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BRIGGS, ASA: A Victorian Trilogy. Victorian Cities, Victorian, Things, Victorian People.
The Folio Society. 1996
In maroon illustrated cloth covers with maroon hard card slip case with gilt to spine and front. Decorated endpapers. 330, 406, 261pp. Prof. ills with b/w and colour plates. In near fine condition. Spines slightly faded, else a very clean and tight set. Originally published between 1954 and 1988, these three volumes have been brought together by the Folio Society and published as a set with text revised, and with some additions by the author. A fascinating look at Victorian Britain, the cities, people and ‘things’. Includes portraits and descriptions of many famous politicians, authors, engineers, buildings, furniture, inventions.
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45.00 GBP
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CONRAD, JOSEPH: The complete works of Joseph Conrad. Set of 17 books. Lord Jim, Almayers Folly, Nostromo, Mirror of the Sea, The Duel and Other Tales, Victory, Heart of Darkness, The Typhoon and other tales, Under Western Eyes, Chance, The Rover, The Secret Sharer, The Secret Agent, Rescue, The Arrow of Gold, The Shadow Line, Outcast of the Islands,
The Folio Society. 1996 - 2005
In dark blue slip cases with silver facsimile signature to front. In pictorial cloth covers with black, blue and silver to front with silver to spines. With b/w illustrations and portraits. In near fine condition. Lord Jim has owner’s neat inscription on reverse of main title page. Else very clean and tight copies. A couple of slipcases have small marks to back edges. Novels and short stories by Joseph Conrad.
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300.00 GBP
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Hogg, Thomas Jefferson: Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff
The Folio Society 1952
Bound in marbled boards with gilt cloth on spine. With Dustwrapper 156pp. Prof. ills. with b/w wood engravings by Douglas Percy Bliss. In very good condition with good dustwrapper(a little faded and rubbed at edges.Small chip to top of spine. Top front edge creased). Not price clipped. Some slight foxing to early pages. Inside clean and tight. No inscriptions or other marks. Memoirs of the romances and adventures of a Russian prince, written by Thomas Jefferson Hogg, close friend of the poet, and his biographer Shelley.
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8.00 GBP
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Hudson, Roger Nelson and Emma.
The Folio Society 1994 (1st in this form)
Blue cloth spine. Stiff pictorial paper covers. 256pp illustrated, maps. Fine in very good slip-case. A compilation of letters, diary entries and assorted other documentation between Admiral Nelson and Emma accompanied with numerous etchings, prints and cartoons from the era..
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10.00 GBP
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KIPLING / DOYLE / WALLACE / CROMPTON / and others: Adventure Stories from the "Strand".
The Folio Society 1995
Light green cloth gt, with picture on front cover. Numerous black & white drawings by David Eccles, full-page. 329 pp. Initials and date written on fr. endpaper (very small). Fine in very good slip case (slip case trifle marked on one side). Includes: Kipling: the Lost Legion/ Doyle: Howe the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom / Wells: The land Ironclads / Crompton: Eventful day in the life of Miss Faversham / etc., etc.;
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16.00 GBP
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PERRY, MARIA: Elizabeth I. The Word of a Prince. A Life from Contemporary Documents.
Folio Society. 1990 (1st. in this ed.).
Tall 8vo. Maroon cloth spine gt. Beige stiff paper covers. In slip gilt decorated slip case. Decorated endpapers match slip-case. 351pp. Many col. & b/w ills. inc colour portrait frontis. Fine in near fine slip-case. Orator, wit, stylist and Queen, Elizabeth Tudor was one of the most prolific writers of the golden age which bears her name. Few people realize that her first book was published when she was fourteen and a half by John Bale , a controversial heretic whose works had been banned in England by Elizabeth’s father, King Henry VIII. After this unorthodox literary debut, she wrote, studied or translated something most days of her life, exceptions being made for holydays and hunting. Elizabeth tells her own story through her writings in this very attractive Folio copy.
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10.00 GBP
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