FOLIO SOCIETY

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Small part of Folio Society book collection

The beautiful covers of Folio Society books, displayed as they should be at Hatchards

Folio society history books

Beautiful collector's editions of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey are available at The Folio Society. Quarter-bound in buckram, translated by Robert Fagles and featuring colour illustrations by Grahame Baker-Smith, these are hardback books to treasure.

Matching set of Gaskell novels from the Folio Society

THE FOLIO SOCIETY (publishers). - C.S. LEWIS. [The Chronicles of Narnia.] London: 1996. 7 vols., 8vo (198 x 142mm). Illustrations. Original decorated cloth (1 vol. slightly soiled), all contained within a single slipcase (soiled). - And thirty others, all published by the Folio Society (37). Provenance: The Library Collection of the Late W. Leslie Weller MBE, DL, FSA. #tooveys

The Elizabethan Underworld by Gamini Salgado Folio Society 2006 Hardback Book In very good preowned condition , clean and unmarked . No writing or inscriptions The slipcover has some marks and minor shelf wear An account of the network of beggars & thieves who along with a multitude of vagabonds & rogues made up the Elizabethan underworld scene. The chapters are: London, flower of cities all; the suburbs of sin; the fun of the faor; white magic & black witches; astrologers & alchemists…

When was the last time you read a book that you could really sink your teeth into? In this day and age, when we have unlimited access to films, documentaries, news programs and more, it’s easy to go months or even years without actually picking up a book. But there’s nothing like the feeling of real pages between your fingertips and the sense of accomplishment that comes from conquering a written story.