BARROW John

The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty, its Causes and Consequences. Edited and with an Introduction by Captain Stephen W. Roskill. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1976. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 15 plates on 11 and endpaper maps; original decorative blue cloth blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt and blue, blue top, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 13082

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Keywords: folio society, naval, barrow, roskill, hms bounty, mutiny, john barrow

BARROW John

The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty, its Causes and Consequences. Edited and with an Introduction by Captain Stephen W. Roskill. [Second Edition thus]. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1976 [1999]. 8vo., Second Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 15 plates on 11 and endpaper maps; pictorial boards, gilt back, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. First published by FS in 1976.

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Book number: 24398

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BARTER Richard

The Siege of Delhi. Mutiny Memoirs of an Old Officer. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and pictorial endpapers; brown pictorial cloth blocked in yellow, backstrip lettered in red, brown top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Barter was adjutant of the Gordon Highlanders at the outbreak of the Mutiny. His memoirs were written in 1869; this is their first publication. Sorsky 149.

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Book number: 24648

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Keywords: folio society, indian mutiny, siege of delhi, delhi, richard barter

BEARD Mary

Pompeii. The Life of a Roman Town. Preface by Ferdinand Mount. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2016. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, numerous illustrations and plans in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, terracotta cloth back lettered in gilt, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 31770

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BEERBOHM Max

Zuleika Dobson. or An Oxford Love Story. With Illustrations by the Author. BRIGHT COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1966. 8vo., First Edition thus, with tointed frontispiece, 7 plates and pictorial endpapers' yellow cloth, upper board blocked in brown, gilt back, dark red top, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's board-slip-case

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BEEVOR Antony

Berlin. The Downfall 1945.. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2017. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 32pp of plates and 16 maps in the text; black cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and white, a near fine copy in publisher's pictorial board slip-case.

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Book number: 33889

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BELL Gertrude

Syria. The Desert and the Sown. Introduced by Dawn Chatty. Photographs by the Author. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2022. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome photographs throughout, and fold-out map in its own case; patterned cloth, backstrip lettered on orange, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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BELLOC Hilaire

Cautionary Tales and other Verses. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1997 [2002]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and line illustrations in the text; green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in colours, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

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Book number: 37285

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BENT, print.] [Andrew

Michael Howe. The Last and Worst of the Bushrangers. A Facsimile of the Original Edition of 1818. NEAR FINE COPY

Folio Society,, 1977. 8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial cloth, upper board lettered in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. Generally considered the first work of general literature printed [by Andrew Bent] in Australia. The text is reproduced from the copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford ref. ARCH.A.A.e.126.

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Book number: 37489

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Keywords: folio society, australia, michael howe, andrew bent, bodleian library

BEOWULF.

Beowulf. Translated by Seamus Heaney. Illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Introduced by Janina Ramirez. 750 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Folio Society,, 2023. 8vo., First Edition thus, text in two colours, with illustrated title, 11 illustrations (including 8 double-page) and printed endpapers; full yellow goatskin blocked and lettered in gilt and blue, gilt top, ribbon marker, a fine copy in publisher's cloth clamshell case lined in paper and blocked in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR AND INTRODUCER, AND SEPARATE PRINTED IN WALLET READY FOR FRAMING.

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Book number: 48038

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BERENDT John

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. A Savannah Story. Introduced by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Folio Society,, 2019. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations in the text; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 40149

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BERGERAC Cyrano de

Voyages to the Moon and the Sun. Translated by Richard Aldington. Introduced by John Wells. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2018. 8vo., with very numerous illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in black, gilt top, a fine copy in publisher's printed slip-case.

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Book number: 35251

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BESTIARY

Bestiary. Being an English Verson of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 with all the original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated and introduced by Richard Barber. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1992. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illuminated title and numerous fine coloured illustrations in the text; ivory faux-vellum, upper board blocked in colours, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 47285

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BETJEMAN John

Betjeman's Britain. Selected, edited and introduced by Candida Lycett-Green. Illustrated with Photographs by John Piper, Edwin Smith, Bill Brandt and others. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1999. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and very numerous plates all toned in sepia, pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated slip-case. Peterson A59.

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Book number: 48870

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BETJEMAN John

Selected Poems. Edited by Alan Powers. Drawings by Peter Bailey. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2004 [2005]. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, photographs and illustrations (a number in colour) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; decorative cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 45605

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