From Dawn to Decadence. 1500 to the Present. 500 Years of Western Cultural Life
London, The Folio Society, 2015 [first thus]. More
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The Coming of the Great War. [A two-volume boxed set comprising The Proud Tower. A Portrait of the World before the War, 1890-1914; and The Guns of August]
London, The Folio Society, 1995 [first thus]. More
The Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries Collection. [A four-volume boxed set comprising Whose Body?, Unnatural Death, Five Red Herrings and Busman's Holiday]
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
A History of Europe. [A three-volume boxed set comprising Ancient and Medieval; Renaissance, Reformation and Reason; and The Liberal Experiment]
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
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Folk Tales of Britain. Narratives. [A three-volume boxed set]
London, The Folio Society, 2011 (first thus). With a preface by Philip Pullman. [3 items]. More
Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson. [A three-volume boxed set comprising An Inland Voyage and Other European Tales; Across the Plains, and Travels from Scotland to California; and In the South Seas]
London, The Folio Society, 2004 (all first thus). Introduction by Richard Holmes. [3 items]. More
The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire. [An eight-volume boxed set comprising The Visigothic Invasion; The Huns & The Vandals; The Ostrogoths, 476-535; The Imperial Restoration, 535-553; The Lombard Invasion, 553-600; The Lombard Kingdom, 600-744; The Frankish Invasion, 744-774 and The Frankish Empire, 774-814]
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
In Trouble Again. A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon
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
The Complete Novels of Mrs Ann Radcliffe. [A six-volume boxed set comprising The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Sicilian Romance, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, The Romance of the Forest, Gaston de Blondeville and The Italian]
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
Hemingway. [A five-volume boxed set comprising The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls, To Have and Have Not, A Farewell to Arms and The Sun also Rises]
London, The Folio Society, 1999 [first thus]. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. [5 items]. More
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). Introduction by Patrick McGrath. More
Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor
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
The Great Novels. [A six-volume boxed set comprising Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair, The Quiet American, and A Burnt-Out Case]
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Introduction by Norman Sherry. [6 items]. More
The Complete Entertainments. [A six-volume boxed set comprising Stamboul Train; A Gun for Sale; The Confidential Agent; The Ministry of Fear; The Third Man, The Fallen Idol [and] Loser Takes All; and Our Man in Havana]
London, The Folio Society, 1996 (first thus). Introduction by Bryan Forbes. [6 items]. More
The Collected Stories
London, The Folio Society, 1997 [first thus]. Translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude, with an introduction by John Sutherland. [3 items]. More
The Life of Charlotte Brontë
London, The Folio Society, 1971 (first thus). Edited, with an introduction, by Winifred Gerin. More
Complete Novels. [A five-volume boxed set comprising Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air, and Nineteen Eighty-Four]
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
The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
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
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The Eagle of the Ninth. [Together with] The Silver Branch [and] The Lantern Bearers
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
A Short History of the English People
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
A Wonder Books for Girls and Boys
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). More
Harriette Wilson's Memoirs
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
Father and Son. A Study of Two Temperaments
London, The Folio Society, 1972 (first thus). More
Medieval Women
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
Medieval People
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