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'GOBLIN MARKET' AND SELECTED POEMS
Written by Christina Rossetti; Kathryn Hughes. Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki.
Stock no. 1829085
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Very good condition.

All poems in this edition follow the text of R.W. Crump's Complete Poemso f Christina Rossetti which was published by Louisiana State University Press 1979-90. Introduction by Hughes. Pictorial front board. Purple cloth to rear cover and spine, gilt title to spine. Full page colour illustrations. xix and 130 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is faded at edges and a little scuffed (VG).

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W.H. AUDEN COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS 1927-1957
Written by W.H. Auden; Alexander Smith. Illustrated by Brian Grimwood.
Stock no. 1829081
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Alexander Smith. Green, olive & blue decorated boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. xvi and 396 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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EPICS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Richard Barber. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1829079
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown leather spine with gilt title. Brown cloth boards with elaborate gilt decoration. Edited and introduced by Richard Barber. 16 colour illustrations including frontis. Top edge brown. xxx and 665 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Written by Jules Verne; William Butcher; Michael Crichton. Illustrated by Grahame Baker.
Stock no. 1828993
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated by Butcher, Introduced by Crichton. Pictorial boards. Full page colour plates to contents. xxviii and 230 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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LEAVES OF GRASS
Written by Walt Whitman; Andrew Motion. Illustrated by Abigail Rover.
Stock no. 1828836
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Following the first edition (1855) with minor emendations. Introduced by Motion. Quarter-bound in green leather with green buckram sides. B/w text illustrations. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is just slightly scuffed.

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Written by Lawrence James.
Stock no. 1828833
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Elaborately decorated blue cloth. This edition follows the second edition, with minor emendations and the inclusion of a new Afterword by the author. Colour illustrations. When book is left open, the top corners of pages bow upwards (not creased). Cornertips of prelims have tiny crease. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is bumped at one end and a little scuffed.

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SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by Miriam Macgregor.
Stock no. 1828829
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Printed on clay ivory wove paper, bound in quarter leather with gilt title, decorated cloth sides. Edited and introduced by Richard Holmes. B/w engravings throughout. Top edge dark grey. A lovely copy (feels unread) contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE SONG OF ROLAND
Written by C.K. Scott Moncrieff; John Burnside. Illustrated by Anna Balbusson; Elena Balbusson.
Stock no. 1828828
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title and decoration. Introduced by John Burnside. Superb colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a little marked on one side.

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THE LONG WEEKEND: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN 1918-1939
Written by Robert Graves; Alan Hodge; Juliet Gardner.
Stock no. 1828554
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Very good condition.

Introduced by Juliet Gardner. Colour photographic pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Minor marks to text block, tiny nick to vertical edge of page 359/360 else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in VG, being a little scuffed.

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THE SPANISH INQUISITION: A HISTORICAL REVISION
Written by Henry Kamen.
Stock no. 1828553
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

A Historical Revision. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, dramatic gilt and red decoration to front. Brown endpapers show districts of the Spanish Inquisition. Colour plates. Contents are bound UPSIDE-DOWN and back to front. Else a lovely copy contained in VG publisher's slipcase which has some surface paper loss to lower spine and is a little scuffed.

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BETJEMAN'S BRITAIN
Written by John Betjeman; Candida Lycett Green.
Stock no. 1828552
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, front board has five images in b/w imprinted. B/w photographic endpapers. Full of b/w photos. A lovely copy in a VG publisher's slipcase which is rubbed & worn at edges.

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WHAT ARE THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD?
Written by Peter D'Epiro; Mary Desmond Pinkowish. Illustrated by Richard Beards.
Stock no. 1828550
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

And 60 Other Great Cultural Questions. Black cloth spine with gilt title, colourful pictorial paper boards. Brown endpapers. B/w illustrations. Sixth printing. Page 23/24 has vertical margin crease else a lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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