Folio Society
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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+).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE CASTLE OF FRATTA
Written by Ippolito Nievo; Lovett F. Edwards.
Illustrated by Eric Fraser.
Stock no. 1828086
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1954.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A novel. Translated from the Italian by Lovett F. Edwards. Cloth spine with gilt title. Marbled paper boards. B/w illustrations. Published without a slipcase. Fading to top & tail of spine. Horizontal lower edges rubbed. Name & date in ink to front pastedown hidden by flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has '£3.50 paid' written in ink to lower edge, is chipped at corners & top & tail of spine, spine browned, rear panel browned and a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats.
Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1828064
Published by Folio Society.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. Second printing. Spine lightly faded and lightly mottled else a lovely clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little marked (fairly m inor) (VG+).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- ART
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Written by Dee Brown; Hampton Sides.
Stock no. 1828058
Published by Folio Society.
2008.
Very good condition.
Brown cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Sepia photo onlay to front cover. Sepia photos to contents. An Indian History of the American West. Introduced by Hampton Sides. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs (VG).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
CHILDREN'S BIBLE STORIES
No author listed.
Illustrated by Peter Malone.
Stock no. 1327766
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Beige decorated buckram cloth, blue title block to spine with gilt title. Frontis and 12 colour illustrations. Book is fine. Blue slipcase is scuffed with a light splash mark to one panel.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- BIBLE STORY
COLOUR: TRAVELS THROUGH THE PAINTBOX
Written by Victoria Finlay.
Stock no. 1327601
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
How humans have attempted to reproduce nature's colours. Vivid colours of the rainbow covers. Colour photos/illustrations. 424 pages. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- ART
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- CHEMISTRY
THE CRETAN RUNNER
Written by George Psychoundakis; Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Stock no. 1327598
Published by Folio Society.
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
The author's story of the German occupation of Crete in World War Two. Translated and with an introduction by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Colour pictorial boards. B/w photos. Second printing. Minimal bumping and rubbing to corners. Minimal scuffing to slipcase.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- WORLD WAR II
- CRETE
- MILITARY
IN SEARCH OF SCHRODINGER'S CAT
Written by John Gribbin.
Illustrated by Raymond Biesinger.
Stock no. 1327595
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
The question this book addresses is 'What is reality?' The answer(s) may surprise you; you may not believe them. But you will find out how contemporary science views the world. Blue cloth boards, light blue title to spine and blocked design to front. Colour illustrations and b/w diagrams. xiii and 272 pages. A few small, light marks to slipcase. Book itself is fine.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- CHEMISTRY
THE BLIND WATCHMAKER
Written by Richard Dawkins.
Stock no. 1327594
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
Makes the case that evolution by natural selection is a big enough theory to answer the biggest question of all - why do we exist? Black cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette of DNA strand to front. Colour illustrations. Book itself is fine. Faint mark to one panel of the slipcase.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- EVOLUTION
ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY
Written by Max Beerbohm.
Illustrated by Michael Kirkham.
Stock no. 1327593
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
Light grey, illustrated boards. Cream endpapers. Book itself is fine. Cream slipcase is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE
Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins; Ruth Padel.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Magill.
Stock no. 1327592
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Ruth Padel. Square format; silver/grey cloth with onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is faded to one edge
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- POETRY
CARTHAGE: A HISTORY
Written by Serge Lancel.
Stock no. 1327590
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
First published under the title Carthage, by Librairie Artheme Fayard in 1992. Translated by Antonia Nevill, introduction by Richard Miles. This translation first published by Basil Blackwell in 1995. The text of this edition follows that of the First English edition, with minor emendations. Grey cloth with gilt & orange title to spine and blocked design to front. Colour plates and b/w diagrams. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is slightly faded to one edge.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (ROMAN)