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AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES. The Complete Greek Tragedies. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.
2011
Folio Society, London. 2011. 5 vols. Brown cloth illustrated in black and gilt. Colour plates to each vol. Prefaces by Lawrence Norfolk, Peter Stothard, Simon Goldhill, Germaine Greer, Ruth Padel. Translators: the editors + Seth G. Benardete, John Moore, Michael Jameson, William Arrowsmith, John Frederick Nims, Emily Townsend Vermeule, Witter Bynner, Rex Warner, Ronald Frederick Willetts, Ralph Gladstone, Elizabeth Wyckoff, Frank Jones. A splendid set, very clean and sound, in brown slipcase. 80461
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300.00 GBP
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BARBER, Peter. Commentary by.... The Queen Mary Atlas with Commentary Volume. LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION.
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.
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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COLLINS, Minta, Commentary by... List of Plates by Sandra RAPHAEL. Tractatus de Herbis. A LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE BOUND IN FULL MOROCCO.
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.
2011
Folio Soicety, London. 2011. First edition, thus. Hardback in slipcase. NO DW. Illustrated. Black boards, with a stunning pattern of bees and honeycomb to front board. A very clean and fresh copy in slightly used slipcase. 79942
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