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WILLIAM MORRIS: STORIES IN PROSE, STORIES IN VERSE, SHORTER POEMS, LECTURES AND ESSAYS (CENTENARY EDITION)
Written by William Morris; G.D.H. Cole.
Stock no. 1830857
Published by The Nonesuch Press.
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
This one-volume Morris is representative of the whole range of his genius. Mr. Cole has chosen from the verse and prose so as to show the diversity as well as the greatness of Morris as a craftsman in words. Edited by G.D.H. Cole. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Leaf & branch patterned endpapers. xxiv and 671 pages. Small blue mark to rear board. Text block browned. A few foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with small chips to corners, lightly browned ot spine, closed tears to edges of rear panel, foxed.
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Written by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky; Constance Garnett.
Illustrated by Ru Van Rossem.
Stock no. 1208994
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1957.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A psychological novel. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret... Translated by Constance Garnett. Dramatic red and black pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. vi and 454 pages. No slipcase as issued. Lower edge of boards faded/marked. Text block browned and water stained. Foxing to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Matching red pictorial dustwrapper is marked and dampstained along the lower edge, faded to spine with some light rubbing to top.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Written by Muriel Spark.
Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1208992
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A novel. A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorities because of her unorthodox teaching methods. Bright blue cloth boards with repeating white pattern. 6 Colour plates. 152 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
TYPHOON, THE NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS' AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joseph Conrad; Paul Theroux.
Illustrated by Francis Mosely.
Stock no. 1208991
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2000.
Very good condition.
A novel. Blue cloth with silver title to spine and black and silver picture to front cover. Introduction by Paul Theroux. 353 pages. A few small, grubby marks to top edge of text block and top vertical edge else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
ALMAYER'S FOLLY AND TALES OF UNREST
Written by Joseph Conrad; Richard Woodman.
Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1208990
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A novel. Introduction by Richard Woodman. Blue cloth, silver title to spine; black and silver decorations to front cover. B/w illustrations. 329 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little shelf-scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
VICTORY: AN ISLAND TALE
Written by Joseph Conrad; Eleanor Bron.
Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1208989
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1999.
Nearly fine condition.
A novel. Introduction by Eleanor Bron. Blue pictorial cloth with silver title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. 352 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE ROVER
Written by Joseph Conrad; Christopher Fletcher.
Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1208988
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
A novel. Introduction by Christopher Fletcher. Dark blue cloth with silver & black blocked design to front board. Silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 243 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf-scuffing.
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- LITERATURE
THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien.
Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1330666
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Christopher Tolkien. A tale of Middle earth before 'The Lord of The Rings'. Blue boards, with gilt title to spine. Colour plates plus b/w chapter headers and footers. ISBN: 9780007246229. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- FANTASY
- LITERATURE
WAR AND PEACE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Leo Tolstoy; Rosemary Edmonds.
Illustrated by Feliks Topolski.
Stock no. 1208984
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Reduced format. Translated and with an introduction by Rosemary Edmonds. Brick red spines with gilt titles. Cream/beige covers with line drawings. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a little scuffing, especially to the base.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
JEEVES & WOOSTER (6 VOLUMES)
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1208983
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1996.
Very good condition.
Titles are: Ring For Jeeves; The Mating Season; Joy In The Morning; The Code Of The Woosters; Thank You Jeeves; Right Ho, Jeeves. Attractive pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf scuffed and has foxing to top end.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HUMOUR
- LITERATURE
WESSEX NOVELS (SIX VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Hardy.
Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1208982
Published by Folio Society.
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Contains: The Woodlanders; The Return of the Native; Far From The Madding Crowd; Jude the Obscure; The Mayor of Casterbridge; Tess of the d'Urbervilles. All different colour cloths, with corn dolly motif to front covers. B/w illustrations. Some title blocks to spines slightly scuffed, small mark to base of spine of Tess, else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase with some scuffing, especially to the base.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
TWENTY-ONE TALES
Written by Rudyard Kipling; Tim Wilkinson.
Illustrated by Ian Ribbons.
Stock no. 1830830
Published by Folio Society.
1985.
Very good condition.
A collection of Rudyard Kipling's short stories. Selected and with an introduction by Tim Wilkinson. Yellow pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. xii and 355 pages. Sixth impression. Spine very slightly grubby (hardly noticeable). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed, faded and grubby.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE