Enablement: Good Deals on FS books (3)

NLNils: The first thread is over 500 messages now and slow to load, so continue here.

And now, so is the second.

When I want some minutes' distraction from work, I sometimes do a search of ABE BOOKS UK for the Folio books they have on sale.

The first search just has the words Folio Society and that shows circa 49,000 books for sale.

I then make a further selection, for example and, say, search for New books. That produces a collection of some 1600 books.

That 1600 New books includes many pages of New condition Folio Society books under £10 (this figure excludes postage).

Many of them are books I may not ever want but there can be some real bargains undercutting the Folio Society's prices for current books on sale.

How can booksellers make any profit from selling any New Folio Society books for under £10, or generally undercutting the Folio Society current price?

I clearly do not understand the economics of the book trade!

>2 Chawton:

Logically these booksellers haven't bought from FS but from other people. I suspect that some people get rid of unwanted gifts this way. What I don't understand are people who buy such books (or other things too), never even remove the shrinkwrap and then sell them later on.

>2 Chawton: If you further refine your search by date range, you will find that (for example) there are 151 Folio Society books on ABE dated 1980 and earlier that are still being described as "new".

The reality is that some booksellers will use the phrase "new" to describe anything they get that they can't find fault with. Most professional booksellers, however, prefer the terms "as-new", "fine" or even "very good".

Seems a great bargain for anyone interested:
The Gormenghast Trilogy on e-bay , current price £31.00 , usual caveat , no connection to seller.

N11284

Ah! I was too slow. Anyone here get it?

Sealed copy of Monte Cristo LE at ebay UK ending Saturday, currently at one bid of £199.99 - somewhat below the usual 2nd hand price of this LE.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Count-of-Monte-Cristo-deluxe-limited-signed-gold-lett...

I have no connection with the seller.

Just spotted a "Myths and Legends of Russia" currently at £39.99 which seems like a bargain. Regretting parting with almost twice as much for mine last year now!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folio-Society-Myths-Legends-of-Russia/323569689518

No bids yet for a "mint unread" Apocrypha starting at £10 and ending tomorrow:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113458306338?

This is one of mine, it has a bid and is going to sell on eBay regardless, so if anyone wants a copy of Cooks Journals I put it on at £50 start and there’s just over a day left for some lucky buyer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folio-Society-Journals-of-Captain-James-Cook-1768-177...

I recently became a father and cant justify the buying (i mean, i'm tempted, just i dont want to be murdered by my wife) but here is a rare bird :

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT - 1973 - Special Binding - £450

"Rendered into English from the literal and complete French translation of Dr J C Mardrus by Powys Mathers. Illustrations by Eric Fraser. This is the 1973 third impression of the 1958 first edition, published in four volumes. The set was published as a standard set, and also in an unnumbered limited edition set of 500. This is the limited edition set, bound in full Chieftain goatskin, blocked in gold with a special design, gilt tops and set caps. The set is missing its cloth-covered slipcase. The leather boards have very minor blemishes and shelfwear (Vol. 1 has a small white mark in the upper right hand corner of the front cover). There is some minor creasing to the upper part of the spine of Vol. 2. All volumes have gilt upper page edges (Vols. 1 and 3 have very slight indentation marks to the upper edges). There is some very light foxing to the fore edges of each volume, and the lower page edges of Vols. 1, 2 and 4 are a little dusty. Internally, the books are clean and tight, and appear never to have been read. This is a scarce set of a collectible work."

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/product/the-book-of-the-thousand-nights-and-one-ni...

More on special bindings : https://www.librarything.com/topic/151317 (great thread !)

>11 Niurn:
The brochure for this book can be downloaded from the FSD wiki.

>12 wcarter:

Thanks, I looked at it to check the original 1973 price (actually pretty close of £450 in today £ ). Should have linked it. The main point was to put some context for the £450 pricetag regarding the Fine/VG condition.

Anybody near Colchester are in for a good January deal with this "collection only" listing at £30 for 10 books including a pristine looking Icelandic Sagas and sealed History of Western Philosophy

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VGC-EXCELLENT-COLLECTION-OF-10-FOLIO-SOCIETY-BOOKS/12...

no connection with the seller.

This might have been posted already:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FOLIO-SOCIETY-THE-FITZWILLIAM-BOOK-OF-HOURS-Limited-Edi...

Fitzwilliam Book of Hours, no traycase or commentary.

>15 MobyRichard:

This seller seems to have an endless supply of this book having sold at least seven copies over the past three or four months; all different numbers in the limitation and all without solander box or commentary volume. They have sold between £70 and £170 in ebay auction.

>16 bookfair_e:

Interesting...probably too good to be true then.

>17 MobyRichard:

Not necessarily. The books did sell, which can be seen in the sellers ebay completed listings, and they were different copies i.e. uniquely numbered – no blank or missing limitation page.

ETA - The seller's ebay feedback shows satisfied buyers of this book.

Lyra’s Books has on offer a full set of Tolkien in mottled brown Wassa goatskin with FS internals. It’s priced at £1450 and I mention it here because there has been interest before and actual deals done by Devotees.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.nl%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F...

>19 NLNils:

Lovely work...I'm not a LOTR fan, but a real treat for someone else.

I notice, perusing the binder's facebook page, that they recently did a rebind of one my favorites from the Golden Age of Illustration, Dulac's 'Sinbad the Sailor:'

https://scontent.fnyc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44269446_734816730190322_5483817...

They certainly do love their Tolkien, this feels like the 4th or so rebind of LOTR that they've done in addition to all their Hobbit ones too.

>21 wongie: I’ve only seen the Hobbit stand alone or in combination with LOTR from Lyra. This is the first time a uniform set with the Silmarillion has come up as far as I can tell. Fun fact: In the description it is stated that he is the personal re-binder for Christopher Tolkien.

>21 wongie: I don't know if they love Tolkien, but Tolkien lovers seem to love their rebound books (as do I, but it's a bit outside my current budget). I'm looking for the FS first edition of the book, but the leather doesn't seem to age well and fine editions are hard to find at a price I would pay.

That is gorgeous and tempting but I have to resist after some large FS purchases in the NY sale. Thanks for sharing.

A copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (Norton Facsimile) was just posted on ebay for $28 buy it now (or $20 starting bid). This is not the limited edition and seems to have some flaws, but still seems a very low price for this book.

Listing title is "Folio Society Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies"

I have no connection with the Seller.

Somebody mentioned in another thread the few exceptions where LEs have appraised their value compared to the original RSP.

I am flabbergasted about the chance that the Bayeux contraption might be one of this select club (we will see if it sells though!):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Bayeux-Tapestry-Scroll-Box-Book-Folio-Society-Imm...

No association with the seller.

>26 F.Trier:
Wow!
Original price was £1920.

Oh, I see according to OP in the Bayeux LE thread the initial advertised price in 2016 was £1250, which upon release was adjusted to £1920, hence my confusion.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/233741

Anyone in Hertford area who wants the Kelmscott Chaucer, i swear i just saw one in the Oxfam bookshop for £100 (admittedly slipcase a bit tatty, but worth it).
Inexplicably they also had dracula for £90.

This might not be the right place to ask, but if anyone finds the Folio Pevear/Volokhonsky version of War & Peace for a nice price i would be grateful! It’s the #1 OOP FS I am looking for.

The complete 20 volume Aubrey-Maturin Series at Oxfam for a mere £550. Only UK shipping though! I am currently holding it my basket to delay it being sold to an outsider :)

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/books/fiction/folio-society-books-the-aubrey-matur...

No association with the seller

31> Thanks!! I took it

...and another striking deal at $10 for the LE(ish) version of 'Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861'

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30230458039&searchurl=bi%3...

No association with the seller

>32 DMulvee:
Great, I am happy that someone could gain from this instead of fuelling the vendor-mania that have led to the grotesquely inflated prices of the series.

>31 F.Trier: >32 DMulvee: Well spotted and well bought!

>34 F.Trier: I am happy that someone could gain from this instead of fuelling the vendor-mania that have led to the grotesquely inflated prices of the series

Absolutely agree. And my congratulations to the successful buyer.

A friend from FSD emailed me about this last night. He'd kindly put it in his basket in case (!) I wanted it. My helpful mailer put it in the spam and I didn't see it until this morning :(

>31 F.Trier:

I suspect that someone at Oxfam didn't realise that the different volumes fetch vastly different prices, and just looked up how much the first volume was selling for, then multiplied that figure by 20.

Limited Edition South Polar Times for £365 - no association with the seller, but this seems decent value:

https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/118577760/folio-society-limited-edition-...

>38 DMulvee:

Very good price. I was tempted but you have to log in to respond to adverts and to log in you have to become a member and I'm wary about a site I've never previously heard of, so I'll not enquire further. Decent bargain for someone, though.

Lovely set of Dickens here: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30232534496&searchurl=n%...

If I didn't already have these, I'd be buying.

No links to seller. Good luck if someone here decides to go for them.

All the best, Graham

A full set is quite tempting. Is this a good price for the lot?

Individually these seem to go for upwards of £20 on eBay and a full set sold for £720 on Jan 15. I bought my set for £500 and felt that was good value back in November. I can't remember how much Folio were selling these for originally.

It's a decent price, compared to some. I'm pretty sure he's has these listed on eBay, where they didn't sell. Either that or this is the second set "10 vols still sealed" I've seen in the last month.

Gormenghast trilogy for £50 on Gumtree, if one lives close to Nottingham:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/books/gormenghast-trilogy.-folio-society/1329651820

Dark Is Rising searchers: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Susan-Cooper-THE-DARK-IS-RISING-Rare-FOLIO-SOCIETY-Illu...

Not cheap, but not extortionate considering the market.

>45 gmacaree:

... and it's gone. Just like that.

>46 folio_books: Not surprised. Can only hope it was snapped up by a Devotee!

This one is mine, I hope that isn't breaking any rule.
I'm selling my Kelmscott Chaucer - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323716274343
It is truly beautiful and I love it as much as I ever did, but the me who did a medieval literature MA and had disposable income is not the me who has to stop a sticky toddler knocking everything over, so it is best that it finds a more appreciative home!

Baburnama on eBay UK for £75. A steal

https://www.ebay.com/itm/the-baburnama-zahiruddin-muhammad-babur-folio-society-2...

Standard disclaimer

>49 gmacaree:

I always wondered what had happened to Liz Hurley. ^_^

So I just picked up a fine copy of the 2006 Limited Edition War and Peace for €150, about £130. Minor marking on the bottom of the clamshell case but perfect aside.

Seemed like an decent deal to me, just wondering if ye would share the same opinion?

FOLIO SOCIETY PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA - Buy it now on ebay for £120 + £9.50 P&P.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOLIO-SOCIETY-PRINCIPIA-MATHEMATICA-Isaac-Newton-2-Vo...

Usual disclaimers.

The 2012 fine edition of the Rubaiyat was just listed on Abebooks for $40 (US Seller). Described as "As New", but no pictures.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30255932139&searchurl=pn%3...

No association with the seller

The Myths and Legends of Russia has just been posted on Abebooks for GBP 35 (UK Seller). Described as Fine, but Seller notes slight wear to boards and slipcase, so that might not be quite true.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30258634007&searchurl=pn...

No association with the seller

Thought about picking this up, but got too many pending purchases right now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Edward-Thomas-Selected-Poems-Folio-Limited-Edition-Intr...

Gulliver’s Travels LE on Ebay UK for £250.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fit...

>56 wcarter: Probably a good thing there's no default shipping to France. Prevented an impulse buy. Quick, someone snatch it up before I'm tempted to email the seller!

A decent deal on the full Joseph Conrad set for $500 on Kijiji (website in Canada)

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-fiction/oakville-halton-region/folio-society-complete-jo...

No association with the seller

There's an Age of Gold @ £15 in Oxfam UK's sale:
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/product/the-age-of-gold-hd_101395815

Having bought it in the last sale, I can say it's one of Folio's best standard editions, and in terms of content is probably the best written historical narrative I've ever read. Well worth the price of entry at full price, let alone this.

There's a seller on eBay (completely unknown to me), one 'robbyharding', now selling his fourth new/still shrink-wrapped copy of the FS Tomb of Tutankhamun. Always open to 'BestOffers' his price has slowly crept up from £45 (when inadvertently misspelled as 'Tutankhmun') to £48, £55 and now £60. His highest price for this fourth volume still seems reasonable.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folio-Society-The-Tomb-of-Tutankhamun-New-Sealed/3726...

It's impressive that anyone has four new copies of the same FS title.

I'm not sure if this is good value or not as the illustrations are not to my taste, but I know a lot of people liked it - there is a copy of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner due to end in 5 hours, currently with no bids at £350:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Rime-of-the-Ancient-Mariner-Samuel-Coleridge-Foli...
(no relation to the seller, etc)

>61 Petrichory: relisted at £250 with one bid.
(no relation to the seller, etc)

>62 kdweber: This one is a steal even for £350.

Graham Greene's "Great Novels" set, "as new", £17.60 + 9.50 p&p, ending Thursday on eBay UK. Usual disclaimer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folio-Society-Greene-Graham-The-Great-Novels-Brighton...

Picked up 4 books this week from private seller here in Ireland.

The Fire of Liberty,The Rights of Man , Goodbye to all That and The History of Western Science. All for €20.00. Sadly no slipcases. Seller also had a full Dickens set ,(the green one), and the 12 volume History of England. Again all without slipcases.

>65 N11284: It is a truth universally acknowledged that an orphan Folio not in possession of a good slipcase must be in want of a discount, but those sound like bargains nevertheless.

Indeed and I'm sorely tempted to return and pick up the History of England, but would I ever read it? I think not.

I just picked up the Moby Dick LE and the complete box set of the Raymond Chandler novels for $208 total.

>68 jsg1976:

Impressive. Where did you buy the Moby Dick LE?

>67 N11284: I really liked it! But I'm weird

>69 MobyRichard: Amazon

>71 jsg1976:
Wait, what ? An actual good deal on Amazon for a used book ?

>72 Niurn: I’ve actually gotten a few pretty good deals there lately. In addition to those two, I also got the FS 5 vol complete set of Hemingway novels in mint condition for $15.

For me the problem with ordering used nice books on amazon is not with pricing, but condition. My success rate is absolutely abysmal, something like 1 satisfactory transaction out of 5. The only time I received what I expected was when I ordered a still shrink-wrapped Gilbert WWI set. Other 4 or so supposedly New/Fine/pristine/Mint Folios and Westvacos I got on amazon came with foxing, an ex-libris stamp, rubbed bindings, and even torn pages and a puncture in the back board about an inch in diameter! Beyond ridiculous. And all were packed poorly. I'm not buying any nice books from amazon marketplace as a rule now, too many sellers there have no idea what they're doing and/or don't give a damn. I guess you can get lucky as >73 jsg1976:, but I'm not willing to waste any more of my time there

>68 jsg1976: >73 jsg1976:
Fantastic deals, congratulations!

For people searching for the later O'Brians, there's a "like new" copy of The Commodore (no.17) on eBay UK, ending Monday. It's priced at £24.95 with free postage, and it's Buy It Now. Don't all rush at once ...

Usual disclaimer.

Edited for clarity.

>74 elladan0891:

I found that purchasing books from third party sellers on Amazon requires specific questions to the sellers and then sellers willing to entertain questions.

The majority of my purchases from amazon marketplace were just fine, and on average much better than from other online platforms due to the fact that sellers get ratings by customers and amazon is more than willing to give them trouble if they cheat customers. Buying from abebooks or alibris is much more problematic in my experience.

Lays of Ancient Rome, one of the Folio Fine Press Series limited editions, approaching the end of an eBay auction and currently at a fraction of the usual price here. I've no connection with the well known charity seller.

>79 cronshaw:

A real bargain, and that's a difficult one to find, or at least it was for me. One of the last in the series I captured.

>80 folio_books: It's amazing how affordable it is to complete this series of fine press editions, quite possibly my favourite of all the series Folio has ever produced (the Ann Muir special binding limited editions series of 1990-95 has to be the main competitor but they're near-impossible to find and far more expensive). The Folio Fine Press Lays of Ancient Rome cost £38 in 1989 which is almost £100 today. I couldn't imagine FS today selling an edition of such a high standard that uses 'mould-made paper and letterpress printing, with bindings and, where appropriate, illustrations in the private press tradition', and limited to 1000 copies, for so little.

>81 cronshaw:

Agreed, the quality is exceptional. I'd like to see some of that quality reflected in today's LEs. I'm puzzled by the low prices, though. I assume it's because demand is low, but that's the puzzle. Perhaps they should have slung in some sci-fi along the way.

>82 folio_books: (Original message re Ubik transferred to more appropriate Summer Collection thread)

>81 cronshaw: '...the Ann Muir special binding limited editions series of 1990-95 has to be the main competitor but they're near-impossible to find and far more expensive...'

In a very odd (and expensive) conjunction, the only three of these nine special bindings that I was interested in all came to market in a two week period last year. Brideshead revisited, described by Warwick in his invaluable Folio Archive series here:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/270100

is probably the best of them, but The art of love is not far behind - the Ann Muir paper is not quite as beautiful as on the Waugh. The third one, Doctor Faustus, is a bit different: it has Cockerell paper binding, not Ann Muir, is one of the lettered copies, and was cheaper as it had no slipcase. I thought this was odd for an obviously collectable book, and enquired of the seller - it turns out that this was John Julius Norwich's copy, and, lovely old-fashioned man that he was, he routinely disposed of all dustwrappers and slipcases as mere packaging. I was very happy to trade a slipcase for this association and a saving.

I imagine that the other six of these specially bound books are nice too, but three of them are nursery books, which I don't usually bother with, and three I didn't think the contents quite merited the special treatment, though I have since acquired and read the regular FS edition of Mr Norris changes trains, and a bargain offer might change my mind about this one. Not likely to happen.

>84 affle: Congratulations on such a happy conjunction, Alan! My favourite of those you mention, in terms of design, is actually the Faustus with its wonderfully flame-like marbling (I didn't know it was Cockerell rather than Ann Muir). The other two of the series that I'm aware of whose marbling captures something of the subject of the text is The Loved One with swooning heart-shaped marbling, and the highly elusive Wind in the Willows with beautiful willowy marbling. I once saw Ardis listing a few of the series at £350 or more (WitW was £450 if I remember correctly) two or three years ago, prices way beyond my means. They didn't hang around long.

PS I wish The Art of Love had received Ann Muir's fine swooning heart marbling instead of The Loved One as I rate it much more highly as a classic read.

>84 affle: Congrats on your three pick-ups. I've only the Waugh but what a delectable creation.

>84 affle:

Ever since becoming fully aware of these titles I have been looking out for them. I honestly don't recall seeing one of them anywhere and I'm an avid eBay watcher. To pick up three of them over two weeks is phenomenal. Would you like to choose my lottery numbers? ;) Congratulations!

>85 cronshaw: I wish The Art of Love had received Ann Muir's fine swooning heart marbling instead of The Loved One as I rate it much more highly as a classic read.

It's dirtier, too.

>87 folio_books: There is a copy of the 1992 Peter Pan on Abebooks right now:

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=12671094265&searchurl=pn...

It seems to have slight sunning to the spine and is GBP 350, so it is not exactly a steal, though. Usual disclaimers...

>79 cronshaw:
Eventually went for £43.79. Hardly a bargain.

>85 cronshaw: Russell, the Faustus ought to be a little more readily available as the specially bound edition was 150, not 100, but I was looking just as long for it. Those prices and the one >88 teppi2: reports are about par, I think, though my Faustus was only half that. They are so scarce that if you wait for a bargain, someone like me in the eighth decade of life may leave it too late.

>86 kdweber: Thank you - it was indeed a huge pleasure to re-read Brideshead after very many years in such a lovely copy.

>87 folio_books: I don't look at eBay much, Glenn, and buy there still less - for these books I spotted one with Ardis, and trawled ABE for the others. As Russell noted, they don't seem to linger long.

I'm not sure I'd use that adjective for The art of love, but I have shelved it alongside Rochester's Perfect and imperfect enjoyments and a couple of Golden Cockerel Press books rather dubiously illustrated by William Russell Flint.

>84 affle:. I bought the specially bound edition of Peter Pan1992 from Geoff Kinderman at Brimstones in Lewes. He told me it came from the library of John Julius Norwich and in the old fashion way he threw out all his slipcases. I also was very happy to have this copy and enjoy it perhaps more than Brideshead Revisited,The Loved one and Mr Norris Changes Trains that all have slipcases because of this. I would very much like The Wind in the Willows as well

>89 wcarter: Eventually went for £43.79. Hardly a bargain.

Though less than I paid for it. Perhaps the discussion on FSD generated some interest. I'd certainly like to think so.

>90 affle: I don't look at eBay much, Glenn, and buy there still less - for these books I spotted one with Ardis, and trawled ABE for the others. As Russell noted, they don't seem to linger long.

I've been keeping half an eye on Abe but haven't been rewarded yet. Ardis is no longer on my list of preferred sellers on the grounds I feel unlikely to find any kind of bargain there, but I guess you just proved me wrong.

>90 affle: I have shelved it alongside Rochester's Perfect and imperfect enjoyments and a couple of Golden Cockerel Press books rather dubiously illustrated by William Russell Flint.

Ah well, I think that says it all.

If anyone is visiting Bakewell I had a pleasant surprise today, Hawkridge Books have opened a shop with an extensive collection of FS books and many others. I have no connection with the owners who some years ago had a shop in Castleton.

A seller has just listed a number of unnumbered LEs at IMO good prices including LOTR, Getty Apocalypse, Odes of Horace and Johnson's English Dictionary: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=Folio+Society&_ssn=yorkshirebookboy&...

No connection to the seller.

>95 c_schelle: interestingly, they're all un-numbered, hors-série copies. As such there's a risk they could have some flaws/blemishes and been rejected for numbering and sale by Folio.

>95 c_schelle:
>96 cronshaw:

And they're not fantastic bargains anyway, imo. Personally, I wouldn't be happy with a LE lacking a limitation number but that's just me. I see it as a guarantee of authenticity.

>96 cronshaw:, >97 folio_books:

Location, location, location...

>98 affle: Location, location, location...

Smith Settle.

>99 bookfair_e: you beat me to it!

Printer's/binder's breach of trust?

An amusing story was reported about the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to a Northern shipyard.

The Duke gestured to a number of yachts anchored in the bay near the shipyard's premises and innocently asked the company director guiding him on his tour, whether the shipyard owned any of these.

The answer which became a classic: 'Yes, about half of them, but we cannot prove it."

The Kama Sutra LE was just posted on Abebooks for $300. Near Fine copy including the print. This is a lettered copy. Not sure what imperfection causes this to be near fine only.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30324076799&searchurl=pn%3...

Seller is the Strand Bookstore in New York (I have no connection to seller).

>103 teppi2: It didn't stay in that position very long.

>104 cronshaw:

ha!

There was thread in the recent past which included discussion about publications in Folio Society bindings, otherwise known as Appendix A in Folio 60, or just the A series. This post probably belongs in that thread but I can't find it.

Anyway, maybe not a brilliant deal but I just picked up a copy of A35, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, on eBay for £49. "Fine Hardback. Limited edition of 911 of 1000 copies. Bound by Smith Settle in Wassa goatskin with moire silk sides. Beautiful green goatskin leather over moire silk cloth on front and back, with gilt lettering and decorations on spine, four raised bands. Green slipcase with gilt lettering. Decorative end papers, gilt along top of page edges, two silk ribbons."

I'm pleased with it.

EBay charity seller bhf_shops is currently auctioning eight of the exquisite Folio 1987-91 fine press limited edition series. These range in prices from the common starting price of £4.95 (the price of a paperback!) to one already pushed up to £65, with auction end times from within twenty minutes or so until tomorrow. When searching for these titles, you should remember that most (not all) were published as 'Folio Press' rather than 'Folio Society' editions, so a search under 'Folio Society' won't pick them up.

The Life of John Donne: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392304473749?_trksid=p2045573.m570.l5999&_trkparm...

John Milton: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392304474059?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l5999&_trkparm...

Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-THE-RAPE-OF-THE-LOCK-by-Alexander-Pop...

William Barnes, Dorset Poems: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folio-Society-WILLIAM-BARNES-Dorset-Poems-Hardback-Bo...

A Memoir of Sir Walter Scott: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-A-MEMOIR-OF-SIR-WALTER-SCOTT-By-James...

The Wonderful Year 1603: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-THE-WONDERFUL-YEAR-1603-Hardback-Book...

Wilfred Owens, Poems of War: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-WILFRED-OWEN-POEMS-OF-WAR-Hardback-Bo...

WB Yeats, The Tower: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-THE-TOWER-By-W-B-YEATS-Hardback-Book-...

Anglo-Saxon Elegies: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-THE-ANGLO-SAXON-ELEGIES-Hardback-Book...

Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Folio-Press-MACAULAYS-LAYS-OF-ANCIENT-ROME-Hardba...

All the volumes appear to be in at least very good condition complete with their original mylar jackets.

Thanks for the enablement!

>110 SebRinelli: Always happy to spread Folio happiness :) Did you win either of the first two that have just finished?

Yes! Got the Milton :-)

>112 SebRinelli: Congratulations!

Verse doesn't get much better than Milton and the paper, typesetting and binding of these editions are a joy. You have got yourself an all-round gorgeous fine press limited edition for the price of a standard Folio, quite a bargain :)

it will be interesting to see how much the Owen goes for. I've seen it on Ardis at £95 in the past. Mine cost £45 from a bookseller on Abe about a year ago.

>114 N11284:
I paid £75 a year ago, also on abe.

>113 cronshaw:
and look at this fantastic marbling!

>109 cronshaw: Thanks!. Managed to snap a couple of them :)

All twelve Andrew Lang Fairy Books in auction.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/franklinbrown/catalogue-id...

Usual disclaimers – no connection with seller/auction house.

>117 bookfair_e:

Sold for £900 plus commission.

>118 bookfair_e:

Wow! So glad I bought these as they came out. I can understand why people are prepared to pay over the odds, though. They rank in the top tier of FS standard editions.

There is a copy of Grey King by Susan Cooper for £29.2 BIN on eBay (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153525553955?ul_noapp=true). They unfortunately don't ship ouside the UK. Other wise I would have bought it.

Usual dsiclaimer: no connection with the seller.

Edit: Spelling

>120 c_schelle: I'd be wary of that. It's only in 'good' condition and from one of those vast warehouse sellers of secondhand books that are prone to post volumes with inadequate or no protection.

>121 cronshaw: Thanks for the warning.

>45 gmacaree: Another copy of The Dark is Rising is now on Abebooks UK for GBP 52

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30351741917&searchurl=pn...

Note that the condition is not perfect (read the description carefully) and the price is not really that low taking this into consideration. As demand is high for this book, I thought it might still be worthwhile to point out.

The seller, World of Rare Books is mostly fair priced and honest with their grading, but does ship in padded envelopes, so not too secure...

You too can grab a complete set of the Fairy Books for only £5999:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Complete-RAINBOW-FAIRY-BOOKS-12-Volumes-Folio-Soc...

eBay UK ends Saturday 12.02

I just read the last two posts and immediately checked them out. Predictably, the Susan Cooper has been snapped up already but the Fairy Books are still available. If you can't stomach the £6000 price tag, then fortunately there's a half-price bargain alternative, if you can overlook the slight imperfections:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Complete-Rainbow-Fairy-Book-12-Folio-Society-Andr...

Snagged a copy of the Temple of Flora off ebay for AU$220. The $35 for a courier service still makes it pretty good value in my eyes considering I'm pretty sure it was over $1000 originally.
I bought the set of plates when FS was selling them years ago but this deal was just too good to pass up!

>126 el_danos:. A fantastic deal and a lovely LE

Just picked up a copy of London - Portrait of a City. Couldn't resist at $3.

A copy of the 2010 Beowulf is on abebooks UK for GBP 60. Noted as fine, and for once a seller picture is provided...

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30360132103&searchurl=yr...

>129 teppi2: A massive thank you for the heads-up... i pulled the trigger immediately.

I’ve been berating myself for exactly two years on this one - I missed it in the 2017 summer sale because I didn’t understand just how flawed was the functionality of the Folio website (then and now). It was my first (and not last) experience with the dreaded Stock Counter of Doom - I thought I had this and the P&V War and Peace safely in the bag, only to discover that both remained steadfastly “pending” in my orders list...

>130 plasticjock:
Any opportunity I get to thank Paul, aka Olepuppy, for many years ago gifting this edition to me.
That is the gift of this community. You get to bond and even meet really good people.

>131 LesMiserables: Couldn’t agree more...!

>130 plasticjock: Thanks for letting me know, I am very glad it went to a devotee here. I am always wondering how many of the books listed here go to re-sellers (I have two confirmed cases from my suggestions). Knowing a fellow collector was able to buy the book makes posting here worthwhile.

Blue leather War and Peace for $150. Described as fine, slipcase with minimal damage. Not necessarily extremely cheap, but it looks like those recently sold in the $300 range, so the price seems more then fair if the description is correct. I have not dealt with this seller, but they seem to be a member of ABAA, which is a good sign.

Note that bookseller marks this as rebound in blue leather, but issue date, slip case color, top edge gilding etc match to the Folio special binding. Probably best to ask for a picture, though.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30367494069&searchurl=pn%3...

>134 teppi2:

It's gone. Hardly surprising at that price.

>135 folio_books:

I have an extra one for sale/trade, which does not have the slipcase and has some spine damage.

I would say it's probably the most sumptuous leather over any other folio edition - seems thicker than Moby-Dick, even.

>135 folio_books: Absolutely, a bargain indeed, the cost new direct from Folio in 1971 was £310 in today's money. I agree with Eclectic, I rate the blue leather War and Peace LE far more highly than the later numbered edition simply because the leather itself looks, feels and smells that much more sumptuous. With their raised bands and gilt titling, the volumes look magnificent on the shelf.

>136 EclecticIndulgence:
>137 cronshaw:

Absolutely. One of my favourite Folios. I'd say it ranks alongside The Luttrell Psalter and Liber Bestiarum in sheer drop-dead-gorgeous sumptuosity. And as I well recall >137 cronshaw: it was you who gave me the tip which led me to the copy which now graces my shelves, something for which I shall be ever grateful.

The LE itself is a poor bedraggled creature next to the Blue Leather War and Peace (with suitable reverence attached to the capitals). It's just the 1978 photo-litho reduced (in size) version augmented with a less-than-stunning leather binding (though I must confess I do like Jeff Clements' blocked design).

>138 folio_books: Absolutely agree on the quality of this edition, that’s why I posted it here.

Price wise, these special bindings are quite curious. They either show up quite expensive (there is another copy of this edition of War and Peace on eBay right now for $395) or very cheap. In the last couple of years, I spotted five listings of the cream leather Decameron between $10 and $45. I guess even many professional booksellers are not aware that those are different then the standard Folio edition issued at the same time, and thus they price in line with other standard copies. It puzzles me a bit, as I thought the quality of these editions is quite evident.

>139 teppi2:
Gah! Even though I can’t really justify yet another expenditure, I’m slightly twitchy about having missed this stunning edition (I’ve already developed my spousal spiel - something along the lines of “the Edmonds translation is light years away from the P&V already on my shelves - it’s basically a totally different book...”)

Have you considered establishing a Folio acquisition consultancy business? I for one would be happy to pay a subscription/finders fee...! Haha :-)

>139 teppi2:

I’d have been delighted to procure a copy at those prices. IIRC I paid around £100 for mine and considered then (and still do) it an absolute bargain. Like War and Peace, the earlier special edition is a far superior beast to the LE which followed in 2007. The leather is not quite as sumptuous as War and Peace but by any other standard is beautiful. The text is clearer (letterpress) and Buckland-Wright’s aquatints have lost some definition in the reprinting process. And like War and Peace I am indebted to Russell (cronshaw) for pointing it out to me.

Incidentally, for anyone seeking more information or plain old enablement regarding these special issues I’d heartily recommend a thread initiated by Michael of York (Conte_Mosca), replete with gorgeous photographs. It got me hooked on these beautiful volumes

http://www.librarything.com/topic/151317

They are not particularly easy to find and when they surface they are not cheap. Some years of patient searching down the line I’m still without 1001 Nights, The Bible, Life of Johnson, Forsyte Saga or (the one I most especially lust after) Carlyle’s French Revolution. And others …

>134 teppi2:
>135 folio_books:
>140 plasticjock:

FWIW, I purchased the blue full leather War and Peace (1971) so you can rest assured it went to an appreciative home. Thank you for posting it. Aside from the gorgeous leather binding, this book had two additional attractions (for me):

1. I am not a fan of the Pevear & Volokhonsky Russian translations which often read poorly, with a stilted English that is confusing and difficult to read. While the P&V translations may be quite literal, down to the precise words, they are decidedly not literary. The classic translations by Constance Garnett and this edition's more recent translation by Rosemary Edmonds are a more enjoyable and fluent read for me, even if they gloss and smooth over some of the original Russian language. I am probably in a decided minority but I find the P&V translations vastly overrated.

2. The Felix Topolski illustrations are simply wonderful.

Note to >140 plasticjock:: I found the P&V translation for Crime and Punishment so unpleasant to read that I promptly sold my 2-volume Folio set of War and Peace with the P&V translation on eBay before attempting to tackle it.

One final note: For FS collectors seeking to collect the special editions in full leather bindings wonderfully described and photographed by Conte_Mosca (see >141 folio_books: for the link), the two I especially recommend are:

1. The 3-volume set of The Chronicles of King Arthur.

2. The 4-volume set of The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night.

Hi Folio Society devotees, it has been a very long time since I have been here - and not sure if there is a specific thread for this but I have had to downsize my collection of Folio FAST - if anyone is interested I am willing to part with these: they are all in very good condition, each does have my ex libris stamp in it and since I love LibraryThing and the members here they can all go for $10 each with the buyer to pay shipping costs. PM me and let me know if anyone is interested, I will send photos of the books to you.

The Folio Book of Literary Puzzles *
Jane Austen's Letters *
Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum*
Medieval People*
Michelangelo*
The Pastons: A Family in the War of the Roses*
Perfume: The Story of A Murderer*
At the Court of the Borgia*
The Elizabethan Underworld*
Folio 60 : A Bibliography of the Folio Society 1947 - 2006*
Les Liaisons *
The Spanish Inquisition*
Procopius: The Secret History*
What Are The Seven Wonders Of The World? And 60 Other Great Cultural Questions.*
Colour*
Life. An Unauthorised Biography*
The Folio Book of Historical Mysteries*
Dream Days*
The Monk*
The Nude*
The Complete Tales of The Unexpected And Other Stories*
The Earth: An Intimate History*
Year Round Things To Do*

Glad to be back!
Angelikat

*sold

>143 angelikat:
Welcome back! Its sad to know that you have returned under such difficult circumstances that you have to reduce your FS collection.
Your past contributions to this forum were valued, and hopefully will be again.
Anyone in New York would be crazy not to grab all the books on your list at such a generous price.

Thank you wcarter for your warm welcome! I have missed this forum and am so happy to be returning!

Fans of the anthropological classic The Golden Bough by James George Frazer and interested in the most comprehensive 13-volume third edition may be interested in this fine looking set on eBay (UK), an absolute bargain currently at only £60 with less than a day to run.

>146 cronshaw:

A word of mild caution, this may well be the 1980 printing, produced in Hong Kong and bound a little roughly in paper imitating bookcloth. That's the set I have, bought at a remainder price, I don't recall even approximately how much that was, fairly early in the '80s. Still a steal at anywhere near £60, of course: better than https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30360263672&searchurl=bi... and cheaper too.

Blue leather Austen set on eBay.... date of 1975 does not match, but pictures look like the 1996 special binding and not the 1975 cloth variant.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FOLIO-SOCIETY-The-Works-Of-Jane-Austen-7-volumes-in-sli...

$160 buy it now. Slipcase has a small ding, otherwise looks good as far as I can see from my mobile phone.

>147 terebinth: Thanks for pointing that out. I've settled for the Kindle edition in any case. Thirteen physical volumes would take up just too much Folio space.

I recall a famous eBay purchase all for a tenner including postage.
Mint condition 1996 The complete Works of Jane Austen.

I haven't had anything close to that in terms of bargains since!

>150 LesMiserables: Well, this one starts at $35, so maybe someone can get a steal... I was originally expecting this to sell out at the buy it now price, though. We had a reported sighting of this set on the special bindings thread at GBP 245 which sold quickly, and I saw an ebay listing well in the $200s which sold in a flash as well. This listing has different date and does not mention leather, but I am almost certain it is the special binding.

I have it and am not really in love with the binding, I would exchange it against the 1984 variant in a second.

Icelandic Sagas 1 and 2 for USD 75

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30373175936&searchurl=pn%3...

Green Fairy Book for USD 35

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30373168534&searchurl=pn%3...

Celtic Myths for USD 35

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30373173079&searchurl=pn%3...

You can check the same seller, they have just posted more Folios at good prices (e.g. Empires of the Nile for USD 30, Mecca and Medina for USD 25), but the above - particularly The Icelandic Sagas - are probably the best deals. As usual, no connection with Seller.

>152 teppi2: particularly The Icelandic Sagas - are probably the best deals.

And they've gone.

I may be wrong, but I believe this should be considered a good deal: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30375539835

$322.98 (excluding shipping) for Folio's 1971 blue-leather edition of War and Peace; translated by Rosemary Edmonds. I have no connection to the seller but know this is a highly sought-after item, so I figured I'd post about it here. Apologies if the price is considered exorbitant.

The Folio Society 4-volume set of The Book of the Thousand Nights & One Night in the red and gilt full morocco leather bindings has just been listed as an eBay auction with a starting price of 280.00 GBP. One bid has already been entered, meaning you will have to place a higher bid to win it. This is an exceptional set in fine condition without any of the usual fading of the book spines and no markings (signatures, ex-libris, etc.). The original slipcase is intact with faded spots along one side panel. However, the slipcase is entirely beside the point here. Note that only 500 sets were produced.

I have purchased previously on eBay from this U.K.-based seller (foliogaga) and he is an experienced FS bookseller. His books are exactly as described and he is utterly reliable. This may not be the bargain of the New Millenium but given this set's rarity, beauty, and exceptional condition it is worth serious consideration. Link below.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Folio-Society-1983-limited-edition-The-Book-of-The-Thou...

This seller also has Oscar Wilde's De Profundis (1991) from the Folio Society Fine Press series, also in fine condition. It is an eBay auction with starting price of GBP 75.00 with no bids entered yet. This is fairly priced, imho.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Folio-Society-1991-Fine-Press-Limited-Edition-De-Profun...

Pepys Diary LE in wooden box for GBP 375 on Abebooks UK. Listed as near fine.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30385322976&searchurl=pn...

>156 teppi2:

Good price. Certainly less than I paid for mine.

A couple of apparent bargains in the superb 1987-91 letterpress series:

Izaak Walton's Life of John Donne, 9 GBP
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30252873754&searchurl=yr...
One of the easiest to find, and arguably among the less desirable, but still a low price for such a book. Ideal if you're new to the series, but be warned that some have found it highly addictive.

William Barnes' Dorset Poems, 15 GBP
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=13025387213&searchurl=yr...
Again a lower price than you're likely to see again any time soon, at least for the Fine copy which this is said to be.

Seemingly fine sealed copy of the splendid two volume Malay Archipelago at ebay for a reasonable £80, not quite the steal but given it was 5 months since I saw the last copy for sale, I thought it worthwhile to post here.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Malay-Archipelago-NEW-AND-SEALED-Alfred-Russell-W...

No connection with Seller.

Thanks for pointing these two out - I bought them swiftly and await their arrival with interest. That takes my small collection to 3 (with The Life of Walter Scott). I have to promise myself to acquire these ones very slowly ....

>160 jranstead:

I'm glad to have done a spot of enabling, and I hope they meet or exceed your expectations. I'm on seven now, I paid a relatively serious amount (about £50) for Yeats' The Tower to begin with as it particularly appealed, but my colony won't advance beyond seven in a hurry unless I have a change of heart about the £20 ceiling I've observed for subsequent purchases.

>160 jranstead:
>161 terebinth:

I have an extra copy of The Tower (fine but with a bookplate), for trade. PM me if interested.

>152 teppi2:

I just wanted to say thank you for the link for the Icelandic Sagas 1 & 2. The books arrived safely here in UK three weeks later and were in mint condition.

I didn't want to jinx anything by thanking you before they got here!

Thanks again.

(First post from a long-time lurker)

>163 Hrodberht: I know that feeling very well... waiting for a book that just seemed a bit too cheap and hoping everything is indeed as described.

I am very glad everything worked out and I was able to help.

By the way, there is another set of the Icelandic Sagas on Abebooks UK... not quite as much of a deal at GBP 95, but still lower than what they are selling for at eBay (where the last set went for USD 225). This one is only described as very good, though.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30400109159&searchurl=pn...

Hi all,

I brought from the US to the UK a suitcase full of Limited Editions Club (LEC) Shakespeare volumes (duplicates I acquired as I completed my set of 37) because I was making arrangements to meet up in central London with a fellow Devotee (work commitments meant he could not meet me in the unfortunately small window of time I was available). So now I have divided them into four lots and listed them on UK eBay -- I don't want to take them back across the Atlantic because I need the space to bring home Riddley Walker, Malay and other Folios.

If any UK-based Devotees want to make offers, accompany your best offers with a message reading DEVOTEE and I will very favorably look on offers that are at least 66% of my asking price -- so this is basically ONE THIRD OFF for Devotees. (If I have exchanged messages with you on any topic in the past six years, please let me know your username, too.) I am sitting on offers from members of the public or dealers who probably aim to break up the lots and resell, but would prefer the volumes to go to members of this forum or George Macy Devotees.

No dealers, please!

Cheers, David

The Luttrell Psalter failed to sell on eBay at £550 and has been relisted at the same price. I've never seen it priced as low as this before. A very beautiful book and a stone cold bargain.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163827671350?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The Master and Margarita for GBP 45. Near fine in near fine slipcase...

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30413113636&searchurl=pn...

Same seller has a copy of The Dark is Rising for GBP 75, also near fine book and slipcase. The listings for those become more frequent in recent months.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30413102485&searchurl=pn...

And GBP 95 for the 2012 Narnia set.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30413150179&searchurl=pn...

I do not know the seller

Thanks for the heads-up - managed to get to the Bulgakov in time! Very happy...

>169 stopsurfing: congratulations... this was the real steal amongst the three.

The Dark is Rising used to be quite rare and expensive, but I feel we will see the price come down now... more listings recently, and more of the people who really needed to complete the set have done so already.

I was tempted by the Narnia set myself, as I prefer the blue 2012 re-issue to the green 90s set. However, I spent my budget already on News from Nowhere, the LE Malory and a wonderful private press Arts and Crafts version of Songs of Innocence and Experience, so no more book buying for me for a while...

UPDATE

One George Macy Devotees might be having three of the Limited Editions Club (LEC) Shakespeare titles I brought to the UK and had to leave with my father and brother on my return to the US. But the others I have prepackaged and listed at auction on eBay.co.uk, because they are taking up too much space in an Epsom living room:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Limited-Editions-Club-LEC-letterpress-Shakespeare-like-Folio-Society-lot-1/153617798444?hash=item23c455952c:g:HYMAAOSwktFdVneZ

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Limited-Editions-Club-LEC-letterpress-Shakespeare-like-Folio-Society-lot-2/153617791689?hash=item23c4557ac9:g:qugAAOSwDwJdVnvj

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Limited-Editions-Club-LEC-letterpress-Shakespeare-like-Folio-Society-lot-3/153617794208?hash=item23c45584a0:g:dhEAAOSwDStdVoNU

I can no longer offer a Devotee discount, because the format is auction. But the bidding is at 99p, so bargains may be had when the auctions end on Sunday. I'm taking a big financial risk here (especially as delivery is free), but I like to be democratic with extremely low start prices. If they are going to sell for not very much, then I hope at least the winners are Devotees.

Goodness! - Mort for £45 if you're quick!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folio-Society-Mort-Terry-Pratchett-2016-Omar-Rayyan/2...

>172 red_guy: that's above FS RRP, I don't really see why that'd be a deal.

>172 red_guy:
Its not the limited edition, just the standard edition. The LE is worth far more.

Oh, sorry - I didn't realise that there was a standard edition (Obviously haven't been paying attention!)

Well, with a little over 36 hours to go the bidding (>171 NYCFaddict:) is averaging about 3 pounds a book ... It look like someone is going to get the bargain of the year.

For anyone trying to complete the Sutcliff set: The Lantern Bearers is on Abebooks UK for GBP 20.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30428825755&searchurl=pn...

Described as new in very good slipcase. Seller only has two stars, though.

>177 teppi2: Now gone/sold/delisted.

And another Icelandic Sagas Volume 2 on abebooks. This time for GBP 50. Book and slipcase marked as very good.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30435384406&searchurl=pn...

I watched the leather I am Legend go for around 130 USD last night. I thought about buying it, but then I thought - if It's someone that loves that book, I would be a jerk for taking it from them. So I opted not to drive up the price, I hope it was a devotee that nabbed it.

***Okay, now I realize, I should've probably let someone here know.***

Hi all,

I'm aware of the shortcomings of the Folio Gibbon Decline & Fall (not including a large portion of the footnotes), but i recently came across a Near Fine set of the Cream / Blue / Red edition from 1999 (perfect books, slight marks on the slip cases) at a used book store here in Canada. They're going for $75 CAD (about 45 GBP).

Worth picking up at that price?

Disclaimer - i've already got a set of the Everyman's Library edition with the complete footnotes. One of my favourite pieces of history, but not sure it's worth having both editions.

Thanks

>181 Akes: It might be a stupid question, but do you intend to read the full series more then once? I would think one set would be sufficient and maybe you can put the funds to a better purpose (more Folios). Price wise it seems to me like a good deal. £45 for 8 books comes down to £5.63 per book which clears the threshold of an undisputed bargain.

> 182 NLNils: Maybe a better question would be: is the Folio edition superior to the Everyman's in the other aspects (font size, ascetically pleasing, etc....) to justify purchasing the Folio at this price, and then selling the Everyman's edition (with it's complete set of notes for added reading enjoyment and experience)?

I don’t own either set of books, so I can’t help you there. I’m under the impression that you didn’t yet read your Everyman's set through. I learned here on FSD that the footnotes are half the joy of the thing, thus important. Not knowing the size of the Everyman’s books and the font size, you are the one to answer that question for yourself. Did you get a decent look at the FS edition in person, or did you find it advertised online? Finally, I don’t know if the full set you do own brings a decent return when sold. I think you might just end up with two sets, acquisition disorder style.:)

Listing for The Faerie Queene for £580.00 on eBay, described as pristine with plenty of pictures. There is also another cheaper listing, but Volume I has a tea/coffee stain on it. Yikes.

No connection with either seller.