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BARBER, Peter. Commentary by.... The Queen Mary Atlas with Commentary Volume. LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION.
The Folio Society. London 2005
The Folio Society. London. 2005. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES, this copy being number 65. First edition. Elephant folio in size. This is a facsimile reproduction of the atlas Queen Mary commissioned as a gift for her husband, Philip of Spain. It has been reproduced from the original in the British Library by means of digital photography by Laurence Pordes and printed at Cambridge University Press on Fuiroso paper supplied by John Purcell. There are 12 double-page maps and charts, each measuring 31" x 22½", Each map mounted on a guard , so that it opens absolutely flat. The atlas is bound in full red full grain calf, gilt by Smith Settle of Ottley with an elaborate coat of arms designed by David Eccles to upper board. The smaller companion volume of commentary is to be found in a separate compartment to the large matching red and gilt solander box which houses them both. Very slight signs of use to box, the books are as new. 80323
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800.00 GBP
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BRONTE, Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The Complete Novels Illustrated with Wood Engravings. FOLIO SOCIETY SET.
The Folio Society. London 1993
The Folio Society. London. 1993. Reissue. 7 volumes in slipcase, all bound in green watersilk slipcase. Tall 8vo. Illustrated with woodcuts in text by Peter Reddick, Ian Stephens, Harry Brockway, Howard Phipps, George Tate, Peter Forster and Simon Brett. Spines faded, small catch mark to spine of Jane Eyre, upper boards very lightly mottled. A few loose threads to edge of slipcase and head of spines otherwise a lovely set. 81841
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60.00 GBP
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COLLINS, Minta, Commentary by... List of Plates by Sandra RAPHAEL. Tractatus de Herbis. A LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE BOUND IN FULL MOROCCO.
The Folio Society. London 2002
The Folio Society. London, 2002. LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 1000 copies, this being number 224. Reproduced from the manuscript Egerton MS 747 in the British Library by Laurence Pordes and printed at The Bath Press,Glasgow on Phoenix Motion paper. Very handsomely bound by Smith Settle of Ottley in full green morocco gilt with blocked with a mulberry design in black with red raised mulberries to upper board by David Eccles. All edges of pages gilt. Large 4to together with a smaller companion volume of commentary. The two volumes are housed in green cloth clamshell box which has very slight signs of use. The books are in superb condition. 80321
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DAWKINS, Richard. The Selfish Gene.
The Folio Society. London 2011
Folio Society, London. 2011. First Folio edition. Decorative cloth boards, black spine, gilt type. Colour plates. 367pp. A clean and bright copy in slipcase. 80488
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100.00 GBP
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FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION. The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace. In Two volumes Commentary by Clive Wilmer. Translation by W E Gladstone.
The Folio Society. London 2014
The Folio Society. London. 2014. LIMITED EDITION OF 980 COPIES, this being number 398. In two volumes. Volume one is a facsimile edition of the William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace reproduced from the original in the Bodleian Library, in full colour and gilt. Small 8vo. Very handsomely bound in full brown Indian goatskin, gilt. Volume two is a large slim 4to book with green paper-covered boards with gilt text and border to front cover. The text within is W. E. Gladstone's translation of the Odes with a Commentary by Clive Wilmer. Both volumes are presented in a beautifully constructed box designed by David Eccles, which has the smaller leather volume sitting in a red velvet lined framed box with ribbon to allow easy removal of book. The larger volume sits neatly above so that both are tightly protected by green clam-shell box which is decorated in gilt and silver. A stunning set. 80312
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