BRILLAT-SAVARIN Jean Anthelme

The Physiology of Taste. Translated by Anne Drayton. Introduced by Tom Jaine. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2008. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and coloured photographs throughout; ivory pictorial buckram blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 47937

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Keywords: mstock, folio society, brillat-savarin, cookery, gastronomy, cuisine, physiology of taste

BRINGHURST Robert

A Story as Sharp as a Knife. The Classical Haida Mythtellers and their World. Introduced by Margaret Atwood. Illustated by Don Yeomans. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2015. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured and monochrome illustrations; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 28351

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Keywords: mstock, folio society, robert bringhurst, bringhurst, haida, margaret atwood, atwood

BRONTE, Charlotte

[The Complete Novels of the Brontes.] Jane Eyre [with] The Professor [with] Villette [with] Shirley [with] Wuthering Heights [with] The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [with] Agnes Grey. Wood-engravings by Simon Brett. NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1991 [1993]. 7 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces and wood-engraved illustrations in the text; full green silk moire, gilt backs, green tops, pale green endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's silk moire slip-case; bindings and case with no sign of the usual colour-fading. Wood-engravings by Simon Brett, George Tute, Peter Reddick, Howard Phippis, Peter Fian Stephens, Harry Brockway respectively. This illustrated edition first published by FS in 1991. THIS SET IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION; the elegant silk binding was found to fade heavily with time and was replaced by blue cloth from 2004 onwards.

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Book number: 49640

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Keywords: folio society, bronte, charlotte bronte, currer bell, emily bronte, ellis bell, anne bronte, acton bell

BRONTE Charlotte

Five Novelettes. Passing Events. Julia. Mina Laury. Captain Henry Hastings. Caroline Vernon. Transcribed from the original Manuscripts and edited by Winifred Gerin. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1971. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, plates, facsimiles in the text and coloured endpaper maps; maroon buckram, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's board slip-case, the latter lightly browned at edges. Collects five novelettes written between 1836 and 1839.

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Book number: 47627

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Keywords: folio society, bronte, charlotte bronte, currer bell,

BRONTE Charlotte

Jane Eyre. Introduced by Emma Donoghue. Illustrated by Santiago Caruso. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2014 [2016]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 9 coloured plates; pictorial cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 36957

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: mstock, folio society, bronte, charlotte bronte, jane eyre

BRONTE Anne

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Introduced by Tracy Chevalier. Illustrated by Valentina Catto. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2020. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 7 coloured plates; pictorial buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

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Book number: 41789

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Keywords: mstock, folio society, bronte, anne bronte, valentina catto

BRONTE Emily

Wuthering Heights. Introduced by Patti Smith. Illustrations by Rovina Cai. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2014 [2019]. 8vo., with 9 illustrations; pictorial grey buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black, a fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

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Book number: 43516

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BROOKE Rupert

Selected Poems. Introduced by Jon Stallworthy. Illustrated by Ed Kluz. EDITION LIMITED TO 1750 COPIES

Folio Society,, 2015. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 9 lithographs and 6 illustrations in the text; patterned boards, blue morocco back ruled and lettered in gilt, blue top, a fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 1750 COPIES.

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Book number: 27401

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Keywords: mstock, folio society, rupert brooke, jon stallworthy, wwi, great war, war poets, war poetry

BROWN Dee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. An Indian History of the American West. Introduced by Hampton Sides. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2007. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured and and monochrome plates, and maps in the text; brown buckram, upper board with mounted illustration, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 45343

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BRUNHOFF Jean de

Histoire de Babar. Le Petit Elephant. [Facsimile of First Edition; Facsimiles of originalsketches and maquette; Commentary and translation by Christine Nelson and Sophie Lewis.] 750 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Folio Society,, 2020. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with fine coloured and monochrome facsimiles; Facsimile Volume: pictorial boards, blue cloth back; Commentary Volume: blue boards; Portfolio: pictorial boards, red cloth back; the whole housed in publisher's cloth presentation box lettered in gilt with green ribbon ties. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. The Facsimile volume is taken from the copy held in the Morgan Library. The Commentary volume includes essays by Faiza Guene, Adam Gopnik and Christine Nelson. The translation of 'Historie de Babar' is by Christine Nelson and Sophie Lewis.

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Book number: 41670

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Keywords: folio society, babar, petit elephant, jean de brunhoff, histoire de babar

BRUSATTE Steve

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. The Untold Story of a Lost World. With a new Foreword by the Author. Illustrations by Davide Bonadonna. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2022 [2023]. 8vo., with numerous coloured plates (a number folding) and large folding map in pocket; pictorial cloth, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.

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Book number: 49679

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BRUSATTE Steve

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals. A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us. Illustrated by Davide Bonadonna. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2024. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-page, 32 pages of coloured plates, 8-page coloured gatefold and large folding coloured map in pocket; pictorial cloth, a near fine copy in publisher's printed slip-case.

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Book number: 49804

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Keywords: mstock, folio society, brusatte, steve brusatte, davide bonadonna

BRYSON Bill

A Walk in the Woods. Illustrated by James Weston Lewis. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2022. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured and monochrome illustrations, and map; green pictorial cloth blocked in cream and black, backstrip lettered in cream, a fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.

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Book number: 49167

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BULL George

Venice. The Most Triumphant City. NEAR FINE COPY

Folio Society,, 1980. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 48787

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BUNYAN John

The Pilgrim's Progress. With Watercolour Illustrations by William Blake. Introduction by Nathalie Colle. Notes by Roger Pooley. 750 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Folio Society,, 2020. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 28 fine watercolour illustrations by Blake; pictorial blue cloth, upper board with red leather label framed and lettered in gilt, red leather back lettered in gilt, gilt top, ribbon marker, a fine copy in publisher's cloth slip-case with mounted coloured illustration (repeated from text). EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 209). A sumptuous edition, presenting the definitive text of Bunyan's masterpiece with all twenty-eight of Blake's original and visionary watercolour illustrations.

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Book number: 46542

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