A History of Chinese Civilisation
London, The Folio Society, 2002 (first thus). Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence, and with the author's introduction, and his preface to the second edition. [2 items]. More
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The Elizabethan Age. [A six-volume boxed set comprising The England of Elizabeth; The Expansion of Elizabethan England; The Elizabethan Renaissance: the Life of the Society; and The Elizabethan Renaissance: the Cultural Achievement]
London, The Folio Society, 2012 (first thus). With a preface to each volume by the author, and an introduction by Alan Stewart. [4 items]. More
The English Governess at the Siamese Court. Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
London, The Folio Society, 1980 (first thus). Introduction by Robin Duke. Anna Harriette Leonowens (1831-1915), British writer and governess employed by King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam [now Thailand] for the instruction of his children, including his son and successor, Prince Chulalongkorn' (Britannica). More
Memoirs of the Mogul Court
London, The Folio Society, 1999. Edited, with an introduction, by Michael Edwardes. More
A Month in the Country
London, The Folio Society, 1999. Introduction by Ronald Blythe. 'On foot to Constantinople, from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube'. More
The Age of Innocence
London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). Introduction by Rachel Cusk. More
The Camberwell Beauty. And Other Stories
London, The Folio Society, 2011 (first thus). Selection, and introduction, by William Trevor. More
The Lifted Veil. Women's 19th-Century Stories
London, The Folio Society, 2005 (first thus). Introduction by Kathryn Hughes. More
The Victorians
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). With the author's preface to the 2002 edition, and a preface new to this edition, which 'follows the text of the revised edition'. More
The Folio Society edition of the Works of Thomas Hardy (16 of the 18 volumes published, comprising three sets of three volumes in three slipcases, and nine individual volumes in slipcases)
London, The Folio Society, 1968 to 1994 (all first thus). The titles of the individual volumes are: 'A Laodicean'; 'The Hand of Ethelberta'; 'Desperate Remedies'; 'The Well-Beloved'; 'Two on a Tower'; 'A Pair of Blue Eyes'; 'A Group of Noble Dames'; 'A Changed Man'; 'Life's Little Ironies'; 'Far From the..... More
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
London, The Folio Society, 1961 (first thus). Translated from a Spanish text based upon the first editions of 1605 and 1615, with notes and a preface by Samuel Putnam. [2 items]. More
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life and Particularly Showing the Distresses that may Attend the Misconducts both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage
London, The Folio Society, 1991 [first thus]. Edited, with notes and two introductions, by Angus Wilson, who explains that this edition 'offers a complete text of the first edition of Richardson's Clarissa'. Later editions featured revisions in which Richardson altered characters, 'tone and appearance'. The text of this edition 'has..... More
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The Iliad [and] The Odyssey
London, The Folio Society, 1996 and 1998 (both first thus). New to this edition are: the illustrations by Graham Baker, the maps by Anita Karl and James Kemp (with several by Reginald Piggot after Karl and Kemp), and the minor revisions by the translator, Bernard Knox (who also provides the..... More
The Complete Novels. [Comprising Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, The Professor, Shirley, Villette and Wuthering Heights]
London, The Folio Society, 1964 to 1970 (all first thus). With an introduction by 'J.H.' to each volume, and Charlotte Brontë's original preface to 'The Professor' (as 'Currer Bell'). [7 items]. More
The Pre-Raphaelites and their World. A Personal View
London, The Folio Society, 1995. Introduction and epilogue by Angela Thirlwell. More
The Analects. Lun Yü
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). Translated, and with an introduction, by D.C. Lau; preface by A.C. Grayling. More
Letter from America, 1946-2004
London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). Introduction by James Naughtie. 'No journalist in the twentieth century did more to explain America to the British than Alastair Cooke' (from the blurb). More
The Age of Constantine the Great
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). Translated by Moses Hadas; introduction by Noel Lenski. More
The Well-Tempered Garden
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). More
Vanity Fair
London, The Folio Society, 1996 (first thus). Introduction by Fay Weldon. More
The Third Policeman
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). Introduction by Richard Fortey. More
Captain Cook's Voyages, 1768-1779
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Selected and introduced by Glyndwr Williams. More
Redcoats and Rebels. The War for America, 1770-1781
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). 'This is a narrative history of the American War of Independence told largely from the British and Loyalist point of view' (from the blurb). More
Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
London, The Folio Society, 2016 (first thus). Selected and translated by Robert Baldick. Introduction by Philip Mansel. More
The Cretan Runner. His Story of the German Occupation
London, The Folio Society, 2009 [first thus]. Translated from the Greek, and with an introduction, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Annotated by Fermor and Xan Fielding. More