Search Results: The Folio Society from AJ Scruffles

London: The Folio Society, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Gentle Folio Society edition of the letters exchanged between the ill fated 12th century Monk and Nun on spiritual matters and their catastrophic love affair and marriage. With wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. No slipcase but with protective wrapper. Some mild wear and marking to covers but contents crisp and clean. Very good.

London: The Folio Press; J. M. Dent; Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pleasant Folio Society edition of Robertson's account of the discovery of Tahiti, supplemented with additional extracts from the writings of his crew. Published under the Folio Press imprint. Complete with protective DJ with front and rear flaps. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. DJ is price-clipped. Volume is otherwise crisp and clean. Very good.

London: The Folio Press; J. M. Dent; Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pleasant Folio Society edition of Robertson's account of the discovery of Tahiti, supplemented with additional extracts from the writings of his crew. Published under the Folio Press imprint. Complete with protective DJ with front and rear flaps. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. DJ is price-clipped. Volume is otherwise crisp and clean. Near fine.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Fine. Eliot's first novel. Rubbing to edges. Mild fraying to top and tail and spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Good

London: The Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover. Good. David Eccles. Splendid Folio Society volume of selected crime stories that appeared in the Strand Magazine. Including How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom by Arthur Conan doyle; The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling; Mirage by W. Somerset Maucgham; The News in English by Graham Greene. Twenty stories in total. With illustrations by David Eccles. Complete with slipcase. Decorative cloth binding. Some very light shelfwear to slipcase and volume, Sunning and light marking to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. The most amusing and/or exciting episodes extracted from Casanova's famous memoir. Lavish pictorial cover, full colour plates. Some light rubbing to edges. Contents bright and clean. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Impressive Folio Society edition of Burckhardt's 1853 study of Constantine and the later Roman empire, from the reforms of Diocletian and the tetrarchy to constantine's ascension and his adoption of christianity, using the text of the updated 1880 edition. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear to slipcase. Contents pristine. Fine condition.

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Stout Folio Society edition of Stevenson's travel writings describing his journey from England, across america to the Napa Valley, whereupon he honeymooned for two months. Contains The Amateur Emigrant, Across the Plains and The Silverado Squatters. Complete with b/w images and slipcase. Very light shelfwear and a couple of spots of light foxing to fore-edge. Otherwise neat and tight, contents crisp and clean. Good/very good condition

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio Society edition of Stevenson's travel writings describing his journey from England, across america to the Napa Valley, whereupon he honeymooned for two months. Contains The Amateur Emigrant, Across the Plains and The Silverado Squatters. Complete with b/w images and slipcase. Very light shelfwear to slipcase. Contents crisp and clean. Near fine.

London: The Folio Society, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs of costumes by Audrey Cruddas and b/w images of decor and staging by Roger Furse. With an introduction by Laurence Olivier. Complete with Dust Jacket. DJ has tears to edges with slight loss, and mild marking. Covers are toned and sunned through Dust jacket. Light mark to ffep. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good overall.

London: The Folio Society, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. 'Being an account of the reign of the Pope Alexander VI'. An account of life under the Borgia pope, written by his Master of Ceremonies, Burchard. Maps as end-papers and b/w images. lacks slipcase. Light sunning to spine. Contents prim and binding sound. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 'Being an account of the reign of the Pope Alexander VI'. An account of life under the Borgia pope, written by his Master of Ceremonies, Burchard. Maps as end-papers and b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has rubbing and splitting to bottom panel and rubbing to edges. Sunning to spine. Contents prim and binding sound. Good.

London: The Folio Society, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio Society edition of Aubrey's 17th century short biographies. Notable for their controversial content. Pleasing cloth covers are clean and bright though bobbling very very slightly on the spine. Slipcase has some light shelfwear. Contents pristine. Very good overall.

London: The Folio Society, 2014. Hardcover. Near Fine. Elegant new Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With colour illustrations by Bill Bragg and an introduction by Kathryn Hughes. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some very faint spotting to fore-edge, else immaculate. Near fine.

London: The Folio Society, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint of the first Folio Society edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. With illustrations by Peter Reddick. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Some light shelfwear to slipcase. Contents bright and clean. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1959. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Interesting Folio Society edition of Stevenson's 1892 novella set on the fictional South Sea island of Falesá, what he called the first realistic South Seas story. with illustrations by Clarke Hutton. Complete with slipcase. Some shelf-wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Fair. Early Folio Society edition of Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel about a Parisian social climber. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Alistair Grant. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Toning and rubbing to covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Fair/good.

London: The Folio Society, 2009. Hardcover. Good. A Folio Society selection of some of the best writing by Dorothy Parker. Silver cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild sheflwear. Peculiar creasing to cover, most likely a production fault. Volume is pristine. Good overall.

London: The Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. Charming Folio Society volume of anecdotes and stories from well known raconteurs and conversationalists including Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens and Woody Allen. With b/w drawings by John Lawrence throughout. Metallic copper cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Crisp, fine condition.

London: The Folio Society, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good. Impressive Folio Society edition of Lincoln's selected writings, including speeches and pieces from his early political career in Illinois to his time as president, including the Gettysburg Address. With numerous b/w images. No slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear and rubbing to edges. Contents crisp and clean. Very good.