CAREY Chris

Thermopylae. [Introduction by the Author. Maps redrawn by Kevin Freeborn. Series Editor: Hew Strachan.] NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2021. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured plates, monochrome illustrations in the text and 7 maps; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, black endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Another addition to the popular FS series of 'Great Battles'.

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Book number: 44766

Catalogue: Folio Society0

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CARP Augustus

Augustus Carp Esq. by Himself. Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man. Introduction by John Letts. Drawings by David Eccles. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1988. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; dark red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, red top, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 48372

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, carp, augustus carp, david eccles

CARROLL Lewis

Alice's Adventures Under Ground. [Facsimile edition. With separate Commentary volume 'The Original Alice' by Sally Brown.] FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society [with] British Library,, [2008]. Together 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured title and dedication, text in red and sepia, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; full green morocco, upper board framed and lettered in gilt, radial corners, gilt edges, plain endpapers, Commentary Volume in pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, the whole housed in publisher's board box with removal ribbon, the box elaborately blocked in gilt enclosing a photographic portrait by the author, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 3750 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 3294). High-quality coloured facsimile of the original manuscript (British Library Add. MS. 46700). 'The Original Alice' was first published by the BL in 1997.

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Book number: 46093

Catalogue: Folio Society0

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CARROLL Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk. [8vo., reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2019 [2020]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, and illustrated endpapers; red cloth, upper board framed and blocked in gilt enclosing mounted coloured illustration (repeated from text), a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case. First published in 2015 as a limited edition; now reissued in smaller format with new binding and slip-case, and with watercolour added by the artist to certain illustrations.

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Book number: 46939

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CARSON Rachel

Silent Spring. With an Introduction by Margaret Atwood and an Afterword by Edward O. Wilson. Ilustrations by Teagen White. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2021. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured photographs and illustrations, and printed endpapers; brown buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in green and white, a near fine copy in publisher's textured board slip-case.

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Book number: 49709

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CARTER Angela

Nights at the Circus. Introduced by Sarah Waters. Illustrated by Eileen Cooper. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2021. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 9 coloured illustrations and 13 monochrome illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

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Book number: 46946

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Keywords: mstock, folio society, carter, angela carter, eileen cooper

CARTER Howard

The Tomb of Tutankhamun. Introduced by Professor David P. Silverman. Photographs by Sandro Vannini. [Second Impression thus.] NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2013 [2014]. 2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression thus, with frontispieces, 128 pages of coloured photographs and 32 pages of plates in monochrome, and pictorial endpapers; pictorial black buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt and colours, gilt backs, gilt tops, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 44917

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, howard carter, tutankhamun, ancient egypt, egyptology

CATULLUS.

The Poems of Catullus. Translated by James Michie. Introduction by Gavin Ewart. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 1981. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title and text in green and black; green cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, sand endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 48404

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, catullus, gavin ewart

CELLINI Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. Translated by George Bull. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, [1967]. 8vo., burgundy buckram, upper board and backstrip elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 44057

Catalogue: Folio Society0

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CERAM C. W.

Gods, Graves and Scholars. The Story of Archaeology. Introduced by John Romer. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society, 1909. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 48 pages of coloured and monochrome plates and patterned endpapers; patterned blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 28007

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CHABON Michael

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Introduced by Michael Moorcock. Illustrated by Chris Samnee. With Colours by Matthew Wilson. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2018. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 9 coloured illustrations (6 double-page); blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked and die-cut board slip-case. Chabon's modern classic was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2001.

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Book number: 37329

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CHADWICK Nora

The Celts. With an Introductory Chapter by Barry Cunliffe. [Preface by the Author. Maps by Reginald Piggott.]. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2001. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 32pp of coloured and monochrome plates and 6 maps; terracotta buckram, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, red top, terracotta endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked in gilt.

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Book number: 42577

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Keywords: folio society, chadwick, nora chadwick, celts, cunliffe, barry cunliffe

CHAIKIN Andrew

A Man on the Moon. The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts. New Preface by the Author. Foreword by Tom Hanks. Photographs edited and selected by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2021. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with over 200 coloured and monochrome photographs; pictorial black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine copy in publisher's pictorial board slip-case. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 44743

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CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de

Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb. Selected and translated by Robert Baldick. Introduced by Philip Mansel. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2016. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 12 pages of coloured plates, monochrome illustrations in the text and decorative endpapers; decorative red cloth blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 31285

Catalogue: Folio Society0

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CHATWIN Bruce

In Patagonia. Introduced by William Dalrymple. With previously unpublished Photography by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society,, 2016. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 22 photographs; ribbed silver boards, upper board blocked and lettered in brown and black, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

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Book number: 47926

Catalogue: Folio Society0

Keywords: folio society, travel, patagonia, latin america, south america, bruce chatwin