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THE NAME OF THE ROSE
Written by Umberto Eco; William Weaver. Illustrated by Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1828292
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Very good condition.

Translated from the Italian by Weaver. Red and gold decorated cloth with white title blocks to spine. Gold decorated endpapers. 7 colour plates. 499 pages. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is fairly heavily scuffed and is bumped to one corner (VG).

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MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS
Written by Gerald Durrell; Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1828281
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth with burgundy title on spine. Brown and cream decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Introduced by Michael Morpurgo. Second printing. A few pale foxspots to spine. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf-scuffed (VG+).

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ROBERT FROST: SELECTED POEMS
Written by Robert Frost; Paul Muldoon; C. Day Lewis. Illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs.
Stock no. 1828280
Published by Folio Society. 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Paul Muldoon, Foreword by C Day Lewis. Green cloth spine with gilt title and vignette, cream & green pictorial paper boards. Green two tone illustrations. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a minor knock on one vertical edge and is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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TWO TALES OF THE CONGO
Written by Joseph Conrad. Illustrated by Dolf Rieser.
Stock no. 1828272
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes: An Outpost of Progress; and Heart of Darkness. Beige cloth boards, black title block to length of spine, black image to front. B/w Copper-engravings by Dolf Rieser. An early Folio Society publication - no slipcase, as issued. Text block & endpapers browned. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and is browned, particularly to rear panel.

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THE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES (5 VOLUMES)
Written by H. St. L.B. Moss; Geoffrey Barraclough; R.W. Southern; John H. Mundy; Johan Huizinga.
Stock no. 1327917
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Five volumes. 3 red cloth, 2 dark green bindings, elaborately decorated in gilt. Colour illustrations. Small spots to the spines of the books else they are very good condition. Slipcase is just a tiny bit scuffed at edges.

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MY LIFE AND TIMES
Written by Jerome K. Jerome; Joseph Connolly.
Stock no. 1327865
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Joseph Connolly. Brown cloth boards with vignette of a Penny Farthing, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w photos. Book is fine, some scuffing to base of slipcase.

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SHERLOCK HOLMES COMPLETE STORIES (9 VOLUMES)
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1828156
Published by Folio Society. 1994. Very good condition.

Nine volume set in two slip cases: The Case-book; His Last Bow; The Return; The Memoirs; The Adventures; A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of Four; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Valley of Fear. Green cloth boards with black silhouette of holmes, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. One set of five and one set of four in slipcase. Second printing. Spines are lightly browned. Gilt titles lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to boards. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcases which are heavily shelf-scuffed to base, scuffed to sides, relatively minor splash marks to base of 5 volume slipcase (slipcases are generally VG).

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CITIES AND CIVILISATIONS
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1327816
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown pictorial cloth. Colour photos. Book is fine, some scuffing to rear panel of slipcase.

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THE LAST MAN
Written by Mary Shelley; Sarah Hall. Illustrated by Caspar David Friedrich.
Stock no. 1828130
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Sarah Hall. Brown cloth spine with burgundy title label with gilt title. Pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and very lightly faded at edges (VG+).

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THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington. Illustrated by John Buckland-Wright.
Stock no. 1828129
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated by Richard Aldington. Green cloth with gilt and red titles/decorations. Reset edition, with new binding. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed to base (shelf scuffing) and lightly scuffed elsewhere, small mark to one side (VG).

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REBECCA
Written by Daphne Du Maurier. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1828126
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reissued as a single volume. Blue printed cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Eleventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a small dint to middle of one side (VG+).

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AFRICAN ADVENTURES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated by David Eccles.
Stock no. 1828125
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

3 volume set. Stories are: She; Allan Quatermain; King Solomon's Mines. Pictorial cream cloth. B/w illustrations. A few minor marks to spines else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing and a small split at one end (VG).

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