London: The Folio Society. As New with no dust jacket. 2008. 1st Edition Folio Society. Hardcover. Black cloth bound boards with blue decorative lettering to the covers and bright gilt titling to the spine. IN the publishers' original blue SLIPCASE. Introduced by Catherine Taylor. (xii) + 132 pp. Colour Frontispiece and illustrated with colour plates. Biography. The book is still in the original shrink-wrap which has only been opened to access the publisher's details, so the book is unread, unused and there are No Inscriptions or Marks." A fine collection of introductions commissioned by The Folio Society from such acclaimed writers as William Trevor, Phillip Pullman, Peter Ackroyd and Helen Dunmore. Fifteen of the finest have been selected for this anthology. Iain Sincliar finds contemporary resonances in H. G. Well's The War of the Worlds. Tim Parks defends Machiavelli's The Prince. Jonathan Coe celebrates Tom Jones . These gems of literary insight make inspired reading in their own right." This is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

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Bookseller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 112385
Title: First Folio . A Little Book of Folio Forewords
Author: Taylor, Catherine
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New As New with no dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition Folio Society
Publisher: The Folio Society
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2008
Keywords: First Folio . A Little Book Of Folio Forewords, Catherine Taylor;, Philip Pullman; A.S. Byatt; Oliver Twist; Tom Jones;, The Good Soldier;
Bookseller catalogs: Folio Society;

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