THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (8 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Gibbon.
Stock no. 1830799
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

8 volume set in individual slipcases. Brown/maroon cloth, gilt titles and borders. Name & date in ink to top of front pastedowns, four digit number in ink to top corner of front endpapers. All volumes are first editions in this formt dated from 1983 through to 1990. Some minor marks to boards. Text blocks lightly browned. Volume III the title to the spine is in silver foil and not gilt although the borders to front boards are gilt. Contained in publisher's slipcases in VG condition, slight fading at open edges, one volume is worn at open corners and starting to split. Overall, a decnet set.

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THE WESSEX NOVELS (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830798
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Very good condition.

Includes: Far from the Madding Crowd, The Trumpet Major, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Castorbridge, and Jude the Obscure. Various colour cloth boards with corn dolly vignette to front boards. Various printings of 1991 exceot Jude the Obscure which is a first thus 1992. Fading to spine of Jude the Obscure. Title blocks are scuffed. Minor foxing to text blocks. Contents otherwise clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf-scuffed and has a small worn patch to one side, foxing/damp to inside of slipcase. Slipcase does give the impression of being just a little too large width-ways for the books... unsure if this set is the original set for the box.

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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830797
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Very good condition.

A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages. Fifth printing. Spine very slightly faded. Text block lightly grubby. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing and paper wear to one edge.

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THE ILIAD
Written by Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox. Illustrated by Grahame Baker.
Stock no. 1830796
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Robert Fagles' translation of The Iliad. Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. Red cloth spine with gilt title, beige cloth boards with blocked design. Colour plates. lxxxv and 596 pages. Eighth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some very light shelf-scuffing and very faint fading to one edge.

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THE SHOOTING PARTY
Written by Anton Chekhov; John Sutherland; Ronald Wilks. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1830795
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Green decorated cloth. Gilt title to spine. Translated and edited by Ronald Wilks. Introduction by John Sutherland. Colour illustrations. xxxiv and 215 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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SHORT STORIES
Written by Anton Chekhov; Gordon McVay; Zinovy Zinik. Illustrated by Debra Mcfarlane.
Stock no. 1830794
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Gordon McVay, Foreword by Zinovy Zinik. Red cloth spine with gilt title, orange paper boards with repeating pattern. Colour plates. xxiv and 480 pages. Faint stain to spine. Top edge of text block lightly grubby. Else contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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MUSIC, MEN, AND MANNERS IN FRANCE AND ITALY 1770
Written by Charles Burney; H. Edmund Poole.
Stock no. 1830793
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

Being a journal written by Charles Burney, Mus.D. during a Tour through those countries undertaken to collectmaterial for A General History of Music. Edited and with an introduction by H. Edmund Poole. Green cloth with maroon title block and gilt text to spine. B/w illustrations. xxix and 245 pages. Text block has very tiny foxspots. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn at ends, one end starting to split, and has a few minor knocks. Musty odour present.

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THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION
Written by Xenophon; Rex Warner; George Cawkwell; Theodore K. Rabb. Illustrated by Bob Venables.
Stock no. 1830792
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Xenophon's story of the disastrous Greek military expedition through Turkey and into modern Iraq fighting the Persians. Brown pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Translated by Rex Warner, introduction by George Cawkwell, preface by Theodore K. Rabb, illustrations by Bob Venables. l and 285 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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THE TRUCE: A SURVIVOR'S JOURNEY HOME FROM AUSCHWITZ
Written by Primo Levi; Stuart Woolf; David Mendel. Illustrated by Jane Joseph.
Stock no. 1830791
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Translated by Stuart Woolf, Introduction by David Mendel. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine, silver design. Pale blue endpapers. B/w etchings. 239 pages. Spine lightly faded and has a few foxspots. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase.

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THE ODYSSEY
Written by Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox. Illustrated by Grahame Baker.
Stock no. 1830790
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Robert Fagles' translation of Homer's Odyssey. Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, grey cloth sides with blocked design. Colour plates. lxxxviii and 493 pages. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed.

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COMPLETE NOVELS (7 VOLUMES)
Written by George Eliot.
Stock no. 1830789
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Set in two slip-cases consists of: Silas Marner; The Mill on the Floss; Adam Bede; Romola; Felix Holt; Daniel Deronda; Middlemarch. Different colour cloths with b/w engravings by different illustrators. Top edge of text blocks is grubby/lightly browned at the opening ends (approx 2" maximum starting from outside edge). Spine of Middlemarch is faded, only noticeable when removed from the slipcase. Otherwise, a very nice set contained in two slipcases which are lightly scuffed.

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AN OLD MAN'S LOVE
Written by Anthony Trollope; David Skilton. Illustrated by Rod Waters.
Stock no. 1830788
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by David Skilton. Red cloth spine with black title labels and gilt title. Pale blue paper boards with red floral border. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. xix and 172 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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