ACKROYD Peter

The Life of Thomas More. Introduced by Diarmaid MacCulloch. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2017. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 32 pages of coloured plates; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in yellow, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 32380

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, thomas more, henry viii, cardinal wolsey, peter ackroyd

ADAMS Douglas

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [Complete set]. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [with] The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [with] Life, the Universe and Everything [with] So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish [with] Mostly Harmless. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton. NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASES

Folio Society,, 2015-2016. 5 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces and numerous full-page coloured illustrations; pictorial blue cloth, upper boards blocked in silver and colours, backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine set in publisher's slip-cases.

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Book number: 37850

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, douglas adams, hitchhiker's guide, arthur dent, ford prefect

ADDISON, Joseph

Sir Roger de Coverly. Edited by John Hampden. With Wood Engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1967. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece and numerous engraved head-pieces; marbled boards, brown buckram back gilt, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 14353

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, addison, joseph addison, steele, richard steele, budgell, eustace budgell, roger de coverly

ADICHIE Chimamanda Ngozi

Half of a Yellow Sun. Illustrated by Unyime Edet. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2022. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 6 coloured plates; grey pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in yellow, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.

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Book number: 49168

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, adichie, chimamanda ngozi adichie, unyime edet

AESOP

The Fables of Aesop. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1998 [2004]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and monochrome illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in red and black, gilt back, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.

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Book number: 47632

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, aesop, fables, aesop's fables, detmold, edward detmold

ALLINGHAM William

The Diaries. Edited by H. Allingham and D. Radford. Introduction by John Julius Norwich. NEAR FINE COPY IN SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1990. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece and plates; green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in publisher's green board slip-case.

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Book number: 22099

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, allingham, william allingham, john julius norwich

ALLINGHAM Margery

Hide My Eyes. [An Albert Campion mystery]. Illustrated by Alexandru Savescu. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2018. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 6 coloured illustrations; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

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Book number: 35247

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, allingham, margery allingham, crime fiction, detective fiction, albert campion

ALLINGHAM Margery

Mr. Campion and Others. Illustrated by Darya Shnykina. THREE GENERATIONS OF THE PASTERNAK FAMILY

Folio Society,, 2020. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and plates; brown pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 43408

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, allingham, margery allingham, darya shnykina, campion, albert campion, crime fiction, detective fiction

ALLINGHAM Margery

Traitor's Purse. Introduced by A.S. Byatt. Illustrated by James Boswell. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, [2015]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 6 plates; pictorial boards, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Albert Campion is trapped in a living nightmare.

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Book number: 28313

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, margery allingham, albert campion, crime fiction, detective fiction, traitor's, purse

AMBLER Eric

Epitaph for a Spy. Introduced by Stella Rimington. Illustrated by Paul Blow. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2013. 8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece and 7 coloured illustrations; pictorial cloth, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 24120

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, private press, folio society, eric ambler, espionage fiction, eric ambler, folio society, epitaph, spy

AMBLER Eric

The Mask of Dimitrios. Introduced by Simon Winder. Illustrated by Paul Blow. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2011 [2013]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 7 coloured illustrations; pictorial red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 23865

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, ambler, eric ambler, dimitrios

ANGELOU Maya

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Introduced by Tayari Jones. Illustrated by Shabazz Larkin. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2020. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured illustrations (one double-page); pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 43410

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, angelou, maya angelou, shabazz larkin

ANON

The Herefordshire Pomona. 980 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Folio Society,, 2014. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine coloured plates; green cloth, boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, plates volume with green morocco back, a fine copy in publisher's solander case. EDITION LIMITED TO 980 COPIES. A splendid edition of this masterpiece of botanical art, the most comprehensive study of apples and pears grown in Britain ever published.

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Book number: 39360

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, apples, pears, pomona, herefordshire pomona

APULEIUS

The Golden Ass. Translated by E.J. Kenney. Introduced by James Wood. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY QUENTIN BLAKE

Folio Society, 2015. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured illustrations in the text; burgundy morocco, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, purple endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's slip-case blocked in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY BLAKE (THIS COPY NO. 195).

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Book number: 46062

Catalogue: Folio Society0

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APULEIUS Lucius

The Transformations of Lucius, otherwise known as The Golden Ass. Translated by Robert Graves. Lithographs by Michael Ayrton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and pictorial endpapers; ivory faux-vellum, blocked in sepia, gilt back, red top, backstrip very lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy in publisher's board slip-case, the case mildly rubbed and worn at extremities.

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Book number: 48255

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, apuleius, lucius apuleius, robert graves, ayrton, michael ayrton, golden ass