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THE GORMENGHAST TRILOGY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Mervyn Peake; Michael Moorcock. Illustrated by Peter Harding.
Stock no. 1827676
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Michael Moorcock. Contains Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone. All volumes have gilt titles to spines; b/w illustrated covers. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor shelf scuffing.

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FOUR CORNISH NOVELS (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Daphne Du Maurier; Raleigh Trevelyan. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1827675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan. Four volumes: Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel. Full page b/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor shelf scuffing.

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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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THE DUKE'S CHILDREN AND COMMENTARY TO THE FIRST EDITION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Anthony Trollope; Joanna Trollope; et al.
Stock no. 1326740
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Green leather spines and corners to 'The Duke's Children volume' - raised bands to spine and red title block with gilt title. Limited to 1980 numbered copies. The Complete text, reconstructed and edited by Steven Amarnick assisted by Robert F. Wiseman with Susan Lowell Humphreys. Introduced by Joanna Trollope. Commentary volume is green cloth with gilt titles. Books are fine, this is copy no. 896. Contained in slipcase which is very slightly scuffed.

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Written by Alexandre Dumas; George Macdonald Fraser. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827194
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2021. Fine condition.

Full blocked burgundy leather with gilt titles. Limited edition of 750 copies with an original,tipped in etching printed under the artist's supervision, and signed and numbered by the artist. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 183 of 750 SIGNED by the artist to numbered original print. This is a lovely copy, contained in publisher's slipcase also in fine condition, contained in the original shipping box from Folio Society. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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DINARBAS; A TALE: BEING A CONTINUATION OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA
Written by Ellis Cornelia Knight.
Stock no. 1824154
Published by C. Dilly, In The Poultry. 1st 1790. Very good condition.

The anonymous coninuation by Ellis Cornelia Knight of Samuel Johnson's Rasselas (1759). Re-bound in three quarter tan calf leather, raised bands to spine, red title label with gilt title to spine. Marbled paper boards. Vertical and lower edge of text block untrimmed. xii and 356 pages. Modern binding is beautifully clean, bright and tight. New endpapers. Some minor foxing to the contents. Browning to text block and page edges. Overall a decent copy for a text of 240+ years old.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1323422
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small, light mark to front cover and light scuffing to rear cover. Some light browning and a couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing throughout on text pages. Plates all present and in fine condition.

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THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1822839
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1321751
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BREAKFAST IN PERIGORD
Written by William Russell Flint. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1822281
Published by Charles Skilton. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition.

Essays on Various Occasions and in Diverse Moods with favourite quotations decorated and enlivened with 60 illustrations & devices. Large format. Black leather spine with gilt title. White boards with black vignette to front. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 525 signed and numbered copies. SIGNED by the author to rear. This is copy 147 of 525. A few minor grubby marks to white boards. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a large bookplate to one side and is lightly shelf scuffed.

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HORRID MYSTERIES
Written by Marquis Of Grosse; Peter Will.
Stock no. 1320940
Published by Folio Press. 1968. Very good condition.

The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels. A story translated from the German by Peter Will, four volumes in one. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine slightly worn at base. Corners bumped.

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ADVENTURES OF A YORKSHIRE FARMER AND HIS SCAPEGRACE NEVVY
Written by Timothy Goorkrodger.
Stock no. 2133863
Published by F.M. Fetherston. Circa 1885. Good condition.

The adventures of a Yorkshire farmer in London. Brown cloth spine, green boards. Text in dialect. 144 pages. Boards worn at edges with loss of paper covering at corners. Lower corner tip lost from rear cover. Tear to gutter between index and first page. Spine has a couple of black marks. Pages browned.

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