BEWICK Thomas

My Life. Edited and with an Introduction by Iain Bain. With numerous Wood-engravings and Watercolours by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY

Folio Society,, 1981. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 16 coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations and decorations in the test; yellow boards, upper board blocked in sepia, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, brown top, blue endpapers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 44142

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, bewick, thomas bewick, book illustration, wood engraving

BIBLE.

The King James Bible with the Apocrypha. 940 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Folio Society,, 2011. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with calligraphy by Stephen Raw, text in red and black; blue full morocco, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, gold and blue silk markers, a fine copy in publisher's wooden slip-case, lined in silk and with sliding tray. EDITION LIMITED TO 940 COPIES. Vol. I: Genesis to Solomon; Vol. II: Isaiah to Revelation.

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Book number: 46052

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, bible, kjv, king james bible, stephen raw

BIERCE Ambrose

The Devil's Dictionary. Introduced by Miles Kington. Illustrated by Peter Forster. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2003 [2005]. 8vo., with illustrations in the text; marbled boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 26768

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, bierce, ambrose bierce, peter forster

BIRD Isabella L.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Introduction by Dervla Murphy. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1988. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread, and plates; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 48781

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, isabella bird, rocky mountains, americana

BIRD Isabella L.

The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. An Account of Journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory. By Mrs. J F Bishop (Isabella L Bird). Introduced by Dervla Murphy. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2018. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontspiece and over 100 photographs in duotone, illustrations in the text, large folding map in pocket at end and red endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked in gilt.

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Book number: 48555

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, china, yangtze, yangtze valley, isabella bird

BLACKMAN Malorie

Noughts and Crosses. Introduced by Benjamin Zephaniah. Illustrated by Kingley Nebechi. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2021. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 6 coloured ollustrations and printed endpapers; pictorial blak cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.

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Book number: 44272

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, blackman, malorie blackman, kingsley nebechi

BLACKMORE R.D.

Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor. Introduced by John Sutherland. Illustrated by David Rooney. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BOARD SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2000. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and 14 plates; pictorial blue cloth blocked in gilt and black, blue endpapers, covers very lightly rubbed else a bright, clean copy in publisher's board slip-case. The text follows that of the twentieth (illustrated) edition of 1883.

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Book number: 22839

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, blackmore, lorna doone, exmoor,

BLAKE William

Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Morton D. Paley. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society in association with the William Blake Trust,, [2007]. Sm. folio, First Edition thus, with 105 fine full-page coloured facsimiles; blue silk cloth, burgundy morocco back lettered in gilt, burgundy top, burgundy endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. High quality facsimile of the unique coloured copy now housed in the Yale Center for British Art. Published by FS to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Blake's birth. SCARCE.

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Book number: 45669

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, blake, william blake, jerusalem

BLAKE William

Songs of Innocence and Experience. Illustrated by the Author. Introduced by Patti Smith. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2023. 8vo., First Edition thus, text and illustrations in colour throughout; green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt edges, ribbon marker, a near fine copy in publisher's clamshell case with mounted colour illustration. Produced from the finest surviving copy, printed and hand-coloured by Blake, held at King's College Cambridge.

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Book number: 48583

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, blake, william blake, patti smith

BLOCH Marc

Strange Defeat. A Statement of Evidence written in 1940. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Preface by Robert O. Paxton. Introduction by Frederick Maurice Powicke. Foreword by Georges Altman. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2015. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and 16 pages of plates; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. SCARCE.

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Book number: 46526

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, bloch, marc bloch, ww2, wwii, occupied europe, vichy france, french resistance

BLUNDEN Edmund

Undertones of War. Introduction by Jon Stallworthy. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1989. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread and plates (a number double-page); pictorial green and brown cloth, green top, backstrip lettered in silver, black endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. The plates are by Nash, Rothenstein, Orpen, Kennington, Muirhead Bone and other notable official and unofficial artists of the Great War. The printed binding is taken from Nash's 'lithograph 'Void of War'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 46258

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, blunden, edmund blunden, nash, paul nash, ww1, wwi, great war , western front

BLYTON Enid

The Enchanted Wood. Preface by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2023. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; pictorial boards, orange cloth lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 48491

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, blyton, enid blyton, morpurgo, michael morpurgo, jonathan burton

BLYTON Enid

The Magic Faraway Tree. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2024. 8vo., First Edition thus, in full colour throughout; pictorial cloth, yellow cloth back lettered in black, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 49806

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, blyton, enid blyton, jonathan burton

BOCCACCIO Giovanni

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. With Aquatints by [John] Buckland-Wright. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Folio Society,, 1954. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces and full-page aquatints in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; maroon buckram, upper boards blocked in red and green, gilt backs, green tops, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 48376

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, boccaccio, giovanni boccaccio, buckland wright, john buckland wright, decameron, aquatints

BOCCACCIO Giovanni

The Decameron. With illustrations by John Buckland-Wright. 1750 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Folio Society,, 2007. 4to., First Edition thus, with 20 aquatints; full red morocco, sides and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and green to geometric designed by Jeff Clements, gilt top, ribbon marker, a near fine copy housed in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 1750 COPIES. With separate booklet 'The Happy Art of Narration, Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron' by Dryden, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Shelley and Leight Hunt.

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Book number: 48835

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, boccaccio, decameron, john buckland wright