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ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2011-15
This series of threads is designed to list all the current series of limited editions in five year blocks, initially by year, then alphabetic order, with a picture of both the exterior and interior of each book.
The prices in the lists below are representative only, and may have varied from time to time, and market to market.
The other threads in this series can be found thus:-
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2001 to 2005 here
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2006 to 2010 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2016 to 2020 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2021 to 2025 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2026 to 2030 here.
More information, and often leaflets and brochure downloads for these books, can be found on the FSD wiki .
Some limited editions are still available directly from the Folio Society. The Folio Society Limited Editions website can be found here.
2011
Bible, The.
2v. Bound in dark blue goatskin with calligraphy blocked in gold. Two ribbon markers. Gilding on all three page edges. Printed on Abbey Wove paper. Buckram-covered wooden slipcase lined with moiré silk, with a sliding tray in base. 1904pp. 11x7¼in. 940 copies. (£495)
Candide or Optimism by Voltaire.
Translated by Tobias Smollett. Introduced by Julian Barnes. Signed and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Printed on Modigliani paper. Bound in maroon Nigerian goatskin blocked with a gilt title design. 1000 copies. Grey slipcase emblazoned with gilt title across all sides. 27.4x23.2cm. (£195) (Sold out in 3 weeks).
Getty Apocalypse, The.
(2v.). Facsimile 13th. century volume printed on furisio paper, quarter bound in Wassa goatskin with parchment sides blocked in four foils with a design by David Eccles, gilded and shuffled page edges, ribbon marker, 92pp. Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, bound in buckram, blocked in gold with a design, 136pp. Solander box in maroon buckram with elaborate title blocked in gold and black on spine. 35.7x25.2x5.4cm. 1000 copies. (£445)
Gulliver’s Travels or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift.
17 tipped in colour plates by Peter Suart. Printed on Cordier Weave paper. Quarter bound in vellum with paper sides. Gilded top edge. Ribbon marker. 292pp. In solander box. 36x27.5cm. (£450)
Faerie Queene, The by Edmund Spenser.
Facsimiles bound in 3 volumes. Vols.I & II 528pp. Vols.III & IV 516pp. Vols.V & VI 507pp. Printed on watermarked laid paper. Gilt top page edges. Ribbon marker. Bound in white Nigerian goat skin blocked with a gilt design on cover and spine. Housed on a sliding tray in a toile vendome covered wooden case. 31.8x23.6x20.6cm. 1000 copies. (£585)
Sharpe's Birds of Paradise
(Monograph of the Paradiseidae of Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae or Bower-birds) - R. Bowdler Sharpe. (2v.) Facsimile volume, foreward by David Attenborough, 79 full colour plates, quarter bound in green leather with printed and blocked cloth sides, gilded top edge, 172pp., in design printed slipcase 56.3x38cm. Commentary volume, by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe, Introduced by Errol Fuller, 288pp, 25x17cm. 1000 copies. (£495)
Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer.
(2v.). Facsimile bound in goatskin leather blocked with a design in 22-carat gold, printed on Rigoletto Panna, 5 full page illustrations, elaborate title page and decorative borders throughout, felt-marked paper, gilding on all three page edges, ribbon marker, 328pp. Commentary volume quarter-bound in buckram with Merida paper sides, 48pp. Buckram-bound solander box. 1250 copies. 12½x7¾in. (£375)
2012
Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear.
Facsimile. Signed and introduced by David Attenborough. 80 coloured lithographs. Printed letterpress. Shuffled pages. Gilded top page edge. Marbled end papers. Bound in full goatskin with gold blocking. Loose "Eagle Owl" print enclosed. 780 copies. 184pp. Buckram bound dark blue solander box 59.5x47.3x6.5cm. (£895)
Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars.
(2v.) Reproduced from late 19th. century original. Edited by Cpt. F. Brinkley. Essays by Kakuzo Okakura. Essay by David Perkins. Vol.1 193pp bound in red cloth with gilded and colour design and black slipcase with gilded title. Vol.2 205pp bound in black cloth with gilded and colour design and red slipcase with gilded title. Chiyogami hand-printed endpapers. All page edges gilded. Each volume 43x33cm. 980 copies. (£665)
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
14 tipped in colour illustrations and embedded line drawings by Niroot Puttapiat. Printed illustrations on endpapers. Quarter bound in white vellum blocked with title in gold with vellum tips and design blocked brown cloth sides. 204pp. Solander box in brown cloth with paper spine label. 36x27.5cm. 1000 copies. (£445)
Leaves from a Psalter by William de Brailes.
Seven leaves printed on vellum and presented in bevelled window mounts, hand numbered by David Eccles. Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, 8 plates, 128pp. Enclosed in a buckram solander box with a vellum spine label. 480 copies. (£1250)
Sound and the Fury, The by William Faulkner.
(2v.). Text volume, binding design by Russell Maret, sides printed letterpress on Canson Mi-Teintes paper with a type ornament devised by Maret, quarter-bound in vermilion goatskin leather with split boards with paper sides wrapping around all four edges, sides printed letterpress with type ornaments designed by Russell Maret, blocked in gold, printed on Abbey Wove paper using 14 different colours of ink, gilded top edge, colour-coded bookmark, 320 pages. 10¼" x 6½. Commentary volume bound in buckram, blocked in gold, 232 pages. Both volumes presented in cloth-bound slipcase with inset leather titling label. 1480 copies (£195)
South Polar Times.
12 facsimiles and a commentary volume. Facsimiles reproduced with original paper covers, in cloth covered presentation box with a magnetic clasp, inset cloth label on box opening, 30.3x21.6x13.7cm. Commentary volume by Ann Savours, bound in dark blue cloth gilt blocked with SPT monogram, housed in a separate slipcase, ribbon marker, 220pp. 1000 copies. (£495)
2013
Fifty Fables of La Fontaine.
Signed and 50 colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Translated by Norman R.Shapiro. Introduced by Sarah Bakewell. Printed on Modigliani paper. Bound in dark green Indian goat skin blocked in gold foil. 1000 copies. 99pp. Gold slipcase with printed title across all sides. 30x22cm. (£245)
Poems of Thomas Gray, The; With Watercolour Illustrations by William Blake.
(2v.). Facsimile printed on Modigliani Insize Candido paper and 1/4 bound in leather with cloth sides blocked with a gilded design and inset leather label, 116 watercolours, 120pp. Commentary volume by Irene Tayler, bound in grey cloth, 224pp. Both in a brown buckram solander box with a gold printed leather label. 46.5x36x7.8cm. 1000 copies. (£495)
Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles M.Doughty.
(2v. + map-case). Vol.1 610pp., Vol.2 644pp. Both 1/4 bound in brown leather with hand marbled paper sides by Jemma Lewis and leather corners, ribbon marker (missing in some early editions), 52 pages of duotone plates. Mapcase bound in brown buckram with segmentally folded cloth mounted map and limitation colophon. Brown buckram slipcase with leather label. 780 copies. 29x19x13.3cm. (£495)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Sketchbooks.
A facsimile of the four artist's sketchbooks in the collection of the Van Gogh Mueum. (6v.) Facsimile 1 bound in vegetable parchment 96pp., 4.7x2.7in. : Facsimile 2 quarter bound in cloth with raised corners and coated paper, 42pp., 4x5.2in. : Facsimile 3 bound in cloth 64pp., 4.2x7.7in. : Facsimile 4 bound in hessian cloth with hand sewn leather edging,, marbled endpapers, 88pp., 5.2x3.2in. Folder with 14 loose leaf cards with letterpress printed label, 9x5.2in. Commentary volume bound in paper with letterpress title label 80pp., 9x5.2in. Loose colophon page inserted. All in brown solander box lined with hand marbled paper by Jemma Lewis and blocked with gold foil on spine and letterpress printed front label 14.2x12.2x2.2in. 1000 copies. (£395)
2014
Disasters of War by Francisco Goya.
(2v.). Facsimile bound in brown leather with a gold blocked leather title label on spine, printed on Insize Chagall Candido paper, Hand marbled endpapers by Jemma Lewis, Goya's signature printed in gold on bottom page edge, 85 illustrations, 176pp. Commentary volume by Mark McDonald, 23 integrated colour illustrations, bound in black cloth with letterpress printed front label, 72pp. 980 copies. Landscape oriented black solander box with gold blocking and letterpress label. 32.3x37.7x6.3cm. (£445)
Herefordshire Pomona, The; Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the Most Esteemed Kinds of Apples and Pears by Henry Graves Bull
(2v.). Facsimile volume 77 colour plates, quarter bound in green Indian goatskin with gold blocked fruit on canvas sides, gilded top page edge, ribbon marker, 176pp. Text volume, essays by Michael Twyman and Jim Arbury, integrated line drawings, ribbon marker, bound in green canvas with gold blocked pear picture, 176pp. Four loose colour plates enclosed. All contained in green cloth bound solander box blocked in gold. 980 copies. 42.2x32.5x13cm. (£395)
Magna Carta.
A framed facsimile, single piece of parchment cut by hand. Seal attached by parchment tag. Mounted on linen-covered board. Framed in oak and glass with brass plaque on frame. Colophon label on reverse. 12½” x 20” (parchment) 22” x 27” (frame). 480 copies. (£1250)
Odes of Horace, The. The William Morris Manuscript.
(2v.). Facsimile volume printed on tatami paper in coloured inks with gold and silver foils, bound in black goatskin with five raised bands and gilt blocking on doublures and spine, 192pp. Commentary volume by Clive Wilmer with translation by W. E. Gladstone, bound in paper, gilt blocked with title, 63pp. Solander box bound in black buckram with cloth lined facsimile recess blocked with a design in gold, cover and spine blocked with a design in silver and gold foil. 31.6x25cm. 980 copies. (£395)
Toilers of the Sea, The by Victor Hugo.
Translated by James Hogarth. Foreward by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Introduction by Graham Robb. Quarter bound in Indian goatskin leather with printed cloth sides. Gilded top edge. 36 colour illustrations. 1250 copies. 528pp. Inset illustration on solander box 26.7x21.2x6.7cm. (£195)
2015
Duke’s Children, The : The Complete Text by Anthony Trollope.
1500 copies bound in quarter leather with cloth sides and four raised bands.. Gilded top edge. Hand marbled endpapers. Marker ribbon. Line counter. 720pp. Commentary volume by Steven Amarnick et al 150pp. Slipcase. 9.5x6.25in. (£250)
Duke’s Children, The : The Complete Text by Anthony Trollope – Special Edition.
480 copies bound in full leather blocked with 22 carat gold with hand marbled page edges and four raised bands. Hand marbled endpapers. Marker ribbon. Line counter. 720pp. Commentary volume by Steven Amarnick et al. Cloth covered solander box 26.5x18.8x9cm. (£395)
Golden Ass, The; or Metamorphoses by Apuleius.
Signed by, and with 46 illustrations, by Quentin Blake. Translated and notes by E.J.Kenney. Introduced by James Wood. Printed on Old Mill Stucco. Bound in dark brown Indian goatskin blocked with an image and title in gold foil. Gilded top page edge. 256pp. 1000 copies. Maroon slipcase emblazoned with title in gold. 29x22.8cm. (£345)
Pearl Manuscript
(British library MS Cotton Nero A.x) : Pearl; Cleanness; Patience; Sir Gawain and the Green Night. (2v.). Facsimile printed on Arctic Volume Ivory, bound in dark blue Indian goatskin with gold foil blocked cover and spine, tinted page edges, ribbon page marker, housed in velvet covered and gold pattern embossed tray, 184pp. Commentary volume, foreward by Bernard O'Donaghue, parallel text and notes edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron, bound in dark blue gilt printed buckram, 536pp. 980 copies. 27.5x20.3x9cm. (£345)
Rupert Brooke Selected Poems.
Introduced by Jon Stallworthy. 9 lithographs by Ed Kluz and 6 letterpress vignettes. Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper. Coloured top page edge. Quarter bound in blue Indian goatskin with patterned paper sides. 1750 copies. 118pp. Gold blocked blue slipcase with lithograph label. 25.8x18.2cm. (£195)
Winchester Psalter - Miniature Cycle.
(2v.). Facsimile 12th. century volume, printed on Furisio paper, , gilded top page edge, bound in red Indian goatskin blocked with a design by Joe McLaren in gold and black, 80pp. Commentary volume by Prof. Kristine Edmonson Hanley, bound in buckram blocked on front and spine, 100pp. Solander box in grey buckram lined with merida paper and blocked on front and spine with inset pictorial label. 35.2x25.2cm. 980 copies. (£345)
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This series of threads is designed to list all the current series of limited editions in five year blocks, initially by year, then alphabetic order, with a picture of both the exterior and interior of each book.
The prices in the lists below are representative only, and may have varied from time to time, and market to market.
The other threads in this series can be found thus:-
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2001 to 2005 here
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2006 to 2010 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2016 to 2020 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2021 to 2025 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2026 to 2030 here.
More information, and often leaflets and brochure downloads for these books, can be found on the FSD wiki .
Some limited editions are still available directly from the Folio Society. The Folio Society Limited Editions website can be found here.
2011
Bible, The.
2v. Bound in dark blue goatskin with calligraphy blocked in gold. Two ribbon markers. Gilding on all three page edges. Printed on Abbey Wove paper. Buckram-covered wooden slipcase lined with moiré silk, with a sliding tray in base. 1904pp. 11x7¼in. 940 copies. (£495)
Candide or Optimism by Voltaire.
Translated by Tobias Smollett. Introduced by Julian Barnes. Signed and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Printed on Modigliani paper. Bound in maroon Nigerian goatskin blocked with a gilt title design. 1000 copies. Grey slipcase emblazoned with gilt title across all sides. 27.4x23.2cm. (£195) (Sold out in 3 weeks).
Getty Apocalypse, The.
(2v.). Facsimile 13th. century volume printed on furisio paper, quarter bound in Wassa goatskin with parchment sides blocked in four foils with a design by David Eccles, gilded and shuffled page edges, ribbon marker, 92pp. Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, bound in buckram, blocked in gold with a design, 136pp. Solander box in maroon buckram with elaborate title blocked in gold and black on spine. 35.7x25.2x5.4cm. 1000 copies. (£445)
Gulliver’s Travels or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift.
17 tipped in colour plates by Peter Suart. Printed on Cordier Weave paper. Quarter bound in vellum with paper sides. Gilded top edge. Ribbon marker. 292pp. In solander box. 36x27.5cm. (£450)
Faerie Queene, The by Edmund Spenser.
Facsimiles bound in 3 volumes. Vols.I & II 528pp. Vols.III & IV 516pp. Vols.V & VI 507pp. Printed on watermarked laid paper. Gilt top page edges. Ribbon marker. Bound in white Nigerian goat skin blocked with a gilt design on cover and spine. Housed on a sliding tray in a toile vendome covered wooden case. 31.8x23.6x20.6cm. 1000 copies. (£585)
Sharpe's Birds of Paradise
(Monograph of the Paradiseidae of Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae or Bower-birds) - R. Bowdler Sharpe. (2v.) Facsimile volume, foreward by David Attenborough, 79 full colour plates, quarter bound in green leather with printed and blocked cloth sides, gilded top edge, 172pp., in design printed slipcase 56.3x38cm. Commentary volume, by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe, Introduced by Errol Fuller, 288pp, 25x17cm. 1000 copies. (£495)
Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer.
(2v.). Facsimile bound in goatskin leather blocked with a design in 22-carat gold, printed on Rigoletto Panna, 5 full page illustrations, elaborate title page and decorative borders throughout, felt-marked paper, gilding on all three page edges, ribbon marker, 328pp. Commentary volume quarter-bound in buckram with Merida paper sides, 48pp. Buckram-bound solander box. 1250 copies. 12½x7¾in. (£375)
2012
Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear.
Facsimile. Signed and introduced by David Attenborough. 80 coloured lithographs. Printed letterpress. Shuffled pages. Gilded top page edge. Marbled end papers. Bound in full goatskin with gold blocking. Loose "Eagle Owl" print enclosed. 780 copies. 184pp. Buckram bound dark blue solander box 59.5x47.3x6.5cm. (£895)
Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars.
(2v.) Reproduced from late 19th. century original. Edited by Cpt. F. Brinkley. Essays by Kakuzo Okakura. Essay by David Perkins. Vol.1 193pp bound in red cloth with gilded and colour design and black slipcase with gilded title. Vol.2 205pp bound in black cloth with gilded and colour design and red slipcase with gilded title. Chiyogami hand-printed endpapers. All page edges gilded. Each volume 43x33cm. 980 copies. (£665)
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
14 tipped in colour illustrations and embedded line drawings by Niroot Puttapiat. Printed illustrations on endpapers. Quarter bound in white vellum blocked with title in gold with vellum tips and design blocked brown cloth sides. 204pp. Solander box in brown cloth with paper spine label. 36x27.5cm. 1000 copies. (£445)
Leaves from a Psalter by William de Brailes.
Seven leaves printed on vellum and presented in bevelled window mounts, hand numbered by David Eccles. Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, 8 plates, 128pp. Enclosed in a buckram solander box with a vellum spine label. 480 copies. (£1250)
Sound and the Fury, The by William Faulkner.
(2v.). Text volume, binding design by Russell Maret, sides printed letterpress on Canson Mi-Teintes paper with a type ornament devised by Maret, quarter-bound in vermilion goatskin leather with split boards with paper sides wrapping around all four edges, sides printed letterpress with type ornaments designed by Russell Maret, blocked in gold, printed on Abbey Wove paper using 14 different colours of ink, gilded top edge, colour-coded bookmark, 320 pages. 10¼" x 6½. Commentary volume bound in buckram, blocked in gold, 232 pages. Both volumes presented in cloth-bound slipcase with inset leather titling label. 1480 copies (£195)
South Polar Times.
12 facsimiles and a commentary volume. Facsimiles reproduced with original paper covers, in cloth covered presentation box with a magnetic clasp, inset cloth label on box opening, 30.3x21.6x13.7cm. Commentary volume by Ann Savours, bound in dark blue cloth gilt blocked with SPT monogram, housed in a separate slipcase, ribbon marker, 220pp. 1000 copies. (£495)
2013
Fifty Fables of La Fontaine.
Signed and 50 colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Translated by Norman R.Shapiro. Introduced by Sarah Bakewell. Printed on Modigliani paper. Bound in dark green Indian goat skin blocked in gold foil. 1000 copies. 99pp. Gold slipcase with printed title across all sides. 30x22cm. (£245)
Poems of Thomas Gray, The; With Watercolour Illustrations by William Blake.
(2v.). Facsimile printed on Modigliani Insize Candido paper and 1/4 bound in leather with cloth sides blocked with a gilded design and inset leather label, 116 watercolours, 120pp. Commentary volume by Irene Tayler, bound in grey cloth, 224pp. Both in a brown buckram solander box with a gold printed leather label. 46.5x36x7.8cm. 1000 copies. (£495)
Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles M.Doughty.
(2v. + map-case). Vol.1 610pp., Vol.2 644pp. Both 1/4 bound in brown leather with hand marbled paper sides by Jemma Lewis and leather corners, ribbon marker (missing in some early editions), 52 pages of duotone plates. Mapcase bound in brown buckram with segmentally folded cloth mounted map and limitation colophon. Brown buckram slipcase with leather label. 780 copies. 29x19x13.3cm. (£495)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Sketchbooks.
A facsimile of the four artist's sketchbooks in the collection of the Van Gogh Mueum. (6v.) Facsimile 1 bound in vegetable parchment 96pp., 4.7x2.7in. : Facsimile 2 quarter bound in cloth with raised corners and coated paper, 42pp., 4x5.2in. : Facsimile 3 bound in cloth 64pp., 4.2x7.7in. : Facsimile 4 bound in hessian cloth with hand sewn leather edging,, marbled endpapers, 88pp., 5.2x3.2in. Folder with 14 loose leaf cards with letterpress printed label, 9x5.2in. Commentary volume bound in paper with letterpress title label 80pp., 9x5.2in. Loose colophon page inserted. All in brown solander box lined with hand marbled paper by Jemma Lewis and blocked with gold foil on spine and letterpress printed front label 14.2x12.2x2.2in. 1000 copies. (£395)
2014
Disasters of War by Francisco Goya.
(2v.). Facsimile bound in brown leather with a gold blocked leather title label on spine, printed on Insize Chagall Candido paper, Hand marbled endpapers by Jemma Lewis, Goya's signature printed in gold on bottom page edge, 85 illustrations, 176pp. Commentary volume by Mark McDonald, 23 integrated colour illustrations, bound in black cloth with letterpress printed front label, 72pp. 980 copies. Landscape oriented black solander box with gold blocking and letterpress label. 32.3x37.7x6.3cm. (£445)
Herefordshire Pomona, The; Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the Most Esteemed Kinds of Apples and Pears by Henry Graves Bull
(2v.). Facsimile volume 77 colour plates, quarter bound in green Indian goatskin with gold blocked fruit on canvas sides, gilded top page edge, ribbon marker, 176pp. Text volume, essays by Michael Twyman and Jim Arbury, integrated line drawings, ribbon marker, bound in green canvas with gold blocked pear picture, 176pp. Four loose colour plates enclosed. All contained in green cloth bound solander box blocked in gold. 980 copies. 42.2x32.5x13cm. (£395)
Magna Carta.
A framed facsimile, single piece of parchment cut by hand. Seal attached by parchment tag. Mounted on linen-covered board. Framed in oak and glass with brass plaque on frame. Colophon label on reverse. 12½” x 20” (parchment) 22” x 27” (frame). 480 copies. (£1250)
Odes of Horace, The. The William Morris Manuscript.
(2v.). Facsimile volume printed on tatami paper in coloured inks with gold and silver foils, bound in black goatskin with five raised bands and gilt blocking on doublures and spine, 192pp. Commentary volume by Clive Wilmer with translation by W. E. Gladstone, bound in paper, gilt blocked with title, 63pp. Solander box bound in black buckram with cloth lined facsimile recess blocked with a design in gold, cover and spine blocked with a design in silver and gold foil. 31.6x25cm. 980 copies. (£395)
Toilers of the Sea, The by Victor Hugo.
Translated by James Hogarth. Foreward by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Introduction by Graham Robb. Quarter bound in Indian goatskin leather with printed cloth sides. Gilded top edge. 36 colour illustrations. 1250 copies. 528pp. Inset illustration on solander box 26.7x21.2x6.7cm. (£195)
2015
Duke’s Children, The : The Complete Text by Anthony Trollope.
1500 copies bound in quarter leather with cloth sides and four raised bands.. Gilded top edge. Hand marbled endpapers. Marker ribbon. Line counter. 720pp. Commentary volume by Steven Amarnick et al 150pp. Slipcase. 9.5x6.25in. (£250)
Duke’s Children, The : The Complete Text by Anthony Trollope – Special Edition.
480 copies bound in full leather blocked with 22 carat gold with hand marbled page edges and four raised bands. Hand marbled endpapers. Marker ribbon. Line counter. 720pp. Commentary volume by Steven Amarnick et al. Cloth covered solander box 26.5x18.8x9cm. (£395)
Golden Ass, The; or Metamorphoses by Apuleius.
Signed by, and with 46 illustrations, by Quentin Blake. Translated and notes by E.J.Kenney. Introduced by James Wood. Printed on Old Mill Stucco. Bound in dark brown Indian goatskin blocked with an image and title in gold foil. Gilded top page edge. 256pp. 1000 copies. Maroon slipcase emblazoned with title in gold. 29x22.8cm. (£345)
Pearl Manuscript
(British library MS Cotton Nero A.x) : Pearl; Cleanness; Patience; Sir Gawain and the Green Night. (2v.). Facsimile printed on Arctic Volume Ivory, bound in dark blue Indian goatskin with gold foil blocked cover and spine, tinted page edges, ribbon page marker, housed in velvet covered and gold pattern embossed tray, 184pp. Commentary volume, foreward by Bernard O'Donaghue, parallel text and notes edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron, bound in dark blue gilt printed buckram, 536pp. 980 copies. 27.5x20.3x9cm. (£345)
Rupert Brooke Selected Poems.
Introduced by Jon Stallworthy. 9 lithographs by Ed Kluz and 6 letterpress vignettes. Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper. Coloured top page edge. Quarter bound in blue Indian goatskin with patterned paper sides. 1750 copies. 118pp. Gold blocked blue slipcase with lithograph label. 25.8x18.2cm. (£195)
Winchester Psalter - Miniature Cycle.
(2v.). Facsimile 12th. century volume, printed on Furisio paper, , gilded top page edge, bound in red Indian goatskin blocked with a design by Joe McLaren in gold and black, 80pp. Commentary volume by Prof. Kristine Edmonson Hanley, bound in buckram blocked on front and spine, 100pp. Solander box in grey buckram lined with merida paper and blocked on front and spine with inset pictorial label. 35.2x25.2cm. 980 copies. (£345)
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