The Folio Society Christmas Collection - Seasonal & Thematic Anthologies

A wonderful collection of beautiful books from The Folio Society, all featuring thematic and seasonal writings. Includes:

1. The Folio Christmas Book: A Collection of Seasonal Stories and Poems. 23 stories and 16 colour illustrations. Quarter-bound in red cloth with white paper boards printed with a multicolour design. 348pp. 24x16.4cm. 2000, first print.

2. The Folio Book of the English Christmas: A Selection of Seasonal Writing. Edited by Geraldine Beare. 7 plates and 36 text illustrations by John Holder. Bound in dark red buckram with a multicolour illustration. 254pp. 25x19cm. 2002, first print.

3. A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, by Charles Dickens. 8 colour and 29 b&w illustrations by Michael Foreman. Bound in blue buckram with a blocked design. 173pp. 25.2x19.2cm. 2003, first print.

4. The Folio Book of Christmas Crime Stories. 15 stories by Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Liza Cody, Arthur Conan Doyle, Colin Dexter, Stanley Ellin, Tim Heald, Edward D. Hoch, E.W. Hornung, P.D. James, Peter Lovesey, Ngaio Marsh, Sara Paretsky, Ellis Peters, Margaret Yorke. 15 colour plates by Micael Foreman. Three-quarter bound in blue cloth with printed paper cover. 282pp. 24x16cm. 2004, first print.

5. The Folio Book of Christmas Ghost Stories. 15 leaves of colour plates by Peter Suart. Three-quarter bound in grey cloth with printed paper front. 288pp. 24x163.2cm. 2005, first print.

6. A Traveller’s Christmas. Introduced by Sue Bradbury. 15 colour illustrations by Paul Slater. Bound in red cloth with a colour printed white paper cover. Blue slipcase. 234pp. 23.5x16.5cm. 2006, first print. 

7. The Folio Book of Carols. Introduced by Percy Dearmer. Frontispiece and 12 colour illustrations. No musical score included. Bound in green cloth cover blocked with a red and gilt design. Illustrated red slipcase. Gold endpapers. 160pp. 27x19.9cm. 2007, first print.

The books range from slightly better than very good to near-fine condition. There may be the odd mark on the text block edge or a small dent here and there, but overall they are in close to near-fine condition. Only one volume (A Traveller's Christmas) has slight foxing to edges. Internally, they are all pristine with no inscriptions or marginalia. The slipcases are, just as the books, in very good to near-fine condition. They may show slight discolouration in places and the odd bump, mark or ding (only one has a very small tear in one corner, i.e. The English Christmas), but overall, they are in great condition with minor shelf-wear marks.