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THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN (7 VOLUMES)
Written by Jane Austen; Richard Church. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1827569
Published by Folio Society. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey cloth spines, gilt titles. Decorated peach coloured boards. B/w illustrations. Reset edition. Includes Pride and Prejudice; Shorter Works; Sense and Sensibility; Northanger Abbey; Emma; Mansfield Park; Persuasion. Introduction by Richard Church. Sixth impression. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase with a couple of minor marks.

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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Illustrated by Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1827568
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt illustration to front cover, white title to spine. Colour illustrations. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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ULYSSES
Written by James Joyce; Stephen James Joyce; Jacques Aubert. Illustrated by Mimmo Paladino.
Stock no. 1827567
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

Facsimile reproduction of the 1926 second edition, with badly broken characters corrected and blemishes deleted, and is published by arrangement. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine an gilt/white decoration to front cover. Gold/black and white illustrations internally. Preface by Stephen James Joyce and Introduction by Jacques Aubert. Headband to top of spine is unglued from cloth spine (see photo). Contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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GHOST STORIES AND OTHER HORRID TALES
Written by Charles W. Stewart; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Robert Louis Stevenson; Lafcadio Hearn; et al. Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart.
Stock no. 1827566
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stories selected by Charles W. Stewart. Pictorial boards. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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ON THE BEST STATE OF A COMMONWEALTH AND ON THE NEW ISLAND OF UTOPIA
Written by Thomas More. Illustrated by Adam Simpson.
Stock no. 1827559
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

'A Truly Golden Handbook, No Less Beneficial than Entertaining'. Green cloth spine with gilt title, light blue/green paper sides designed by the artist. 8 colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at vertical open edge.

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POSSESSION: A ROMANCE
Written by A.S. Byatt. Illustrated by Rowena Dugdale.
Stock no. 1827558
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green and blue pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing, minor split to one open corner.

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PARADISE LOST
Written by John Milton; Peter Ackroyd; John Wain. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1827556
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. Green leather spine with gilt title. Peach silk moiree covered boards. Top edge coloured. A Poem In Twelve Books by Milton with a preface by Ackroyd, an introduction by Wain and colour illustrations by Blake. Spine & top coloured edge lightly faded. Contents lovely. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Stock no. 1827537
Published by Unwin Books. 1974. Very good condition.

Reproducing the complete authoritative text of the three books that make up the trilogy of 'The Lord of the Rings': The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Three pictorial cardwrap volumes contained in a pictorial slipcase which is open at either side. Second impression in same year as first publication of this edition. Spines of all three volumes heavily sunned (blue). Contents are browned with some foxing mainly to endpapers. Pictorial slipcase is sunned at one side, scuffed, some foxing to inside of case.

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ROGUE MALE
Written by Geoffrey Household; John Banville. Illustrated by David Rooney.
Stock no. 1827518
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Banville. First published in 1939 by Chatto & Windus, this edition follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear), and is lightly faded at one open edge.

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THE COMPLETE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Helen Smithson.
Stock no. 1827516
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

An omnibus volume containing Kiss Kiss, Over to You, Switch Bitch, Someone Like You, and eight further Tales of the Unexpected. Pictorial boards, red title to spine. Black endpapers. Colour plates. A very few minor marks/browning to text block. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
Written by W. Somerset Maugham; Selina Hastings. Illustrated by Michael Kirkham.
Stock no. 1827512
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth with cream title to spine. Introduced by Selina Hastings. Colour plates. Top of inner spine pulling away from outer board spine (see photo) else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).

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THEY
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend.
Stock no. 1326840
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

White covers with gilt vignette and titles. Colour plates with tissue guards to contents. 80 pages. Corners bumped. Spine browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers and tissue guards browned else contents clean.

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