From Dawn to Decadence. 1500 to the Present. 500 Years of Western Cultural Life
London, The Folio Society, 2015 [first thus]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2015 [first thus]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1995 [first thus]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2011 (all first thus). With numerous illustrations (and the covers) by Natacha Ledwidge; the introduction to the collection by P.D. James. [5 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2011 (first thus). With an introduction by Richard Vinen. 'This Folio Society edition is based on the revised edition of 1938, with minor emendations'. [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2011 (first thus). With a preface by Philip Pullman. [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2004 (all first thus). Introduction by Richard Holmes. [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2000 to 2003 [all first thus]. With an individual introduction to each volume by Peter Heather. This edition follows the revised editions of 1892, 1895, 1896 and 1899. [8 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2005 (first thus). 'Eric Newby, the dean of British travel writers, called O'Hanlon's first book "Into the Heart of Borneo", "the funniest travel book I have ever read". This one is even better' (from the foreword by Bill Bryson). More
London, The Folio Society, 1987 [first thus]. The individual Introduction to each volume by Devendra P. Varma, and the six frontispieces, were produced especially for this edition. Ann Radcliffe, née Ann Ward (1764-1823) is 'the most representative of English Gothic novelists. She was a pioneer in developing a literature of..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1999 [first thus]. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. [5 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). Introduction by Patrick McGrath. More
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (first thus). With an introduction by John Sutherland; 'the text of this edition follows that of the revised twentieth edition, with minor emendations'. More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Introduction by Norman Sherry. [6 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1996 (first thus). Introduction by Bryan Forbes. [6 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 [first thus]. Translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude, with an introduction by John Sutherland. [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1971 (first thus). Edited, with an introduction, by Winifred Gerin. More
London, The Folio Society, 2001 (all first thus). Introduction (in 'Burmese Days') by Peter Davison (1926-2022), the 'leading authority on the life of George Orwell who edited the mammoth 20-volume 'George Orwell: The Complete Works' ('The Guardian' obituary). [5 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1995 (first thus). Translated, and with an account of the author's life, by Tobias Smollett. 'The present edition follows the text of Smollett's corrected edition of 1770, though Smollett's spelling has been modernised'. Introduction by Robin Chapman. More
London, The Folio Society, 2005, 2009 and 2011 (all first thus). The complete Roman Britain trilogy. With introductions by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Julia Eccleshare and Penelope Lively respectively. [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). Edited, and with an introduction, by Roger Hudson; with the preface by the author. Covers the period from 607 to 1873. More
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). More
London, The Folio Society, 1964 (first thus). Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Lesley Blanch. Harriette Wilson (1786-1845), sometime courtesan to William, Lord Craven and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. More
London, The Folio Society, 1972 (first thus). More
London, The Folio Society, 2001 (first thus). Foreword by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie; introduction by Maxine Berg. Edited, and with a Preface, by M.M. Postan. More
London, The Folio Society, 1999 (first thus). Introduction by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the author's 1924 preface, and M.M. Postan's preface to the Tenth Edition. More