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ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2016-20
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 2011 to 2015 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.
2016
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
11 tipped in colour illustrations and embedded line drawings by Charles van Sandwyk. Printed on cream paper. Letterpress printed illustrations on endpapers. Quarter bound in white vellum blocked with title in gold with vellum tips and design blocked maroon cloth sides. 162pp. Solander box in red cloth with paper spine label. 36x27.5cm. 1000 copies. (£545)
Door in the Wall by H. G. Wells.
Facsimile of 1911 edition. Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Enclosed 40 page leaflet of essays by George Hendrick and David Lodge. Printed on mould made paper with deckled edges. 10 tipped in photo plates. Quarter bound in cloth with paper sides blocked in gold. Title label on spine. Brown cloth solander box blocked in gold and inset with photo on front. 160pp. 16x12.2in. 980 copies. (£250)
Hansel & Gretel by The Brothers Grimm.
(2v.). Facsimile with 12 tipped in colour illustrations by Kay Nielsen with Japanese tissue overlays, 10 black-and-white images, printed on Caxton Wove paper, endpapers printed in gold and orange inks, gilded top edge, bound in buckram blocked in gold foil and screen printed in turquoise on front and spine with a design, 312pp. Commentary volume paper covered 16pp. Both enclosed in cloth bound solander box blocked in gold on front and spine. 12¾×10in. 980 copies. (£250)
Mort by Terry Pratchett.
Introduced by A.S.Byatt. 7 colour illustrations by Omar Rayyan. Pictorial endpapers. Loose print enclosed. Bound in gold blocked black full leather. Pictorial slipcase. 222pp. 24.7x16.8cm. 500 copies. (£105) (Fastest selling FS book - Sold out in under 13 hours)
Plants of the Americas (Selectarum Stirpium Americaarum Historia) by Nikolai Joseph Jacquin.
(2v.) Facsimile volume, 264 colour plates, two tipped in fold-out plates, printed on Veltique paper, quarter bound in maroon goatskin with cloth sides blocked with a design in gold, silver and black, 272pp. Commentary volume, 10 colour illustrations, printed on Veltique paper, bound in light blue cloth blocked with a design in black and gold, 56pp. Both enclosed in dark blue cloth bound solander box with title blocked in gold on front and spine. 750 copies 50.3x35.2x8.2cm. (£595)
Poetic Edda.
Parallel Norse and English texts. Translated by Carolyne Larrington. 20 colour illustrations by Simon Noyes tipped in. Printed on Abbey Wove paper. Bound in maroon leather with five raised bands, gilt blocked title on spine. Pages coloured light brown on all edges. Plain light brown slipcase bound in cloth. 496pp. 32.3x23.2cm. 980 copies. (£295)
Tales From The 1001 Nights.
(2v.). Plates volume, 50 colour plates by Salvador Dali protected by translucent overlays, printed on Modigliani paper, quarter bound in calf skin gilt blocked on spine, sides covered in Tsarina Crush with Dali's signature gilt blocked, gilded top page edge, 112pp. Text volume introduction by Robert Irwin, translation by Malcolm and Ursula Lyons, printed on Abbey ove paper, bound in cloth gilt blocked on spine and with a paper cover title, ribbon marker, 512pp. Black cloth solander box gilt blocked on cover and spine. 49.8x37.8x10.8cm. 750 copies. (£885)
2017
Bayeux Tapestry scroll.
Housed in a hardwood table frame, topped with shatterproof glass, with a scroll winder on each end. Scroll box height 75 cm (29½˝); width 87 cm (34¼˝); depth 50 cm (19½˝). 480 copies. (£1920)
Book of Jonah, The.
14 wood engravings by David Jones. Bound in oatmeal coloured cloth blocked in gold on the spine. Taupe paper dust wrapper, printed in black ink with an illustration by the artist in facsimile of the original. Accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter. Solander presentation box covered in smooth turquoise Surbalin paper and lined with green Geltex Marbrava paper, front and spine are blocked in gold foil and front board is inset with a title label printed in black with an illustration by David Jones.20pp. 750 copies (£100)
Call of Cthulhu, The by H.P.Lovecraft
Illustrated by Dan Hillier. Preface by Alan Moore. 472 pages. 12¼" × 9½" × 2". 750 copies (£345)
Count of Monte Cristo, The by Alexandre Dumas
Introduced by Sir John Mortimer, 24 integrated black and white line drawings by Roman Pisarev, signed and numbered tipped-in etching, bound in gold blocked leather, 1088pp., 10” × 6¾”., 500 copies (£195 launch price, £220) - (Sold out In 9 days).
Edward Thomas Selected Poems.
Introduced by Andrew Motion, original lithographs by David Gentleman. 118pp. 9¾˝ x 7˝. 1250 copies. (£195)
Genesis.
12 wood engravings by Paul Nash. Bound in black cloth blocked in gold. Orange paper dust wrapper printed in black ink in facsimile of the original. Pages are doubled over as ‘French folds’. Accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter. Solander presentation box covered in smooth rust brown Surbalin paper and lined with dark bown Zanders Efalin wove, front and spine are blocked in gold foil and the front board is inset with a title label printed in black with an illustration by Paul Nash. 750 copies. 28pp. (£100)
Micrographia by Robert Hooke
Introduced by Ruth Scurr and with a Brief Life by John Aubrey. 38 plates including 5 fold-outs. Silver top edge. Quarter-bound in leather with cloth sides blocked in silver with a design. 400pp. 13½" × 8¾". 750 copies. (£225)
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Illustrated by Quentin Blake, Postscript by Dr Rowan Williams. 288pp. 14″ × 10″. 1000 copies (£295)
Song of Songs.
19 wood engravings by Eric Gill. Bound in oatmeal cloth blocked in gold on the spine. Taupe paper dust wrapper, printed in black ink, and featuring an illustration by the artist in facsimile of the original. Accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter. Solander presentation box covered in dark green Wibalin paper and lined with pale green Surbalin paper, front and spine are blocked in gold foil and the front board is inset with a title label printed in black with an illustration by Eric Gill. 44pp. 750 copies (£100)
2018
Cinderella & The Sleeping Beauty.
Two volumes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Retold by C. S. Evans. Quarter-bound in white cloth with art parchment sides blocked in gold. One tipped-in colour illustration. Four silhouette illustrations heightened with colour. Numerous black and white illustrations including head and tail pieces in each book. Decorative endpapers. Gilded top edges. Presentation box bound in green cloth blocked in black and gold. 750 copies 120 pages in total. 11¼x9in. £245
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Introduced by Joe Hill. Illustrated by Dave McKean. Bound in blocked leather with a design by the artist. Signed print, frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations. Four integrated black and white illustrations for the part-titles and illustrated headings throughout. Metallic foil blocked endpapers. Red coloured page edges. Printed cloth slipcase. 208pp. 10x5½in. 295 copies. (£275)
Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, The.
Illustrated by and signed by Victo Ngai. Translated from the Sanscrit by Sir Richard Burton and Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. 8 colour plates by Victo Ngai tipped into decorative borders, 25 integrated b&w drawings. Bound in cloth blocked in gold on the spine and inset with a cloth label printed and blocked in gold foil. Design printed endpapers. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. 264pp. Commentary volume with essays by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Keay. Quarter-bound in cloth with paper sides blocked in dark blue foil. 64pp. Both books 13x9¾in. Solander box bound in cloth, blocked in gold and lined with cloth printed and blocked in gold foil. 750 copies (£395).
Love is Enough by William Morris.
Abundant floral illustrations by Beatrice Pagden. Introductory note by John Bidwell. Facsimile of a unique copy of a first edition held at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Original binding replicated in cowhide blocked in gold on front, back, spine and doublures. Five raised bands. Original binder’s signature, 18 C-S 87, gilt blocked on the doublure. Printed by Memmingen, Germany, on Natural Evolution paper. Introductory note by John Bidwell, accompanies each facsimile. Slipcase bound in teal Baronesse cloth blocked in gold. 152pp. 9x5¾˝ 750 copies. (£250)
Wanderer & Other Old-English Poems, The.
Introduced by Michael Alexander. Translated by Michael Alexander. Foreword by Bernard O'Donoghue. 8 colour plates. Signed and numbered by illustrator Alan Lee. Printed on cream wove paper. Other drawings and borders integrated with the text and printed in dove grey. Limitation certificate printed letterpress by The Logan Press. Quarter-bound in goatskin with blind and silver blocking on the spine. Boards printed and blocked with designs by the artist. Endpapers printed with a design by the artist. Top edge gilded in gunmetal foil, ribbon marker. Clothbound slipcase blocked in silver on the front board. 244pp. 13¼x9½in. (£395)
Wilfred Owens - Selected Poems.
Nine engravings and eight letterpress vignettes by Neil Bousfield, who has signed the book. Introduced by Owen Sheers. Quarter-bound in goatskin with paste-paper sides. Coloured top edge. Paper-covered slipcase blocked in gold on one side and inset with a printed label. 108pp. 9¾x7in. 1250 copies. (£195)
2019
Book of the New Sun, The by Gene Wolfe
(4v.). Signed by Gene Wolfe. Illustrated and signed by Sam Weber. Introduced and signed by Neil Gaiman. Decorative initial chapter letters designed by the illustrator. Printed in two colours throughout. Colour frontispiece and double-page illustration and 3 black and white full-page plates in each volume printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper.Black page edges. Each volume 3/4 bound in black buckram blocked in red foil with cloth front boards printed with designs by the illustrator. Handmade cloth-bound slipcase blocked on two sides in pale gold foil with designs by the illustrator and lined with silver mirrored paper. 1,196 pages in total. Each volume 10×6¾in. 750 copies (£395)
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Illustrated by Leonid Pasternak. Introduced by Ann Pasternak Slater. Translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater who has signed the limitation page. Poetry translated by Lydia Pasternak Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater. Endnotes by Nicolas Pasternak Slater. 68 reproductions of original paintings and sketches by Leonid Pasternak. Picture Editor Maya Slater. Quarter-bound in full-grain leather blocked in gold foil with paper sides hand-marbled by Jemma Lewis. Ribbon marker. Gilded on all three page-edges. Paper-covered slipcase blocked in gold foil. 704 pages 11½x8in. 750 copies (£395)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Illustrated by Angela Barrett. Introduced by John Banville. Signed by Angela Barrett. Frontispiece and 14 colour plates. Numerous black-and-white tailpieces.Printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper. Bound in red leather blocked in black and gold foils with a design by Angela Barrett. Gilded on all three page-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered black slipcase blocked in gold and cream foils with a design. 400pp. 10x6¾in. 750 copies (£235)
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
(2v.). Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Introduced by Stephen Greenblatt. Translated by Professor M. A. Screech. Essay by Milan Kundera. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather with cloth sides blocked in gold foil on front and spine. 61 full-page engraved illustrations. 658 smaller engraved illustrations. Numerous ornamented initials throughout. Handmade cloth-bound slipcase printed in gold with designs by Doré. Gilded top edges. Ribbon markers. 1000 pages in total. 14¼×10¼in. 500 copies (£495)
London & New York.
(2v. + commentary leaflet). Illustrated by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Introduced by Hilaire Belloc. Foreword by H. G. Wells. Introduction by Geoff Dyer. Essay by Rut Blees Luxemburg. 40 rare photogravures in facsimile. Printed on Tatami paper and hand-tipped onto heavyweight grey Materica paper. Printed on Abbey Pure paper, sewn with blue thread and blocked in blue foil on the title page. Quarter-bound in brown goatskin leather with grey Materica paper sides blocked in gold on front and spine. Slipcase covered in grey Materica paper blocked in blue foil. London 68 pages; New York 56 pages. 40 images in total 16½×12in. 500 copies (£435)
Studies from Nature
(5v. plus commentary volume). Illustrated by Kitagawa Utamaro. Translated by John T. Carpenter. Essays by John T. Carpenter, Alfred Haft and Alex Kerr. FACSIMILES - Two volumes of The Book of Crawling Creatures Japanese sewn binding; Gifts of the Ebb Tide concertina binding; Two volumes of The Book of Myriad Birds concertina binding. All volumes bound in Twist paper printed with original designs redrawn by Neil Gower. Printed paper labels with titles in English and in Japanese script. Illustrations and poems printed on Papermilk paper. 100 pages in total. Each 10¾x8¼in. Limitation certificate wrapped in Watermark Unryu White Japanese paper. COMMENTARY - Bound in Twist paper blocked in gold. 160pp. PRESENTATION BOX - Cloth-covered box lined with paper printed to complement the bindings and tied with grosgrain ribbon. Paper label with title in English and Japanese script. 500 copies. (£495)
2020
Dune by Frank Herbert.
LIMITED EDITION - Limitation hand-numbered. Illustrated and signed by Sam Weber. Bound in gold cloth, cover printed and blocked with a black and red design. Endpapers design printed in gold ink. Frontispiece and 13 colour illustrations (3 double-page) printed on Modigliani paper. 10 black-and-white chapter headings. Printed on Abbey Pure paper in black and gold inks. Page tops stained red. Gold ribbon page marker. 512pp. 11½x8in. COMMENTARY VOLUME -Essays by Michael Dirda and Brian Herbert. 72pp. 11½x8in. MAP- 4-colour, double-sided, fold-out map redrawn by Sam Weber. PRINT - Suitable for framing printed on Natural Evolution paper. 10¾x7¼in. CLAMSHELL BOX – Grey cloth-covered, central-opening, clamshell box, front blocked and printed in gold and black with a design. 12x8⅔x3½in. 500 copies. (£495)
Histories, The by Herodotus.
Frontispiece and nine two-colour illustrations by Nick Hayes. Introduced by Peter Frankopan. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Editorial material by Carolyn Dewald. Limitation tip blocked in gold foil signed by Robin Waterfield, Nick Hayes and Peter Frankopan. Two two-colour maps. Woodstock endpapers printed in gold with a design by Nick Hayes. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Bound in full-grain teal leather cover blocked with an image in gold and black foils with a design by Nick Hayes. Teal cloth-covered slipcase front blocked in gilt and black with a design and lining print by Nick Hayes. 824 pages 11½x8in. 750 copies. (£345)
Letters from Fairyland written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk.
Loose copperplate etching, signed by the author. Illustrated on every page in colour. Five pockets, foil blocked in gold, contain letters, a concertina and fairy money. Tipped-on leaf letter. Limitation spread, blocked in gold foil, with a tipped-on copperplate etching, hand-printed, signed and numbered by the artist. Endpapers blocked in gold with a spiderweb motif. Bound in light brown cloth blocked in 3 foils, with an inset label. Green handmade solander box, lined with paper printed with an exclusive design, with an inset label. 24pp. 10×6¾in. 250 copies. (£295)
Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.
LIMITED EDITION - 10 illustrations and signed by Tom Phillips. Limitation page printed letterpress by Hand & Eye and tipped-in. Bound in textured off-white Charmante-Gwebe cloth printed and blocked with a design by Tom Phillips, title blocked in gold foil on spine. Tipped-in marbled page by Jemma Lewis. Gilded top page edges. Red ribbon marker. 512pp. COMMENTARY VOLUME - Preface by Patrick Wildgust. Editorial material by Melvyn New. Bound in dark red Iris cloth blind-blocked with a design by Tom Phillips, with title blocked in gold foil on spine. 180pp. SLIPCASE - covered in dark red cloth with top and bottom lips. Blocked in dark red foil on front with a design by Tom Phillips. Lined in Art Vellum paper. 10½x7¾in. 750 copies. (£245)
Madame Bovary, Provincial Morals by Gustave Flaubert.
10 colour plates, including frontispiece, printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper by Nushka. Introduced by Karl Ove Knausgård. Translated by Adam Thorpe. Foreword by Henry James. Signed by the translator, introducer and artist. Letterpress limitation label tipped-in by hand. Pale-blue endpapers. Bound in Douppion silk printed with a painting by Nushka, title blocked in gold foil on spine. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered pale blue slipcase. Separate loose print by Nushka. 336pp. 11⅓x7½in. 750 copies (£245)
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
28 watercolour illustrations by William Blake. Introduced by Nathalie Collé. Editorial material by Roger Pooley. Gilded top page edge. Red head- and tail-bands. Red ribbon marker. Quarter-bound in red leather blocked in gold foil, blue cloth sides blocked on front in gold foil and picture printed with black ink, red leather titling label blocked in gold inset on front cover. Teal cloth-covered slipcase blind-blocked on the front, inset with an illustration label and outlined with gold-blocking. 384 pages. 12¾x9¾in. 750 copies (£295)
Story of Babar, The by Jean de Brunhoff
(3 vol.). Facsimile vol. Reproductions of a first edition of Histoire de Babar. Endpapers green with elephant motif. Quarter-bound in blue cloth with orange paper sides. 56pp. - Commentary vol. Translation by Christine Nelson and Sophie Lewis. Essays by Faïza Guène, Adam Gopnik and Christine Nelson. Orange endpapers. Quarter-bound in orange cloth with blue paper sides. 120pp. - Sketches and maquette folder. 61 sketches by the author and de Brunhoff’s original maquette. Quarter bound in red cloth with off-white illustrated paper sides. - All volumes housed in a presentation box quarter-bound in green cloth, title blocked in gold, with off-white printed paper sides and secured with green grosgrain ribbon. 750 copies. 14½x10½x2¼in. (£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 2011 to 2015 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.
2016
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
11 tipped in colour illustrations and embedded line drawings by Charles van Sandwyk. Printed on cream paper. Letterpress printed illustrations on endpapers. Quarter bound in white vellum blocked with title in gold with vellum tips and design blocked maroon cloth sides. 162pp. Solander box in red cloth with paper spine label. 36x27.5cm. 1000 copies. (£545)
Door in the Wall by H. G. Wells.
Facsimile of 1911 edition. Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Enclosed 40 page leaflet of essays by George Hendrick and David Lodge. Printed on mould made paper with deckled edges. 10 tipped in photo plates. Quarter bound in cloth with paper sides blocked in gold. Title label on spine. Brown cloth solander box blocked in gold and inset with photo on front. 160pp. 16x12.2in. 980 copies. (£250)
Hansel & Gretel by The Brothers Grimm.
(2v.). Facsimile with 12 tipped in colour illustrations by Kay Nielsen with Japanese tissue overlays, 10 black-and-white images, printed on Caxton Wove paper, endpapers printed in gold and orange inks, gilded top edge, bound in buckram blocked in gold foil and screen printed in turquoise on front and spine with a design, 312pp. Commentary volume paper covered 16pp. Both enclosed in cloth bound solander box blocked in gold on front and spine. 12¾×10in. 980 copies. (£250)
Mort by Terry Pratchett.
Introduced by A.S.Byatt. 7 colour illustrations by Omar Rayyan. Pictorial endpapers. Loose print enclosed. Bound in gold blocked black full leather. Pictorial slipcase. 222pp. 24.7x16.8cm. 500 copies. (£105) (Fastest selling FS book - Sold out in under 13 hours)
Plants of the Americas (Selectarum Stirpium Americaarum Historia) by Nikolai Joseph Jacquin.
(2v.) Facsimile volume, 264 colour plates, two tipped in fold-out plates, printed on Veltique paper, quarter bound in maroon goatskin with cloth sides blocked with a design in gold, silver and black, 272pp. Commentary volume, 10 colour illustrations, printed on Veltique paper, bound in light blue cloth blocked with a design in black and gold, 56pp. Both enclosed in dark blue cloth bound solander box with title blocked in gold on front and spine. 750 copies 50.3x35.2x8.2cm. (£595)
Poetic Edda.
Parallel Norse and English texts. Translated by Carolyne Larrington. 20 colour illustrations by Simon Noyes tipped in. Printed on Abbey Wove paper. Bound in maroon leather with five raised bands, gilt blocked title on spine. Pages coloured light brown on all edges. Plain light brown slipcase bound in cloth. 496pp. 32.3x23.2cm. 980 copies. (£295)
Tales From The 1001 Nights.
(2v.). Plates volume, 50 colour plates by Salvador Dali protected by translucent overlays, printed on Modigliani paper, quarter bound in calf skin gilt blocked on spine, sides covered in Tsarina Crush with Dali's signature gilt blocked, gilded top page edge, 112pp. Text volume introduction by Robert Irwin, translation by Malcolm and Ursula Lyons, printed on Abbey ove paper, bound in cloth gilt blocked on spine and with a paper cover title, ribbon marker, 512pp. Black cloth solander box gilt blocked on cover and spine. 49.8x37.8x10.8cm. 750 copies. (£885)
2017
Bayeux Tapestry scroll.
Housed in a hardwood table frame, topped with shatterproof glass, with a scroll winder on each end. Scroll box height 75 cm (29½˝); width 87 cm (34¼˝); depth 50 cm (19½˝). 480 copies. (£1920)
Book of Jonah, The.
14 wood engravings by David Jones. Bound in oatmeal coloured cloth blocked in gold on the spine. Taupe paper dust wrapper, printed in black ink with an illustration by the artist in facsimile of the original. Accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter. Solander presentation box covered in smooth turquoise Surbalin paper and lined with green Geltex Marbrava paper, front and spine are blocked in gold foil and front board is inset with a title label printed in black with an illustration by David Jones.20pp. 750 copies (£100)
Call of Cthulhu, The by H.P.Lovecraft
Illustrated by Dan Hillier. Preface by Alan Moore. 472 pages. 12¼" × 9½" × 2". 750 copies (£345)
Count of Monte Cristo, The by Alexandre Dumas
Introduced by Sir John Mortimer, 24 integrated black and white line drawings by Roman Pisarev, signed and numbered tipped-in etching, bound in gold blocked leather, 1088pp., 10” × 6¾”., 500 copies (£195 launch price, £220) - (Sold out In 9 days).
Edward Thomas Selected Poems.
Introduced by Andrew Motion, original lithographs by David Gentleman. 118pp. 9¾˝ x 7˝. 1250 copies. (£195)
Genesis.
12 wood engravings by Paul Nash. Bound in black cloth blocked in gold. Orange paper dust wrapper printed in black ink in facsimile of the original. Pages are doubled over as ‘French folds’. Accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter. Solander presentation box covered in smooth rust brown Surbalin paper and lined with dark bown Zanders Efalin wove, front and spine are blocked in gold foil and the front board is inset with a title label printed in black with an illustration by Paul Nash. 750 copies. 28pp. (£100)
Micrographia by Robert Hooke
Introduced by Ruth Scurr and with a Brief Life by John Aubrey. 38 plates including 5 fold-outs. Silver top edge. Quarter-bound in leather with cloth sides blocked in silver with a design. 400pp. 13½" × 8¾". 750 copies. (£225)
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Illustrated by Quentin Blake, Postscript by Dr Rowan Williams. 288pp. 14″ × 10″. 1000 copies (£295)
Song of Songs.
19 wood engravings by Eric Gill. Bound in oatmeal cloth blocked in gold on the spine. Taupe paper dust wrapper, printed in black ink, and featuring an illustration by the artist in facsimile of the original. Accompanying essay by Sebastian Carter. Solander presentation box covered in dark green Wibalin paper and lined with pale green Surbalin paper, front and spine are blocked in gold foil and the front board is inset with a title label printed in black with an illustration by Eric Gill. 44pp. 750 copies (£100)
2018
Cinderella & The Sleeping Beauty.
Two volumes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Retold by C. S. Evans. Quarter-bound in white cloth with art parchment sides blocked in gold. One tipped-in colour illustration. Four silhouette illustrations heightened with colour. Numerous black and white illustrations including head and tail pieces in each book. Decorative endpapers. Gilded top edges. Presentation box bound in green cloth blocked in black and gold. 750 copies 120 pages in total. 11¼x9in. £245
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Introduced by Joe Hill. Illustrated by Dave McKean. Bound in blocked leather with a design by the artist. Signed print, frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations. Four integrated black and white illustrations for the part-titles and illustrated headings throughout. Metallic foil blocked endpapers. Red coloured page edges. Printed cloth slipcase. 208pp. 10x5½in. 295 copies. (£275)
Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, The.
Illustrated by and signed by Victo Ngai. Translated from the Sanscrit by Sir Richard Burton and Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. 8 colour plates by Victo Ngai tipped into decorative borders, 25 integrated b&w drawings. Bound in cloth blocked in gold on the spine and inset with a cloth label printed and blocked in gold foil. Design printed endpapers. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. 264pp. Commentary volume with essays by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Keay. Quarter-bound in cloth with paper sides blocked in dark blue foil. 64pp. Both books 13x9¾in. Solander box bound in cloth, blocked in gold and lined with cloth printed and blocked in gold foil. 750 copies (£395).
Love is Enough by William Morris.
Abundant floral illustrations by Beatrice Pagden. Introductory note by John Bidwell. Facsimile of a unique copy of a first edition held at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Original binding replicated in cowhide blocked in gold on front, back, spine and doublures. Five raised bands. Original binder’s signature, 18 C-S 87, gilt blocked on the doublure. Printed by Memmingen, Germany, on Natural Evolution paper. Introductory note by John Bidwell, accompanies each facsimile. Slipcase bound in teal Baronesse cloth blocked in gold. 152pp. 9x5¾˝ 750 copies. (£250)
Wanderer & Other Old-English Poems, The.
Introduced by Michael Alexander. Translated by Michael Alexander. Foreword by Bernard O'Donoghue. 8 colour plates. Signed and numbered by illustrator Alan Lee. Printed on cream wove paper. Other drawings and borders integrated with the text and printed in dove grey. Limitation certificate printed letterpress by The Logan Press. Quarter-bound in goatskin with blind and silver blocking on the spine. Boards printed and blocked with designs by the artist. Endpapers printed with a design by the artist. Top edge gilded in gunmetal foil, ribbon marker. Clothbound slipcase blocked in silver on the front board. 244pp. 13¼x9½in. (£395)
Wilfred Owens - Selected Poems.
Nine engravings and eight letterpress vignettes by Neil Bousfield, who has signed the book. Introduced by Owen Sheers. Quarter-bound in goatskin with paste-paper sides. Coloured top edge. Paper-covered slipcase blocked in gold on one side and inset with a printed label. 108pp. 9¾x7in. 1250 copies. (£195)
2019
Book of the New Sun, The by Gene Wolfe
(4v.). Signed by Gene Wolfe. Illustrated and signed by Sam Weber. Introduced and signed by Neil Gaiman. Decorative initial chapter letters designed by the illustrator. Printed in two colours throughout. Colour frontispiece and double-page illustration and 3 black and white full-page plates in each volume printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper.Black page edges. Each volume 3/4 bound in black buckram blocked in red foil with cloth front boards printed with designs by the illustrator. Handmade cloth-bound slipcase blocked on two sides in pale gold foil with designs by the illustrator and lined with silver mirrored paper. 1,196 pages in total. Each volume 10×6¾in. 750 copies (£395)
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Illustrated by Leonid Pasternak. Introduced by Ann Pasternak Slater. Translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater who has signed the limitation page. Poetry translated by Lydia Pasternak Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater. Endnotes by Nicolas Pasternak Slater. 68 reproductions of original paintings and sketches by Leonid Pasternak. Picture Editor Maya Slater. Quarter-bound in full-grain leather blocked in gold foil with paper sides hand-marbled by Jemma Lewis. Ribbon marker. Gilded on all three page-edges. Paper-covered slipcase blocked in gold foil. 704 pages 11½x8in. 750 copies (£395)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Illustrated by Angela Barrett. Introduced by John Banville. Signed by Angela Barrett. Frontispiece and 14 colour plates. Numerous black-and-white tailpieces.Printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper. Bound in red leather blocked in black and gold foils with a design by Angela Barrett. Gilded on all three page-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered black slipcase blocked in gold and cream foils with a design. 400pp. 10x6¾in. 750 copies (£235)
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
(2v.). Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Introduced by Stephen Greenblatt. Translated by Professor M. A. Screech. Essay by Milan Kundera. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather with cloth sides blocked in gold foil on front and spine. 61 full-page engraved illustrations. 658 smaller engraved illustrations. Numerous ornamented initials throughout. Handmade cloth-bound slipcase printed in gold with designs by Doré. Gilded top edges. Ribbon markers. 1000 pages in total. 14¼×10¼in. 500 copies (£495)
London & New York.
(2v. + commentary leaflet). Illustrated by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Introduced by Hilaire Belloc. Foreword by H. G. Wells. Introduction by Geoff Dyer. Essay by Rut Blees Luxemburg. 40 rare photogravures in facsimile. Printed on Tatami paper and hand-tipped onto heavyweight grey Materica paper. Printed on Abbey Pure paper, sewn with blue thread and blocked in blue foil on the title page. Quarter-bound in brown goatskin leather with grey Materica paper sides blocked in gold on front and spine. Slipcase covered in grey Materica paper blocked in blue foil. London 68 pages; New York 56 pages. 40 images in total 16½×12in. 500 copies (£435)
Studies from Nature
(5v. plus commentary volume). Illustrated by Kitagawa Utamaro. Translated by John T. Carpenter. Essays by John T. Carpenter, Alfred Haft and Alex Kerr. FACSIMILES - Two volumes of The Book of Crawling Creatures Japanese sewn binding; Gifts of the Ebb Tide concertina binding; Two volumes of The Book of Myriad Birds concertina binding. All volumes bound in Twist paper printed with original designs redrawn by Neil Gower. Printed paper labels with titles in English and in Japanese script. Illustrations and poems printed on Papermilk paper. 100 pages in total. Each 10¾x8¼in. Limitation certificate wrapped in Watermark Unryu White Japanese paper. COMMENTARY - Bound in Twist paper blocked in gold. 160pp. PRESENTATION BOX - Cloth-covered box lined with paper printed to complement the bindings and tied with grosgrain ribbon. Paper label with title in English and Japanese script. 500 copies. (£495)
2020
Dune by Frank Herbert.
LIMITED EDITION - Limitation hand-numbered. Illustrated and signed by Sam Weber. Bound in gold cloth, cover printed and blocked with a black and red design. Endpapers design printed in gold ink. Frontispiece and 13 colour illustrations (3 double-page) printed on Modigliani paper. 10 black-and-white chapter headings. Printed on Abbey Pure paper in black and gold inks. Page tops stained red. Gold ribbon page marker. 512pp. 11½x8in. COMMENTARY VOLUME -Essays by Michael Dirda and Brian Herbert. 72pp. 11½x8in. MAP- 4-colour, double-sided, fold-out map redrawn by Sam Weber. PRINT - Suitable for framing printed on Natural Evolution paper. 10¾x7¼in. CLAMSHELL BOX – Grey cloth-covered, central-opening, clamshell box, front blocked and printed in gold and black with a design. 12x8⅔x3½in. 500 copies. (£495)
Histories, The by Herodotus.
Frontispiece and nine two-colour illustrations by Nick Hayes. Introduced by Peter Frankopan. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Editorial material by Carolyn Dewald. Limitation tip blocked in gold foil signed by Robin Waterfield, Nick Hayes and Peter Frankopan. Two two-colour maps. Woodstock endpapers printed in gold with a design by Nick Hayes. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Bound in full-grain teal leather cover blocked with an image in gold and black foils with a design by Nick Hayes. Teal cloth-covered slipcase front blocked in gilt and black with a design and lining print by Nick Hayes. 824 pages 11½x8in. 750 copies. (£345)
Letters from Fairyland written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk.
Loose copperplate etching, signed by the author. Illustrated on every page in colour. Five pockets, foil blocked in gold, contain letters, a concertina and fairy money. Tipped-on leaf letter. Limitation spread, blocked in gold foil, with a tipped-on copperplate etching, hand-printed, signed and numbered by the artist. Endpapers blocked in gold with a spiderweb motif. Bound in light brown cloth blocked in 3 foils, with an inset label. Green handmade solander box, lined with paper printed with an exclusive design, with an inset label. 24pp. 10×6¾in. 250 copies. (£295)
Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.
LIMITED EDITION - 10 illustrations and signed by Tom Phillips. Limitation page printed letterpress by Hand & Eye and tipped-in. Bound in textured off-white Charmante-Gwebe cloth printed and blocked with a design by Tom Phillips, title blocked in gold foil on spine. Tipped-in marbled page by Jemma Lewis. Gilded top page edges. Red ribbon marker. 512pp. COMMENTARY VOLUME - Preface by Patrick Wildgust. Editorial material by Melvyn New. Bound in dark red Iris cloth blind-blocked with a design by Tom Phillips, with title blocked in gold foil on spine. 180pp. SLIPCASE - covered in dark red cloth with top and bottom lips. Blocked in dark red foil on front with a design by Tom Phillips. Lined in Art Vellum paper. 10½x7¾in. 750 copies. (£245)
Madame Bovary, Provincial Morals by Gustave Flaubert.
10 colour plates, including frontispiece, printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper by Nushka. Introduced by Karl Ove Knausgård. Translated by Adam Thorpe. Foreword by Henry James. Signed by the translator, introducer and artist. Letterpress limitation label tipped-in by hand. Pale-blue endpapers. Bound in Douppion silk printed with a painting by Nushka, title blocked in gold foil on spine. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered pale blue slipcase. Separate loose print by Nushka. 336pp. 11⅓x7½in. 750 copies (£245)
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
28 watercolour illustrations by William Blake. Introduced by Nathalie Collé. Editorial material by Roger Pooley. Gilded top page edge. Red head- and tail-bands. Red ribbon marker. Quarter-bound in red leather blocked in gold foil, blue cloth sides blocked on front in gold foil and picture printed with black ink, red leather titling label blocked in gold inset on front cover. Teal cloth-covered slipcase blind-blocked on the front, inset with an illustration label and outlined with gold-blocking. 384 pages. 12¾x9¾in. 750 copies (£295)
Story of Babar, The by Jean de Brunhoff
(3 vol.). Facsimile vol. Reproductions of a first edition of Histoire de Babar. Endpapers green with elephant motif. Quarter-bound in blue cloth with orange paper sides. 56pp. - Commentary vol. Translation by Christine Nelson and Sophie Lewis. Essays by Faïza Guène, Adam Gopnik and Christine Nelson. Orange endpapers. Quarter-bound in orange cloth with blue paper sides. 120pp. - Sketches and maquette folder. 61 sketches by the author and de Brunhoff’s original maquette. Quarter bound in red cloth with off-white illustrated paper sides. - All volumes housed in a presentation box quarter-bound in green cloth, title blocked in gold, with off-white printed paper sides and secured with green grosgrain ribbon. 750 copies. 14½x10½x2¼in. (£345)
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4Forthwith
If patience is a virtue, you are a virtuous man Dr. Carter. This turned out to be another valuable tool.
5NLNils
I am thankful for all your hard work, as this is excellent (again). Just keep surprising us!
6ian_curtin
Fantastic series of threads, thank you. Quite overwhelming to see them all in "one go" - imagine owning them all!
I must admit though that as long as I live I will not understand the attraction of Quentin Blake's art. He has contributed to so many LEs, so he has something clearly - I'm immune to it though.
I must admit though that as long as I live I will not understand the attraction of Quentin Blake's art. He has contributed to so many LEs, so he has something clearly - I'm immune to it though.
7joco30
I wouldn't call myself a fan of Quentin Blake's art, but I somehow have the feeling that the beauty of the Ridley Walker LE is seriously underrated.
8SF-72
>6 ian_curtin:
I don't get it either. Quite simply, illustrations by Quentin Blake have kept me from buying books because I find them pretty awful. But yes, there's clearly quite an audience for them.
I don't get it either. Quite simply, illustrations by Quentin Blake have kept me from buying books because I find them pretty awful. But yes, there's clearly quite an audience for them.
10gmacaree
>9 wcarter: Thanks Warwick! We all appreciate your hard work
11stumc
>9 wcarter: all those LEs (even the biblical ones which i have no interest in) look fantastic.
The Wanderer or maybe the Lovecraft are next on my list. Wish i hadnt missed out on the Alice.
Thanks for posting
The Wanderer or maybe the Lovecraft are next on my list. Wish i hadnt missed out on the Alice.
Thanks for posting
13folio_books
>12 wcarter:
Thanks, Warwick. This has been an invaluable series. Shame you can't make a book out of it :)
Thanks, Warwick. This has been an invaluable series. Shame you can't make a book out of it :)
14The_Toad_Revolt_of84
Is this Poetic Edda the most beautiful book in history? I can't buy it, for fear that it has too much power over me. I may chuck all of my books in a box somewhere to hide the shame they would feel standing next to that masterpiece. I am going through a strange progression in which poetry is appealing and interesting, which makes this scandalous list all the more tempting. Be gone wicked Edda so I can mourn you.
15LesMiserables
>8 SF-72:
Funny you should mention that. I do think he merits his position as a master illustrator, but somehow not for LEs in my opinion.
Funny you should mention that. I do think he merits his position as a master illustrator, but somehow not for LEs in my opinion.
16red_guy
Thank you for such an amazing resource!
Quentin Blake is one of the great illustrators IMO, in that he does actually illustrate the text rather than provide attractive pictures to go alongside it. But I can see that his style might not have the gravitas that significant outlay usually supposes. The one I don't get is the much loved Charles van Sandwyk - all that sugary pastiche turn of the century gift book stuff sets my teeth on edge.
But perhaps this is the stuff of a different thread. Meanwhile back to my internal battle between common sense and that glorious Rabelais ...
Quentin Blake is one of the great illustrators IMO, in that he does actually illustrate the text rather than provide attractive pictures to go alongside it. But I can see that his style might not have the gravitas that significant outlay usually supposes. The one I don't get is the much loved Charles van Sandwyk - all that sugary pastiche turn of the century gift book stuff sets my teeth on edge.
But perhaps this is the stuff of a different thread. Meanwhile back to my internal battle between common sense and that glorious Rabelais ...
17SF-72
I guess it's all a matter of personal taste. I very much enjoy van Sandwyk, Arthur Rackham, or - in a completely different stylistic corner - Kay Nielsen or the (more modern) Niroot Puttapipat. Kate Baylay is another FS illustrator that really fascinates me. Quentin Blake, on the other hand, isn't my cup of tea at all and there are FS books I would have bought if they'd hadn't been illustrated by him. But I'm aware that he sells very well, so there's clearly a large audience for him. What I do regret is that there seems to be a recent tendency of FS to either use artistic but often unaesthetic illustrations, or to go for pretty, but somewhat insipid / superficial illustrations. I could be mistaken, but the fascinating mixture between artistic depth and aestheticism seems to have become rarer than it used to be.
18red_guy
I think for me it is that van Sandwyk is a modern copy of those great early 20th c illustrators you mention. He is perfectly competent ,but derivative.
But I agree - there's something wrong if you feel that a book would be better without. Some of the Folio 70's illustrators were the worst - almost all of Trollope, was spoilt by bland mimsy line drawings. But then, there some great woodcuts in that period. I do think that Folio is spending more money on illustrators than before, and some recent books have been astonishing. Also, I don't think there is a stable of old favourites any more, which is all to the good.
But I agree - there's something wrong if you feel that a book would be better without. Some of the Folio 70's illustrators were the worst - almost all of Trollope, was spoilt by bland mimsy line drawings. But then, there some great woodcuts in that period. I do think that Folio is spending more money on illustrators than before, and some recent books have been astonishing. Also, I don't think there is a stable of old favourites any more, which is all to the good.
19SF-72
>18 red_guy:
I understand what you mean about van Sandwyk. With his fairy paintings or The Wind in the Willows, there are clearly parallels to Rackham (not so much with other, non-FS work), though I find his tone lighter and the often slightly dark / scary element of Rackham is missing. That changes the tone enough for me to see him as more than a copy, but I understand completely if others see it differently.
Some of the old woodcut illustrations were indeed excellent, but yes: The greater variety in recent days is certainly a good development.
I understand what you mean about van Sandwyk. With his fairy paintings or The Wind in the Willows, there are clearly parallels to Rackham (not so much with other, non-FS work), though I find his tone lighter and the often slightly dark / scary element of Rackham is missing. That changes the tone enough for me to see him as more than a copy, but I understand completely if others see it differently.
Some of the old woodcut illustrations were indeed excellent, but yes: The greater variety in recent days is certainly a good development.
20LesMiserables
Definitely a matter of taste. Folio have published some works however that I can't for the life of me think why they commissioned a particular style of illustration.
The Voyage of the Argo, Vile Bodies, Oscar and Lucinda etc all seem to me to be misplaced.
The Voyage of the Argo, Vile Bodies, Oscar and Lucinda etc all seem to me to be misplaced.
21thisGuy33
>20 LesMiserables: This is were it has to be a huge challenge for publishers ... there is no way to please everyone and therefor a strong stance and decision has to be made or nothing would ever get published.
There are so many titles I love ... while at the same time I read reviews that completely hate the direction that the publisher went.
The Voyage of the Argo is one of those ... I don't know much about the story ... but what drives me to wishing I had picked up a copy when available ... is the artwork. I've only seen what has been displayed on the FS sales page for that title ... And while I don't love every image ... there are a few that speak to me and I think are stunning.
I work in the art industry ... so I have a pretty strong opinion as to what floats my boat ... but I do have a very loose comfort zone in that ... so it allows me to really enjoy and appreciate a wide range of styles.
But again ... I can only assume what a challenge this is for publishers trying to sell to the masses.
There are so many titles I love ... while at the same time I read reviews that completely hate the direction that the publisher went.
The Voyage of the Argo is one of those ... I don't know much about the story ... but what drives me to wishing I had picked up a copy when available ... is the artwork. I've only seen what has been displayed on the FS sales page for that title ... And while I don't love every image ... there are a few that speak to me and I think are stunning.
I work in the art industry ... so I have a pretty strong opinion as to what floats my boat ... but I do have a very loose comfort zone in that ... so it allows me to really enjoy and appreciate a wide range of styles.
But again ... I can only assume what a challenge this is for publishers trying to sell to the masses.
22jroger1
>21 thisGuy33:
For another example of art for this story, see this Easton Press page:
https://www.eastonpress.com/prod/61D/3376/JASON-AND-THE-ARGONAUTS
For another example of art for this story, see this Easton Press page:
https://www.eastonpress.com/prod/61D/3376/JASON-AND-THE-ARGONAUTS
23thisGuy33
>22 jroger1: yup ... some of those images are absolutely beautiful as well. Especially the one of the desert and the low hanging sun.
While others are not my taste. The one with the ship between the two mountains with the woman behind ... i'm not a fan of the lighting choices especially on the ship.
I am also not a fan of pushing the photo real look in this style of art ... like the one with the "king" pointing on the throne. Just looks like too flat a render for my taste
However I do love the bull image.
I'm on the fence with that title ... I have read some issues with the translation? (if I recall correctly) ... and also the fact that I'm only about 50/50 on the artwork.
While others are not my taste. The one with the ship between the two mountains with the woman behind ... i'm not a fan of the lighting choices especially on the ship.
I am also not a fan of pushing the photo real look in this style of art ... like the one with the "king" pointing on the throne. Just looks like too flat a render for my taste
However I do love the bull image.
I'm on the fence with that title ... I have read some issues with the translation? (if I recall correctly) ... and also the fact that I'm only about 50/50 on the artwork.
