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THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Carter; Marina Warner. Illustrated by Igor Karash.
Stock no. 1829163
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

A retelling of fairy tales Gothic with sexual inferences. Introduced by Marina Wanrer. Black cloth spine with silver title, white blocked design boards. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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IN PRAISE OF FOLLY AND LETTER TO MAARTEN VAN DORP, 1515
Written by Desiderius Erasmus; Eamon Duffy. Illustrated by Matthew Richardson.
Stock no. 1829154
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Nearly fine condition.

An essay written in Latin first published in 1511. The text of this edition follows that of the translation by Betty Radice first published in 1971 by Penguin books. Introduced by Eamon Duffy. Brown paper boards with black titles and blocked design. Colour plates. xxv and 168 pages sincluding index. A lovely copy, feels unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEYS
Written by Mathew Lyons.
Stock no. 1328890
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Attempted journeys to places that did not in fact exist; claims to have visited or seen such places; journeys it is not longer possible to make; and journeys that, whether in planning, the execution or the outcome, were implausible or unlikely, if not actually wholly impossible. Blue cloth spine with gilt title and decoration, blue pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. Contained in a slipcase which has surface paper damage to one of the opening edges (corner bumped to same).

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MY LIFE
Written by Thomas Bewick; Iain Bain. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick.
Stock no. 1328889
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Brown cloth spine, gilt titles. Yellow boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Original tissue-paper wrapper is browned and edge torn with loss to top of spine and also around front panel.

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LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.

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PENSEES
Written by Blaise Pascal; A.J. Krailsheimer; T.S. Eliot.
Stock no. 1829103
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated and with an introduction by Krailsheimer. Introduced by Eliot. Black cloth, gilt title and decorations. Colour illustrations. xlvii and 368 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed, and has a small knock to one end.

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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1829097
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Very good condition.

Introduced by Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. Fourth printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed with white marks to base and spine (VG).

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HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES
Written by Charles Dickens; D.J. Taylor. Illustrated by Fred Walker.
Stock no. 1829096
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

Introduction by D.J. Taylor. Burgundy leather spine with black title block and gilt title. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt border. Top edge gilt. B/w illustrations. Burgundy ribbon page marker. xv and 277 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has some white scuff marks also present (VG).

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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES
Written by W.B. Yeats; Paul Muldoon. Illustrated by Linda Farquharson.
Stock no. 1829094
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and edited, with an introduction by Yeats. Foreword by Paul Muldoon. Black, red & silver pictorial boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxvi and 336 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).

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THE RENAISSANCE: STUDIES IN ART AND POETRY
Written by Walter Pater; Michael Prodger.
Stock no. 1829092
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Michael Prodger. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and blocked decoration to front. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy, still in original shrinkwrap!

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THE JUNGLE BOOK AND JUST SO STORIES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Maurice Detmold; Edward J. Detmold; Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1829091
Published by Folio Society. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two volumes in red cloth and cream titles with black and cream illustrations on front covers. The Jungle Book contains colour plates by Detmold and Just So Stories b/w text illustrations by the author. An attractive set. This edition has new binding (originally first published by Folio Society in 1991/1992). Sixth printing (with new binding). A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
Written by George MacDonald; Carol Ann Duffy. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Stock no. 1829088
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Carol Ann Duffy. Silver/blue pictorial cloth. Blue endpapers. Beautiful colour plates. xv and 269 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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