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THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO 1918-1956: AN EXPERIMENT IN LITERARY INVESTIGATION
Written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn; Brian W. Aldiss.
Stock no. 1826285
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2005.
Nearly fine condition.
The author's experiences in the Soviet Gulag system. Edited from the original three volume edition by Edward E. Ericson. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Whitney and Harry Willetts. Introduced by Aldiss. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Couple of tiny minor marks to rear last page but one. Else a lovely copy, appears unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- RUSSIA
- BIOGRAPHY
THE GENTLEMAN'S DAUGHTER
Written by Amanda Vickery.
Stock no. 1325721
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2006.
Nearly fine condition.
Women's lives in Georgian England. Peach decorative cloth. Colour illustrations. Book is fine. Contained in slipcase which is very slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- GEORGIAN
THE JUBILEE YEARS 1887-1897
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1325717
Published by Folio Society.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Compiled by Hudson. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to corners and scuffing to covers. Contents fine. Slipcase is bumped at corners and faded to edge of front panel, mark to lower edge.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
THREE CLASSIC NOVELS
Written by Jane Austen.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1325651
Published by Folio Society.
1997.
Nearly fine condition.
Three volumes. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma. Red cloth. Wood engravings. Eighteenth printing, reset. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH
Written by Giles Milton.
Stock no. 1826092
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
How England's adventurers gambled and won the New World. Pale blue cloth boards with gilt and blue design, blue title to spine. Colour illustrations. Minor rubbing to board corners else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with minor scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- EXPLORATION
RURAL RIDES
Written by William Cobbett.
Illustrated by Joe McLaren.
Stock no. 1325630
Published by Folio Society.
Fine condition.
In the Counties of: Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfollk and Hertfordshire With Economical and Political Observations relative to matters applicable to, and illustrated by, the State of those Counties respectively. Grey/brown cloth spine with vignette of tree in black, gilt title. Beige cloth boards with silhouette of tree to front. Brown endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. A fine copy still in original shrinkwrap.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- COUNTRYSIDE
LETTERS AND NOTES ON THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
Written by George Catlin; Peter Matthiessen; C.J. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1826089
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
"Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America". Introduced by Matthiessen, edited and abridged by Shepherd. Pale peach cloth. Colour photos throughout. 470 pages. Scuff mark to half-title page else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase with a few minor scuffs.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- ANTHROPOLOGY
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen.
Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1826047
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few light marks and is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Written by Robert Burchfield; Robert McCrum; John Simpson.
Stock no. 1325594
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2006.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduction by McCrum, afterword by Simpson. Red cloth spine gilt titles, patterned paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Book is fine. Contained in slip-case.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- ENGLISH
THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson.
Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2015.
Very good condition.
Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- MARITIME
TALES OF SUSPENSE AND TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Wilkie Collins; Edgar Allan Poe.
Illustrated by Anne Scott; Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1325361
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1990.
Nearly fine condition.
Edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal. Black cloth with red decoration and silver title to spine. Top edges dyed red. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly scuffed with small dent at spine edge.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- LITHOGRAPHS
NAPOLEON & WELLINGTON
Written by Andrew Roberts; Alistair Horne.
Stock no. 1824902
Published by Folio Society.
Circa
2015.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Horne. Silver decorated boards. Colour plates. Unread. Still in original shrinkwrap with minor knock to one vertical closed edge of slipcase.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
- NAPOLEON