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Very scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Historians often like to think that they follow in Herodotus' footsteps; but this magnificent volume is not just an inspirational book - it is a thing of beauty too.\"(Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and Professor of Global History at Oxford University). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Robin Waterfield, introduced by Peter Frankopan and Carolyn Dewald, illustrated by Nick Hayes. 292 × 207 × 75 mm. Pp. [1–2], [i–vi] vii–lviii [lix–lxiv], [1–6] 7–753 [754–758]. Type: Haarlemmer. Printed in green-grey and black by Northend and bound by Smith Settle in full dark green leather blocked in gold and black with design by Hayes. Gilded top edge. Green endleaves printed with repeat design in gold. Dark green cloth slip case blocked in gold and black, lined with same printed paper as endleaves. The tipped-in edition statement, printed in gold, reads in part ‘limited to seven hundred and fifty numbered copies and twenty lettered copies hors de commerce’. It is signed by Waterfield, Hayes and Frankopan. A printed slip bearing notes on the care of the leather is loosely inserted. Ten illustrations by Hayes are in the text, with nine being striking double-page chapter openings. Double-page maps by Kevin Freeborn are on pages [lx–lxiii]. A timeline by Peter O’Neill is on pages liii–lviii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eVery good condition, binding secure, pages clean and bright, with the usual innocuous spots of wear to extremities, lightest sagging of the text block, and a few hairline scratches to the top edge gilding; else truly fine. Housed in a very good slipcase with light shelf-wear. 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Printed by Smith Settle, with photographs by Pureprint, and bound by them in quarter dark brown goatskin leather with paper boards blocked in gold; pale grey endleaves. Grey-brown two-volume slip case titled (as above) in metallic blue. The edition statement reads in part ‘limited to five hundred numbered copies, and twenty lettered copies hors de commerce’. Coburn’s photographs are tipped in. The two volumes are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[1] London, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc. Pp. [i–iv], [1–8] 9–21 [22–24]: [20] leaves of plates. Facsimile of the first edition published by Duckworth \u0026amp;amp; Co. in 1909. Loosely inserted is an eight-page leaflet (380 × 280 × 1 mm) sewn with blue thread. It contains an introduction by Geoff Dyer and essay by Rut Blees Luxemburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[2] New York, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, with a foreword by H.G. Wells. Pp. [i–iv], [1–8] 9–10 [11–12]: [20] leaves of plates. 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Near-fine books with tightly-bound, clean and uninscribed pages; likely unread. A fine, sketch map. All housed in a fine slipcase with the lightest of shelf-wear. A very nice set, uncommonly found in such lovely condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49000390295891,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/TravelsinArabiaDesertaDOUGHTYTELawrenceFOLIOSOCIETY2013LimitedEdition.webp?v=1728493338"},{"product_id":"gulag-archipelago-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-folio-society-2005-sealed","title":"The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956, An Experiment in Literary Investigation\u003c\/strong\u003e. London: The Folio Society, [2005]. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. 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Brown slipcase printed in gilt on edge with title and decorative border. 26x17.2cm. 16 full-page monochrome line drawings by Raffaele Scorzelli who signed the book. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt. Fold-out line drawn map. Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig who signed the book. Planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verone, Italy. Missing its original glassine dust wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to 1500 copies, out of which this is copy 749. Near-fine volume with lightest of creasing and wear to spine tips. Clean and bright throughout. In a lightly worn slipcase that has a small split to front corner, a little marking to one panel, sunning to panels, and bound in paper that is a little cockled. 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Minimal handling marks to edges, as photographed, and slight foxing to Millennium, a little warping and some earmarks and dings to the Shadow volume, and a couple of small marks to the fore edge of Dominion. Internally all immaculate with no previous owners' inscriptions or marginalia. Pages are tightly bound and all maps are present. Complete examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll presenting excellently in near-fine, unclipped dust wrappers, with minimal creasing to extremities and clean, bright panels. The dust wrapper of \u003cem\u003eDominion \u003c\/em\u003ehas a couple of small nicks to front panel, as pictured. 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Set in Sirba with PAG Revolucion as display. 920 pages in total. 32 pages of black \u0026amp; white integrated photographs, 52 pages of colour and black \u0026amp; white plates. 2 maps, 1 family tree. Printed slipcase. Ribbon markers. 9½˝ x 6¼˝.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Folio Society's website: \"Written by the best-selling and prize-winning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar is a thrilling, intimate portrait of a dictator who ‘believed the solution to every human problem was death’, and the henchmen who presided over an era of mass murder in his name. Drawing on ground-breaking original research, Sebag Montefiore lays out in terrifying detail the intrigue, debauchery, paranoia and treachery inside the cloistered world of the Soviet Union’s ruling circle. With its fresh perspective on the way Stalin and his associates exercised power, both within and outside the Kremlin, this has become the definitive biography. The selection of photography is unique to this handsome two-volume Folio edition, portraying the figures within Stalin’s court and the enormity of war and oppression in the territories he ruled. It includes pictures from the David King Archive, one of the world’s leading collections of Soviet photography – some published for the first time. At a time when statues are once again being raised to Stalin in Russia, The Court of the Red Tsar is a chilling and timely read.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew in the publisher's original wrapping. 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Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full dark silver buckram blocked in orange and black; dark silver endleaves. Black two-volume slip case wrapped with design by Holly Frean. The material used for the plates ranges from woodcuts and oil paintings to posters and photographs. The two volumes are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[I] . . . [symbol to indicate first volume], introduced by Peter Conrad. Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–3] 4–523 [524], [1–2]: [17] leaves of plates. The cross-references were found to be incorrectly numbered and the volume was reprinted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[II] . . . [symbol to indicate second volume]. Pp. 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Full brown cloth with a design in black and gold (different for each volume) by Nick Hardcastle; pale brown endleaves with a map. Black five-volume slip case titled (as above) in gold. The plates reproduce photographs of ancient sites, excavations and artefacts; each volume is also illustrated with line-drawings of artefacts, and maps and plans by Piggott. The five volumes are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[1] Troy and the Trojans\u003c\/strong\u003e, Carl W. Blegen, introduction by David Easton. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxvi, 1–164: [18] pages of colour plates. The text was originally published in 1963.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[2] Knossos\u003c\/strong\u003e, Colin F. Macdonald. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv], 1–254: [24] pages of colour plates + [1] folded plan of ‘The Palace of Knossos’ by Theodore Fyfe (inserted in a pocket on the back paste-down). This is the first edition of this text. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[3] Babylon\u003c\/strong\u003e, Joan Oates. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–294 [295–298]: [14] pages of colour plates. The text was originally published in 1979.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[4] Pompeii \u0026amp; Herculaneum\u003c\/strong\u003e, cities of Vesuvius, Michael Grant, introduction by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiv [xxxv–xxxvi], 1–196: [34] pages of colour plates. The text was originally published in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[5] Petra and the lost kingdom of the Nabataeans\u003c\/strong\u003e, Jane Taylor. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–280: [26] pages of colour plates. The text was originally published in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear-fine books with pages clean, bright and tightly bound. In a near-fine slipcase that is ever-so-slightly scuffed and shelf-worn. 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Printed and bound by Grafos in quarter gold buckram with paper boards printed with image of sectile panel; endleaves printed with map drawn by Kevin Freeborn. Dark grey slip case. The plates reproduce photographs of a wide range of antiquities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear-fine book with pages clean, bright and tightly bound. In like slipcase with a little shelf-wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50233915408723,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-World-of-Late-Antiquity-PETER-BROWN-Christopher-Kelly-FOLIO-SOCIETY-2014_2.webp?v=1737387497"},{"product_id":"syria-the-desert-and-the-sown-gertrude-bell-folio-society-2022-new","title":"Syria: The Desert and the Sown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGertrude Bell, Syria, The Desert and the Sown\u003c\/strong\u003e. London: The Folio Society, 2022. 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Eighteen photographs, taken from 1915 to 1918, are reproduced in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear-fine book in a very good slipcase with a hint of shelf-wear and a lightly bumped corner to rear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50254567309651,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Under-Fire-HENRI-BARBUSSE-Illustrated-WWI-Folio-Society-2018_5.webp?v=1737547490"},{"product_id":"the-tudor-age-1485-1603-susan-bridgen-folio-society-2022","title":"The Tudor Age: 1485–1603","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tudor Age, 1485–1603, Susan Brigden\u003c\/strong\u003e. London: The Folio Society, 2022. 252 x 178 x 42 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii–xxiv], [1–2] 3–471 [472]: [20] leaves of colour plates. Type: Poliphilus with Goudy for initial drop capitals. 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Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Josef Spinner in full green cloth printed in black and blocked in silver (a different design by Mark Smith for each volume); black endleaves. Grey cloth two-volume slip case titled (as above) in pale green and illustration in black by Smith. Plates reproduce photographs from the period and ten maps by John Gilkes are in each volume. The two volumes are as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[1] Max Hastings, All Hell Let Loose: The World at War: 1939–45, with a new preface by the author. Pp. [i–v] vi–xxiv [xxv–xxvi], [1–3] 4–372, [1–2]: [17] leaves of plates (facing p. [iii] and between pp. 54–55, 134–135, 230–231 and 310–311). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[2] Max Hastings, All Hell Let Loose: The World at War: 1939–45. Pp. [i–v] vi–ix [x–xii], [373–375] 376–782 [783–784]: [17] leaves of plates (facing p. 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Printed and bound by Graphicom in printed and blocked pale brown cloth; brown endleaves. Pale brown slip case printed with illustration by Mark Smith. Plates primarily reproduce photographs taken in Vietnam and America, dating from 1945 to 1972. The two volumes are as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[1] Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, introduced by George Packer. Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi [xvii–xxvi], [1–2] 3–437 [438]: [17] leaves of plates. Maps are on pp. [xxii–xxv]. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[2] Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. Pp. [i–vi] vii–x [xi–xvi], [439–440] 441–988: [17] leaves of plates. Maps are on pp. [xii–xv].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew in publisher's original Sylvicta paper wrapping. A fine-looking copy. 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