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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. A lovely copy of this rather imposing edition from the Folio Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerodotus’ 'The Histories' combines an exhilarating account of the defeat of the mighty Persian empire by a shaky alliance of Greek city-states with entertaining digressions, astonishing facts and scurrilous gossip. 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Limited Edition #240 out of only 780 published by The Folio Society in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNotes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A landmark in the history of ornithological publishing. Edward Lear had an eye for landscapes and an ear for rhyme, but it was neither as a travel painter, nor as a writer of comic verse that he first displayed his prolific talent. Between 1832 - when he was just 20 - and 1838, Lear created 80 bird portraits for the naturalist and entrepreneur John Gould. For many, they are the world's finest ornithological illustrations. The portraits were produced using the fledgling art of litography and coloured by hand. They featured in Gould's celebrated books, intermingled with the work of other, often less accomplished artists. David Attenborough first saw one of Lear's plates in the 1950s, and was so struck by its precision and grace that he determined to collect them all. When the collection was complete, he had them bound in an original 19th-century leather binding case.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2012, to celebrate the bicentenary of Lear's birth, Attenborough has kindly allowed The Folio Society to reproduce the entire volume in facsimile. Attenborough also wrote a superb introduction, especially for this limited edition, and signed each copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition limited to 780 signed and numbered copies and 20 lettered copies; this being number 240.\u003cbr\u003eImperial folio format measures 21¼ x 14½. 184 pages. Printed on matt-coated wove paper. Set in Bodoni.\u003cbr\u003e80 hand-coloured litographs and one additional drawing in high-quality reproduction.\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by David Attenborough. 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Shuffled pages, gilded top edge.\u003cbr\u003eHand-marbled 'Turkish Spot' endpapers.\u003cbr\u003ePresented in a buckram-bound solander box along with a beautiful print of the majestic Eagle Owl (unframed).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is in pristine, immaculate condition, with clean, bright and tightly-bound pages.\u003cbr\u003eThe magnificent print of the Eagle Owl is present and contained in its original envelope.\u003cbr\u003eThe solander box shows the lightest shelf-wear, but is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll in all, a magnificent facsimile edition, often touted as Folio Society's finest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48118426829139,"sku":"","price":3300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/BirdsDrawnforJOHNGOULDEdwardLearDAVIDATTENBOROUGHFolioSocietyLtdEd.webp?v=1734636286"},{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-cities-charles-dickens-chapman-and-hall-first-edition-1859","title":"A Tale of Two Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. 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Full blue buckram with a design in white, pale blue, red, black and gold by Foreman; white endleaves with colour paintings by Foreman. Red slip case. This is the second separate Folio edition of this text, which was published in a facsimile edition in 1970, and was also included in the Christmas books of 1988. In addition to Foreman’s colour paintings, there are 29 monochrome drawings by him printed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is new and sealed with very light bumping to rear corners of slipcase. The last four pictures are taken of another edition of this book, just so one can see its wonderful illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48695322411347,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/s-l1600_ed69e1c3-570a-41a8-b44c-9e0336445a57.webp?v=1716551516"},{"product_id":"the-sleepy-song-book-florence-campbell-1915-george-harrap","title":"The Sleepy-Song Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sleepy-Song Book by Eugene Field May Byron.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon: George G. 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Photolithographic reprints of the editions first published in 1954 and 1957 (items 66 and 106). The two volumes are as follows:\u003cbr\u003e[1] Wilkie Collins, tales of suspense . . . Reissued. Pp. [i–viii], [1] 2–255 [256]: [8] leaves of two-colour ‘plates’ (facing pp. 16, 33, 48, 112, 145, 176, 224 and 241).\u003cbr\u003e[2] Edgar Allan Poe, tales of mystery and imagination . . . Reissued. Pp. [i–vii] viii–xiii [xiv], [1] 2–302.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear-fine books with pages tightly bound and free of any inscriptions. 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Typeset by Gloucester Typesetting Services. Printed letterpress by Stonehouse Fine Press on Zerkall mould-made paper with the lithographs by Curwen Studio. Bound by L.E.G.O. in quarter dark green leather with paper boards by Victoria Hall; dark green-brown endleaves. Dark green-brown slip case blocked in gold. The edition statement, each \u003cstrong\u003esigned by Gentleman\u003c\/strong\u003e, reads in part ‘limited to 1250 numbered copies for sale to members of The Folio Society, and 20 lettered copies hors de commerce’. Gentleman’s illustrations consist of three full-page lithographs, six colour double-page spreads and nine vignettes. Containing 50 poems. This is copy number 1111.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Thomas only began writing poetry two years before he was killed in action at Arras in 1917. 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The edition statement, each \u003cstrong\u003esigned by Bousfield\u003c\/strong\u003e, reads in part ‘limited to 1250 numbered copies for sale and 20 lettered copies hors de commerce’. Bousfield’s illustrations consist of two full-page and six double-page spreads plus eight vignettes. Containing 42 poems. This is copy 1242.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilfred Owen is the ultimate soldier-poet, a writer whose verses have irrevocably shaped our understanding of the horrors of the First World War. 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First edition, first impression. Pp. 127. Publisher's clay-coloured binding, silver titles to spine, plain endpapers; in unclipped dust wrapper showing price 10s 6d to front flap. Very good book with lightest bumping to spine tips, foxing to edges and a few spots sporadically throughout. In like dust wrapper that is a little foxed, has a lightly sunned spine, nibbling to extremities (with very little loss to spine tips) and four small closed tears; now placed in a removable, protective sleeve of archival quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766415733075,"sku":"","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_153824452-Photoroom.webp?v=1717258297"},{"product_id":"paddington-takes-the-test-michael-bond-first-edition-print-1979","title":"Paddington Takes the Test","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003ePaddington Takes the Test by Michael Bond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003eLondon: Collins, [1979]. First edition, first impression. Pp. 125. Publisher's clay-coloured binding, silver titles to spine, plain endpapers; in unclipped dust wrapper lacking price to front flap. Very good book with lightest bumping to corners, a little foxing to edges, prelims, and a few spots of foxing sporadically throughout. In like dust wrapper that is a little tanned and has a little nibbling to extremities; now placed in a removable, protective sleeve of archival quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766451384659,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_155241679-Photoroom.webp?v=1717258406"},{"product_id":"the-twits-roald-dahl-first-edition-1980-jonathan-cape-quentin-blake","title":"The Twits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eThe Twits by Roald Dahl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eLondon: Jonathan Cape, [1980]. First UK edition, first impression. Pp. 80. Publisher's original red binding, gilt lettering to spine, plain endpapers. In original dust wrapper showing £3.50 price to front flap. Very good book, with a little bumping to spine tips and corners, a small, discoloured strip to lower portion of rear board, a few spots of foxing to edges and prelims, and pages 64 to 80 being of a darker colour than the rest of the pages. In a very good dust wrapper that is sunned to spine, a little creased to extremities and showing a little faded marking to rear panel (which is red on the inside of the wrapper); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003enow placed in a removable, protective sleeve of archival quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e Clean and uninscribed otherwise. A lovely example overall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766485987667,"sku":"","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_162146839-Photoroom.webp?v=1717258537"},{"product_id":"charlie-the-chocolate-factory-roald-dahl-signed-first-uk-edition-1967-b","title":"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl\u003c\/strong\u003e. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, [1967]. Pp 127. First UK edition, first impression. Illustrated boards and spine with black lettering. Bumping to corners, a little wear to spine tips, including a very small, 0.5 cm tear to rear board, and a 3 cm tear to front joint. Plastic film slightly torn in places. Spine a little cocked. A few spots of foxing to an otherwise tanned text block, as well as to prelims. One or two faded smudges throughout, not affecting text, nor illustrations. Free of inscriptions. A lovely example overall of this Roald Dahl early classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[together with]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoosely inserted \u003cstrong\u003ecard signed, dedicated and dated by the author Roald Dahl\u003c\/strong\u003e \"To Neil with love Roald Dahl 1979\" in blue marker. Signed on the famous Gipsy House, Great Missenden letterhead postcard, which was home to the late, great Roald Dahl and his family, and the scene of much of Dahl's inspired magic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766515380563,"sku":"","price":895.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/SIGNEDCharlieandtheChocolateFactoryROALDDAHLAllenUnwin19671STEDITION_1.webp?v=1726914617"},{"product_id":"james-and-the-giant-peach-roald-dahl-first-edition-alfred-knopf-second-print","title":"James and the Giant Peach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. With illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1961]. First US edition, Second State, with four-line colophon reading \"Bound by The Book Press, New York.\" Octavo (26cm); orange cloth, titled in gilt on spine, with pictorial elements embossed onto front cover, green endpapers, and no ISBN present on rear cover; price-clipped dustjacket; [viii],118,[2]pp; illus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good book with very little bumping to corners and spine tips, a little discolouration to extremities and a few spots of foxing to edges. In like dust wrapper with foxing and a little marking to panels, a few faded stains to spine, some chipping to extremities and a little loss to spine tips; price-clipped. Now placed in an archival sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766641668435,"sku":"","price":220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_173148494-Photoroom.webp?v=1717259017"},{"product_id":"esio-trot-roald-dahl-first-edition-print-1990-quentin-blake","title":"Esio Trot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEsio Trot by Roald Dahl. With illustrations by Quentin Blake. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon: Jonathan Cape, [1990]. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue binding, gilt lettering to spine, plain endpapers; with unclipped dustwrapper showing price £6.95 to front flap. Near-fine book with lightest bumping to one corner and a couple of foxing spots to edges. In like dust wrapper with a few foxing spots and a little discolouration to spine. A very lovely copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766650417491,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_173946160-Photoroom.webp?v=1717259076"},{"product_id":"the-minpins-roald-dahl-first-edition-1991-patrick-benson","title":"The Minpins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eThe Minpins by Roald Dahl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eLondon: Jonathan Cape, [1991]. First edition, first print; in unclipped dust wrapper. Publisher's illustrated boards with lettering to front board and spine, and red endpapers; in unclipped dust wrapper showing price £8.99 to front flap. Near-fine book with only mildest bumping to upper spine tip and rear corners. In like dust wrapper with only a little crease to upper portion of the spine; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003enow placed in a removable, protective sleeve of archival quality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e. A near-fine example overall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766661787987,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_175048714-Photoroom.webp?v=1717259126"},{"product_id":"dirty-beasts-roald-dahl-first-us-edition-print-1983-rosemary-fawcett","title":"Dirty Beasts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirty Beasts by Roald Dahl. With illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1983]. First US edition, first impression. Publisher's burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and plain endpapers;\u0026amp;nbsp;in original, unclipped dust wrapper showing price $11.95 to front flap. Very good book with a little bumping to corners, light cocking to spine and one or two innocuous handling marks throughout. In like dust wrapper that is a little creased to extremities and has a couple of small, closed tears to extremities and now placed in a removable, protective sleeve of archival quality. A nice copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766673715539,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240531_180603227-Photoroom.webp?v=1717259194"},{"product_id":"the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-arthur-rackham-washington-irving-1959-c-f-braun","title":"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlhambra: C F Braun \u0026amp; Co, 1959. 23.4 cm x 17.5, pp. 165. Reprint of the earlier George G Harrap \u0026amp; Company edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with black and white plates. Beautifully quarter-bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering to spine and paper sides, and plain endpapers. Creamy, thicker, ivory paper, with crisp lettering. A little offsetting to endpapers, a little wear to corners and some foxing to edges. No dust wrapper, as issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766720541011,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240601_133850357-Photoroom.webp?v=1717259438"},{"product_id":"selected-war-poems-edward-thomas-folio-society-2017-limited-edition-david-gentleman-signed","title":"Selected War Poems","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eSelected War Poems by Edward Thomas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, [2017]. I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003entroduced by Andrew Motion, lithographs by David Gentleman. 250 × 180 × 17 mm. Pp. [1–2], [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–66 [67–70]: [15] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [v], 3, 66, and between pp. 10–11, 18–19, 26–27, 34–35, 42–43 and 58–59). Type: Bembo. Typeset by Gloucester Typesetting Services. Printed letterpress by Stonehouse Fine Press on Zerkall mould-made paper with the lithographs by Curwen Studio. Bound by L.E.G.O. in quarter dark green leather with paper boards by Victoria Hall; dark green-brown endleaves. Dark green-brown slip case blocked in gold. The edition statement, each\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003esigned by Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, reads in part ‘limited to 1250 numbered copies for sale to members of The Folio Society, and 20 lettered copies hors de commerce’. Gentleman’s illustrations consist of three full-page lithographs, six colour double-page spreads and nine vignettes. Containing 50 poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eA limited edition published to commemorate the poet’s death in April 1917 and designed to emulate the fine press editions of the early 20th century. In series with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eSelected Poems of Rupert Brooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eSelected Poems of Wilfred Owen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is copy number 469.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eCondition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003eis like new and in its original box from the Folio Society; just not sealed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003eThe last few photos are stock photos for illustrative purposes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003eEdward Thomas only began writing poetry two years before he was killed in action at Arras in 1917. 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First US edition, second state, without the inclusion of the paper manufacturer in the colophon [printing information] on the last page. Pp. 161. Publisher's red cloth with an embossed title image to front, gilt lettering to spine, red top edge, and yellow endpapers; in original dust wrapper with price of $3.95 to front flap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition overall; light bump and a strip of discolouration to bottom of front board, very light bumping to corners and spine tips, spine a little cocked and a few light marks left behind to one of the front pages after an inscription in pencil was carefully erased. In a good dust wrapper that is a tad grubby and tanned, with chipping to extremities, minimal loss and the front flap completely detached (but kept in place well by a protective sleeve of archival quality).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48856248582483,"sku":"","price":470.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20240611_125248180-Photoroom.webp?v=1718356183"},{"product_id":"the-tale-of-peter-rabbit-beatrix-potter-folio-society-limited-edition-2022","title":"The Tale of Peter Rabbit","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Market Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, [2022]. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003eThis collection of rarely seen editions of Beatrix Potter’s much loved debut,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e, features exquisite facsimiles from the archive of her publisher Frederick Warne \u0026amp; Co. Ltd., charting the transformation from Peter’s initial appearance in a picture letter, to the glorious full-colour deluxe first commercial edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003eA stunning production from Folio Society limited to only 1000 copies, out of which this is copy number 697. Brand-new in Folio Society's original wrapping, only opened for condition checking and placed back in the box. The last few photos are stock pictures for illustrative purposes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit, the Warne Archive Collection\u003c\/b\u003e. 6 vols (see below). Reprographics by Pureprint. Clamshell box by Tiny Box Maker in pale blue cloth titled (as above) blocked in silver and decorated in blue, lined with dark blue paper printed with repeat design in silver. The six volumes are as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Market Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e[1] The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter\u003c\/b\u003e. [Facsimile]. 149 × 109 × 12 mm. Pp. [1–88]. 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A reproduction of the maquette produced by Potter for Frederick Warne in 1902. Protected in a dark blue paper folder decorated in silver. Rests in its own recess of the box. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Market Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: MS Sans Serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e[3] The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter\u003c\/b\u003e. [Facsimile]. 143 × 107 × 13 mm. Pp. [i–ii], [1–7] 8–97 [98–102]. 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Limited to 500 hand-numbered sets, out of which this is copy number 460.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew in Folio Society' original packaging, together with original box. The first three photos are of the actual item you will receive, while the last few photos are stock photos for illustrative purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of the greatest metropolises of the early 20th century, each captured in 20 photogravures by the pictorialist genius Alvin Langdon Coburn. These facsimiles of two volumes of luminous and evocative images, first published in 1909 and 1910 respectively, convey the urban beauty of London and New York in the age of steam. The original introduction and foreword, by Hilaire Belloc for London and by H. G. Wells for New York, are included. The facsimiles are accompanied by a separate leaflet featuring a specially commissioned introduction by Geoff Dyer and a new essay by Rut Blees Luxemburg. 415 × 305 × 17–18 mm. 2 vols (see below). 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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Type: Centaur and Arrighi. Printed by Memminger Medien Centrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full dark green buckram with a design in white and gold by Packer; pale gold endleaves with a repeat pattern by Packer in dark brown. Dark green slip case with a colour repro duction of a painting by Packer on the front panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew in publisher's shrink-wrap. A fine copy. 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Type: Laurentian. Printed and bound by Kösel in full blue cloth printed in black and blocked in gold with design by Cooper; blue-green endleaves. Gold slip case. In addition to the colour lino-cut collage plates, Cooper has supplied black and white chapter headings and a title-page spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNEW in Folio Society's original wrapping paper. No bumps, nor dents. A fine copy. 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Publisher's full leather binding, richly ornate in gilt to both covers and spine, double git rule to covers, gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, silk moiré end papers, silk page marker. 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