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Here are set forth THE HISTORIES OF HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS, that men's actions may not in...

HERODOTUS. Henry Carter [Translator]. Edward Bawden [Illustrator].

Here are set forth THE HISTORIES OF HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS, that men's actions may not in time be forgotten nor things great and wonderful, accomplished whether by greeks or barbarians, go without report, nor, especially, the cause of the wars between one and the other. Translated for the Limited Editions Club by Harry Carter. Illustrated and Decorated by Edward Bawden.

Haarlem: Printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen for the Limited Editions Club, 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed Limited Edition, copy No. 604 of 1500 copies signed by the Illustrator. Octavo, original full brown buckram over beveled boards with oval cameo portrait of Herodotus in ivory linen to front board and..... More

Price: $225.00

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. Prize Copy of the First American Edition, with a Letter...

ROWLING. J.K.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. Prize Copy of the First American Edition, with a Letter from Rowling sent "By Owl Post" and a Signed Bookplate.

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books / An Imprint of Scholastic Press. 1999. First American Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. First American Edition. Crown Octavo, original green boards stamped with a diamond pattern in blind, purple cloth spine titled in dark green, orange endpapers. 435 pp., Illustrated throughout by Mary Grandpré..... More

Price: $750.00

MEMOIRS OF THE COMTE DE GRAMONT. Translated by Horace Walpole. Edited, with an Introduction, by...

HAMILTON, Anthony.

MEMOIRS OF THE COMTE DE GRAMONT. Translated by Horace Walpole. Edited, with an Introduction, by david Hughes.

London: The Folio Society. 1965. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, bound in full dark green buckram with a gilt design based on a binding by Samuel Mearne from the library of Charles II, now in the British Library. 256 pp. Frontispiece plus fiftenn additional full-page black & white lithographed..... More

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A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. Gilbert PHELPS

PHELPS, Gilbert.

A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

London: The Folio Society. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal Octavo, bound in quarter dark blue leather over blue cloth boards. 159 pp. Frontispiece plus thirty-nine additional full-page black & white plates showing facsimiles of various manuscripts, printed books, portraits, paintings and etchings illustrating the progress of English Literature. A fine..... More

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Translated by A.W. Wheen. Lithographs by Charles Keeping. Erich...

REMARQUE, Erich Maria.

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Translated by A.W. Wheen. Lithographs by Charles Keeping.

London: The Folio Society. 1966. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, original pictorial cloth. 184 pp. Frontispiece plus eleven additional full-page plates, plus binding design, all by Keeping. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ Originally published in 1929. Considered a "definitive anti-war novel," the book describes a German soldiers'..... More

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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES. Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Robert Louis STEVENSON

STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES. Drawings by Edward Ardizzone.

London: The Folio Society. 1967. [2001]. Hardcover. Small octavo, original pictorial cloth. [136] pp. Frontispiece and numerous small & lovely drawings by Ardizzone throughout the text. The 12th printing, dated 2001 on the copyright page. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ Originally published in 1879, 'Travels with a Donkey in..... More

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THREE STORIES: BARTLEBY. BENITO CERENO. BILLY BUDD. With Wood Engravings by Garrick Palmer....

MELVILLE, Herman.

THREE STORIES: BARTLEBY. BENITO CERENO. BILLY BUDD. With Wood Engravings by Garrick Palmer.

London: The Folio Society. 1967. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 210 pp. With eight full-page reproductions of wood engravings, plus cover design, all by Palmer. Spine faintly tanned, a fine copy in slipcase. ¶. More

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PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS. With a Preface by Peter Ackroyd, An Introduction by John...

MILTON, John. [William Blake Illustrations]

PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS. With a Preface by Peter Ackroyd, An Introduction by John Wain, and Illustrations by William Blake.

London: The Folio Society. 2003. First Folio Society Edition with these Illustrations. Hardcover. Second Impression. Folio, bound in quarter green Nigerian goatskin leather over copper silk-covered boards, spine titled in gilt, top edges stained green. 304 pp. Frontispiece and eleven additional full-page colour plates, all by Blake. A fine copy..... More

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THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION. Translation by Rex Warner. Introduction by George Cawkwell. Preface by...

XENOPHON.

THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION. Translation by Rex Warner. Introduction by George Cawkwell. Preface by Theodore K. Rabb. Illustrations by Bob Venables.

London: The Folio Society. 2009. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, map endpapers. 285 pp, Index at rear. Frontispiece seven additional full-page colour plates printed on glossy paper stock, plus binding design, all by Venables. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ Xenophon the Athenian was born 431..... More

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IF THIS IS A MAN. Translated by Stuart Woolf. With an Introduction by Frederic Raphael and an...

LEVI, Primo.

IF THIS IS A MAN. Translated by Stuart Woolf. With an Introduction by Frederic Raphael and an Afterword by the Author. Etchings by Jane Joseph.

London: The Folio Society. 2000. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 234 pp. Frontispiece plus eleven additional full-page black & white reproductions of engravings, all by Joseph. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ First published in 1947, IF THIS IS A MAN (US title: 'Survival in Auschwitz')..... More

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AN INKEEPER'S DIARY. Introduction by Craig Brown. Illustrations by Peter Bailey. John FOTHERGILL

FOTHERGILL, John.

AN INKEEPER'S DIARY. Introduction by Craig Brown. Illustrations by Peter Bailey.

London: The Folio Society. 2000. [2005]. Hardcover. Octavo, original decorated boards boards, green cloth spine blocked in white and black. 278 pp., Index at rear, Frontispiece and line drawings throughout the text by Bailey. This is the Fifth Impression, dated 2005 on the copyright page. Miniscule mark to fore-edges of..... More

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COBBETT'S ENGLAND. A SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM COBBETT. With Engravings by James...

COBBETT, William.

COBBETT'S ENGLAND. A SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM COBBETT. With Engravings by James Gillray. Edited With an Introduction by John Derry.

London: The Folio Society. 1968. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original printed boards, blue cloth spine titled and decorated in gilt. 276 pp. Illustrated with a series of eight caricatures by James Gillray entitled "The Life of William Cobbett, - written by Himself", originally published in 1809. Spine panel..... More

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RURAL RIDES In The Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire,...

COBBETT, William.

RURAL RIDES In The Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Hertfordshire: With Economical and Political Observations relative to matters applicable to, and illustrated by, the State of those Counties respectively. Edited by Ian Dyck. Introduced by Richard Ingrams. Illustrated by Joe McLaren.

London: The Folio Society. 2010. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Royal Octavo, original pictorial cloth, map endpapers. 502 pp. Frontispiece plus twenty additional full-page black & white plates, plus cover design, all by McLaren. Indexes at rear. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ First published in 1830. A masterpiece of..... More

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BRIEF LIVES. A SELECTION BASED ON CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS. Edited by Richard Barber. John AUBREY

AUBREY, John.

BRIEF LIVES. A SELECTION BASED ON CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS. Edited by Richard Barber.

London: The Folio Society. 1975. [1996]. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 263 pp. Frontispiece plus 93 monochrome reproductions of portraits illustrating the 92 biographical sketches (there are two portraits for the Danvers family). This is the Ninth Impression, dated 1996 on the copyright page. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶..... More

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A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. Drawings by Dodie Masterman. James JOYCE

JOYCE, James.

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. Drawings by Dodie Masterman.

London: The Folio Society. 1965. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original grey canvas boards with green cloth spine, gilt titles. 324 pp. Frontispiece plus seven additional full-page black & white plates, plus cover design, all by Masterman. Tiny scuffs to spine, a very good tight copy in the original..... More

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. The First Version of Edward Fitzgerald. Drawings by Virgil Burnett....

KHAYYAM, Omar.

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. The First Version of Edward Fitzgerald. Drawings by Virgil Burnett.

London: The Folio Society. 1970. Second Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. The second Folio Society Edition, but the First with these Illustrations. Octavo, original decorated brown-red cloth with a design in silver by Madeline Dinkel, gilt titles of spine. Printed throughout in black & brown. 32 pp, Frontispiece and four additional..... More

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COVER HER FACE. Illustrations by Jonathan Burton. P. D. JAMES

JAMES, P.D.

COVER HER FACE. Illustrations by Jonathan Burton.

London: The Folio Society. 2008. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 216 pp. Frontispiece plus seven additional full-page colour plates on textured paper, plus cover design, all by Jonathan Burton. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ Detective Fiction. Originally published in 1962, this is P.D. James' debut..... More

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THE COMPLETE NOVELS OF THE BRONTËS [Comprising] WUTHERING HEIGHTS, JANE EYRE, THE TENANT OF...

BRONTË, Emily, Charlotte & Anne.

THE COMPLETE NOVELS OF THE BRONTËS [Comprising] WUTHERING HEIGHTS, JANE EYRE, THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL, VILLETTE, SHIRLEY, AGNES GREY, & THE PROFESSOR. Seven Volumes. The First Folio Society Editions, Slipcased.

London: The Folio Society, 1964-1970. First Folio Editions. Hardcover. Seven Volumes. Octavo, each volume bound in quarter black leather with coloured cloth boards, the spines with a geometrical design by John Westwood in gilt on the spines each volume with the cloth and the spine blocking in different colours (red..... More

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COLLECTED SHORT STORIES. Introduced by Andrew Lycett. Illustratedd by Philip Bannister. Five...

KIPLING, Rudyard.

COLLECTED SHORT STORIES. Introduced by Andrew Lycett. Illustratedd by Philip Bannister. Five Volume Set.

London: The Folio Society. 2005. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. First Folio Society Edition, and the First Edition of this Collection. Five Volumes. Royal Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 446 + 503 + 507 + 576 + 590 pp. Colour frontispieces in each volume, plus fifty-five additional full-page black & white..... More

Price: $135.00

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [along with] THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND...

CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [along with] THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. With [42] + [50] Illustrations by John Tenniel.

London: The Folio Society. 1961 & 1962. First Folio Society Editions. Hardcover. Two Volumes. Octavo, original pictorial boards with pink cloth spines titled in gilt. 113 + 132 pp. Frontispieces plus illustrations throughout in red, all by Tenniel. Light fading to the spine panel of WONDERLAND, although it was issued..... More

Price: $40.00

BRIGHTON ROCK. Illustrated by Grant Grandfield. Graham GREENE

GREENE, Graham.

BRIGHTON ROCK. Illustrated by Grant Grandfield.

London: The Folio Society. 1997 [2002]. First Separate Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 289 pp. Frontispiece plus seven additional full-page black & white plates, plus cover design, all by Grant Gandfield. First published by the Folio Society in 1997 as part of the six-volume set 'The Great..... More

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THE SPY'S BEDSIDE BOOK. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene & Hugh Greene. Introduced by Stella...

GREENE, Graham & Hugh [Editors].

THE SPY'S BEDSIDE BOOK. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene & Hugh Greene. Introduced by Stella Rimington. Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle.

London: The Folio Society. 2006. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 261pp. Frontispiece plus many additional black & white illustrations throughout the text. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ Anthology of tales from Spy Novels including works by Ian Fleming, T.E. lawrence, Dennis Wheatley, William le Queux..... More

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STORIES OF OLD NEW SPAIN. Thomas A. JANVIER

JANVIER, Thomas A.

STORIES OF OLD NEW SPAIN.

New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891. 1891. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in gold and darker green. 326 pp + [10] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece. Fresh clean copy, small faint stain to spine; near fine. ¶ Stories of old Mexico and the Spanish..... More

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THE NORTH STAR. A TALE OF NORWAY IN THE TENTH CENTURY. Illustrated by Wilbur Dean Hamilton. M. E....

HENRY-RUFFIN, M.E.

THE NORTH STAR. A TALE OF NORWAY IN THE TENTH CENTURY. Illustrated by Wilbur Dean Hamilton.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, stamped in white, green and peach. 355 pp, [1] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece and 5 additional black & white plates. Pencil name on front endpaper, inner..... More

Price: $65.00

BEALBY. A Holiday. H. G. WELLS, Herbert George

WELLS, H.G. [Herbert George].

BEALBY. A Holiday.

New York: The Macmillan Company. 1915. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 291 pp + [8] pp ads at rear. Heraldic bookplate of George H. Folger on front paste-down, with his signature and date (Mar 13/15) in pencil on front..... More

Price: $40.00

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