennes mountain… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter Leather Folio Society edition of Bacon's History of Henry VII written in 1622. Rubbing to edges of slipcase. Mild shelf-wear to volume, else clean and tight. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Handsome Folio Society edition of this selection of Lamb's engaging essays that appeared first in the London Magazine in the 1820s. Taken from the Essays and Last Essays of Elia, popular fallacies and other miscellaneous pieces. Black cloth with gilt decoration. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Quirky quarter cloth Folio Society edition of Parkman's classic account of his two month journey through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas in the mid 19th century. With linocuts by Peter Pendry and an introduction by Martin Ridge. Complete with slipcase and maps to endpapers. Bright and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Handsome quarter cloth edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With illustrations by Peter Reddick. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some mild shelf-wear and fading to gilt on spine. Contents bright and clean. Good+

London: The Folio Society, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice Folio Society edition of Frances Trollope's account of her travels and residency in the USA. With lithographs by Auguste Hervieu. Slipcase has some light rubbing. Contents clean and prim. Very Good overall.

London: The Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Elegant Folio Society edition of Bull's translation of Vasari's sixteenth century biography of Michelangelo. Considered the first Italian art historian, Vasari's encyclopedic collection of brief biographies was massively influential. With numerous b/w plates. Complete with slipcase. Some rubbing to slipcase. Mild foxing… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. Terrific Folio Society edition of Power's account of medieval women, describing their day to day life, education and their roles in the world, from aristocratic ladies to nuns. With an introduction by Maxime Berg. Bound in printed parchment. Complete with slipcase. With colour images and an preface… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Terrific Folio Society edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. Quarter cloth with crushed art-silk decorative paper to boards. With b/w illustrations by Simon Brett. Complete with slipcase. Instance of rubbing to rear edge. Contents bright and clean. Very good+

London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Quirky quarter cloth Folio Society edition of Parkman's classic account of his two month journey through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas in the mid 19th century. With linocuts by Peter Pendry and an introduction by Martin Ridge. Complete with slipcase and maps to endpapers. Some light rubbing… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas Bewick. Early Folio Society edition of Wordsworth's selected poems. Quarter leather with cloth boards. Complete with numerous b/w wood engravings by Thomas Bewick interspersed throughout text. With slipcase. Some very mild wear to spine. Contents bright and clean. A nice example in this condition.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio Society edition of John Buchan's stories including A Captain of Salvation & Sing a Song of Sixpence. With illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. With Slipcase. Faint mark to spine. Otherwise tight crisp and clean. Very good overall condition.

London: The Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Account of the jacobite uprising of 1745 by the young aide de camp Johnstone. with b/w diagrams, maps and images. Second revised edition. Complete with slipcase. Light rubbing to slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents bright and clean. Very good.