Publications in Folio Society Bindings

I have never paid much attention to these - they are listed in Appendix A to Folio 50 and Folio 60. I have become a little more focused after stumbling on two of the earlier ones - the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (A7 in Folio 50; 1969) and the New Oxford Book of English verse (A11; 1976). They are stunning. To quote from Folio 50:

(A7) "Full orange-brown morocco, with a geometrical design in gold and blind by Jeff Clements. Cockerell marbled endleaves."

(A11) "Full green morocco, decorated in gold and blind, and stained in part to a darker green; Cockerell marbled endleaves."

Clements designed the binding for the LE War and Peace, I believe. They don't seem common. On Abebooks Hobgoblin Books has Quotations for £120; Addyman Boooks has English Verse for £50. Has anyone else come across them?

>1 Felixholt:

I have Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm as listed in this section. (I can't quote the number as I'm currently away from home.) It's only a cloth binding but it has all ?80 of Beerbohm's illustrations and annotations with which he decorated his own copy of the first edition. By contrast, the standard Folio edition has a tiny proportion of the illustrations.

After reading this old thread, I got curious about the subject. This seems to be one of the few areas of Folio Society publication history with very limited coverage on this forum (quite understandably, as these are not true Folio Society books). As I was able to track down a number of these special publications, I decided to share pictures and some of the information I obtained on them. My apologies in advance, I took the pictures with a cellphone camera under artificial lighting, so they are not great.

As most people here probably know, over the years the Folio Society bought in book leaves as well as fully bound books from other publishers. They added fine bindings or custom slipcases and made them available exclusively to members. Some of them are marked with the Folio Society imprint, but many are not. Those are a bit harder to track down.

I found the design of most of the more recent books on this list (90’s and later) a bit boring, but some of the earlier bindings are indeed quite unique and beautiful, not unlike the specially bound Folio books issued in the same period and discussed in another thread: LINK

A lot of the books in this category are reference works, which are handled more frequently than standard fiction/non-fiction books. As a result, few can be found in fine condition. I had set myself a limited budget for this exercise since I do not collect reference books. As a result, many of the editions displayed are in imperfect condition.

Below is a list of the books from the appendix of Folio 60. I have added links to either my own pictures/comments or any other ones posted on this forum. If available, I have also added a link to the Special Publications brochure they appear in. More details about the books can be found in Folio 60.

A1 – Concise dictionary of current English & A dictionary of modern English usage BROCHURE PHOTOS
A2 – Oxford companion to English literature BROCHURE PHOTOS
A3 – Oxford companion to theatre (1960) PHOTOS Thanks to mboyne
A4 – Oxford companion to music (1960)
A5 – Oxford companion to French literature BROCHURE PHOTOS
A6 – Oxford companion to American literature BROCHURE PHOTOS
A7 – Oxford dictionary of quotations BROCHURE PHOTOS
A8 – Oxford book of English verse & Oxford book of modern verse BROCHURE PHOTOS
A9 and 366.3 – Brewer’s dictionary of phrase and fable BROCHURE PHOTOS
A10 – The Times concise Atlas of the world BROCHURE PHOTOS
A11 – New Oxford book of English verse BROCHURE PHOTOS Thanks to Folio_Fanatic
A12 – Oxford book of twentieth-century English verse BROCHURE PHOTOS Thanks to F.Trier
A13 – Oxford dictionary of current English BROCHURE
A14 – The new Hutchinson 20th century encyclopedia BROCHURE PHOTOS
A15 – Everyman’s encyclopedia BROCHURE
A15.5 – The illustrated dictionary of British history
A16 – Chambers twentieth century dictionary BROCHURE PHOTOS
A17 – The Oxford book of short stories (only slipcase added) BROCHURE
A18 - The Oxford book of literary anecdotes (only slipcase added) BROCHURE PHOTOS Thanks to mboyne
A19 – Tunicliffs birds (only slipcase added) BROCHURE
A20 - Gulliver’s travels (only slipcase added) BROCHURE PHOTOS Thanks to bookfair_e
A21 – The illustrated Zuleika Dobson BROCHURE
A22 – Vincent by himself
A22.5 – Oxford illustrated history of Britain (only slipcase added)
A23 – Oxford companion to English Literature BROCHURE PHOTOS
A24 – Oxford illustrated history of English literature (only slipcase added) BROCHURE PHOTOS
A25 – Chambers 20th century thesaurus BROCHURE PHOTOS
A26 – Young Tom Hall (Surtees series in artificial leather) BROCHURE
A27 – Hawbuck Grange (Surtees series in artificial leather) BROCHURE
A28 – Chambers 20th century dictionary BROCHURE PHOTOS
A29 – The analysis of the hunting field (Surtees series in artificial leather) BROCHURE
A30 – Times Atlas of the World BROCHURE
A31 - Chambers biographical dictionary PHOTOS
A32 – Chambers thesaurus PHOTOS
A33 – The Times comprehensive atlas of the World PHOTOS thanks to wcarter
A34 – The Norton facsimile – the first folio of Shakespeare DISCUSSION PHOTOS
A35 – Oxford classical dictionary PHOTOS
A36 – Four book set: (1) The Oxford compact dictionary, (2) The Oxford compact thesaurus, (3) The Oxford dictionary of thematic quotations, (4) Fowler’s modern English usage
A37 – Set of A36 (1) and A36 (2)
A38 – Set of A36 (3) and A36 (4)
A39 – Oxford thesaurus of English
A40 – Shorter Oxford English dictionary PHOTOS
A41 – The Swallows and Amazons adventures (only slipcase added)
A42 – The Oxford dictionary of quotations
A43 – The Oxford book of English Verse
A44 – A history of the English speaking peoples since 1900
A45 – The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Books with Folio Society Imprint
366.7 Roget’s thesaurus BROCHURE PHOTOS
366.9 Chambers biographical dictionary BROCHURE PHOTOS

A1 The concise dictionary of current English and Fowlers dictionary of modern English usage
These were sold together as a set in a slipcase. Per Folio 60 they were first offered in 1959, and they were listed in the Special Publications brochures from 1969 – 1977 BROCHURE. From 1978, the first volume was published individually as A13 (which I unfortunately did not track down, yet).

Appearance: There are at least two versions, one in full green and one in dark green leather (listed as natural levant grained goatskin in the brochure). Grey-brown Cockerell marbled endpapers and gilded top-edge.

Current Availability: I have seen several of these sets listed, currently one set of each variant is available on ebay, but without the slipcases. The full green one has major sunning.

Photos: I only own a copy of modern English usage in dark green, photos below.

A2, A5, A6 Oxford companions to English, American and French literature
These were sold individually or as a set. Per Folio 60, the companion to English Literature was first offered in 1960, the companion to French literature was first offered in 1963 and the companion to American literature was first offered in 1969. The last seems to be limited to 655 copies, I have no data on the limitation on the first two books. All three books were listed in the Special Publications brochures from 1969 to 1981. BROCHURE
A2 was reissued again in 1986 with a slightly different cover (A23).

Appearance: The books are bound in full blue morocco. Folio 60 notes that the color can vary greatly depending when it was issued. All of mine have grey blue Cockerell marbled endpapers.

Current Availability: This is one of the more common ones to find. I bought all of mine separately, but complete sets show up occasionally.

Photos: My copies all have major sunning, but I have seen one set that retained its original full blue color.







A3 and A4 - The Oxford companions to music and theatre were issued in the same binding in 1960. I have not seen either of those on the secondary market.

A7 Oxford dictionary of quotations
This book was first offered in 1969. As Felixholt mentions above, this was designed by Jeff Clements. He also designed many other Folio bindings, such as the leatherbound tales of a thousand nights and one night PHOTOS. The Oxford dictionary of quotations was listed in the Special Publications brochures from 1973 to 1976. BROCHURE

Appearance: The book is bound in full orange-brown morocco and has green Cockerell marbled endpapers.

Current Availability: I have seen several of these over the last years, currently one is listed on abebooks, but at a rather high price. The spine can easily stain, so it would be advisable to get pictures of the spine before ordering.

Photos: This was the first book of this “series” I purchased, and it is probably my favorite binding.

A8 Oxford book of English verse and Oxford book of modern verse
These were issued as a two-book set in a slipcase. Per Folio 60, they were first issued in 1971. They were listed in the Special Publications brochures from 1973 to 1978. BROCHURE. Limitation is probably 500.

Appearance: Bound in full orange-brown morocco with brown Cockerell marbled endpapers.

Current Availability: I have seen only on set listed so far.

Photos: This is the only set in my possession which includes its original slipcase. The books are in decent condition compared to many others.

A9 & 366.3 Brewer’s dictionary of phrase and fable
This book was first offered in 1973. It was listed in the Special Publications brochures from 1973 to 1984. BROCHURE

Appearance: Listed in the special publications brochure as blue morocco and in Folio 60 as blue-green. Grey Cockerell marbled endpapers. Just as the dictionary of quotations, this book was designed by Jeff Clements

Current Availability: This appears to be the most common of the earlier special bound editions, probably because it was produced over quite a long period of time.

Photos: My edition has significant sunning damage; the boards are blue-green and the spine is turning brown. This seems a very common fault with this edition, I have seen versions where the spine is sunned to a light ochre. Staining to the spine is also very common, so definitely don’t buy this one without seeing a picture of the spine. The edition displayed here contains the Folio Society logo on the title page, and thus is actually 366.3 in Folio 60.

A10 The Times concise Atlas of the world
This book first appeared in the Special Publications brochure in 1973 and was listed until 1977 BROCHURE. It was the most expensive of the special bound reference books of the earlier years, and as far as I know the first atlas bound for the Folio Society.

Appearance: The Special Publications brochure lists it as oatmeal-colored hide, while most of the others I have listed were described as goatskin. The appearance is indeed quite different, less textured then the other Folio Society leather bindings of that time. Instead of the marbled paper, the atlas shows the summary of map plates on the endpapers.

Current Availability: I have only seen this one listed once. A picture of this book is a stock image on Abebooks, so you will see it attached to several listings – however the actual book details don’t appear to match.

Photos: My copy of this edition has quite some wear; the hide appears to have darkened a bit and there are scratches to the cover.

A14 The new Hutchinson 20th century encyclopedia
This book was first offered in 1979. It is listed in the Special Publications brochures until 1984. Per Folio 60, limitation appears to be 1000. BROCHURE

Appearance: The special publications brochure describes it as olive goatskin. Blue-Brown Cockerell marbled endpapers. This book was also designed by Jeff Clements.

Current Availability: I have only seen this one copy I purchased.

Photos: My copy is in decent shape, with minimal wear to the leather.

A16 Chambers twentieth century dictionary
This book was first offered in 1983. It was listed in the Special Publications brochures until 1988. BROCHURE. In 1989 it got replaced by a version in a different binding (A28)

Appearance: Blue leather (most of the prior books were described as goatskin, so this is likely not a goatskin binding) with gold monogram. Unfortunately, this edition does not have hand-marbled endpapers. The binding was designed by Michael Harvey.

Current Availability: I have only seen this one copy listed so far.

Photos: My book is in pretty decent condition. I am much less impressed with this book than with the earlier special bindings. In my opinion, the quality is decreasing starting with this edition.

A23 The companion to English literature A2 was re-issued in 1986. Below are pictures of the red leather variant: It shows up in the special editions brochure until 1988. This is the revised fifth edition, while A2 was the fourth edition.

Appearance: This was issued both in red leather with slipcase and with a red cloth binding (the 1986 brochure actually mentions maroon leather BROCHURE while the 1987 and 1988 brochures show red leather BROCHURE). The leather version does have hand-marbled endpapers; I think they were no longer done by Cockerell, though.

Current Availability: The red cloth version is very common and can be purchased at a very low price. I have seen several copies of the red leather version as well, this should not be too hard to get a hold of.

Photos: Pictures are for the red leather variant. I have also included some side by side comparisons to A2.





Although the later version is in much better condition, I have a strong preference for the earlier edition. I particularly like the stamped leather around the design on the cover, which is no longer present in the red leather variant.

A25 Chambers 20th century thesaurus
This book was first offered in 1988. It is listed in the Special Publications brochures until 1989. BROCHURE

Appearance: The binding is described in Folio 60 as full dark brown morocco and in the brochure as goatskin. Folio 60 notes that there was a variant in artificial leather as well.

Current Availability: A picture of this book is used as stock image on Abebooks, but I can only find one copy with a matching description. There is also one listed on ebay UK right now for GBP 10.

Photos: The binding of my version of this book feels very different from all the other goatskin bound books I own. Even though the cover looks nearly identical to the one in the brochure, mine does not have gilded page tops, while it appears that the one in the brochure does. Thus, I suspect this is the artificial leather version.

A28 Chambers 20th century dictionary
Per Folio 60, this was a free offer to encourage former members to rejoin. Later if was offered as part of the special publications list in 1989 and 1990 BROCHURE. It was a rebinding of A16. The cover design is by Jane Hamlyn.

Appearance: Bound in full dark green leather (again, this does not mention goatskin, so it is probably a less expensive type of leather). Plain endpapers, top edge is not gilded. Both A16 and A28 were priced about 20% lower than the other leather-bound reference works, which aligns with the reduced production quality.

Current Availability: Considering this was a free offer, I would have expected to see this listed more frequently than it actually is. So far I have only found one listing.

Photos:

A31 & 32 Chambers (or Cambridge in US) biographical dictionary & Chambers thesaurus
The biographical dictionary was offered as a renewal gift in 1991. Per Folio 60, both were available to members from 1992 (unfortunately we do not have the Special Publications list for 1992 on the Folio Society devotee homepage).

Appearance: The thesaurus is bound in dark green leather and the biographical dictionary is bound in black leather. Both have a Folio Society logo on the front board. Plain light green end-papers for the thesaurus and light blue end-papers for the dictionary. Top edge gilded.

Current Availability: There are quite a few copies of the Chambers Thesaurus available, while I only found one copy of the biographical dictionary (which his astounding as the latter was supposedly a renewal offer).

Photos:

A34 The Norton facsimile – the first folio of Shakespeare
This book was issued as a limited-edition of 1000 copies as well as a non-limited edition. Per Folio 60, the limited edition was issued 2001 (this was not part of the official Limited Editions program). Folio 60 notes the issue date of the non-limited edition as 2006 – this does not appear to be correct, in the following thread it was determined it was first sold to members in 1996: LINK. Comments and photos below are for the limited edition.

Appearance: Bound in black morocco with marbled paper sides. End leaves are green paper. There is nothing on the outside linking this to the Folio Society, but it does have a Folio limitation page. Folio 60 mentions that the unlimited version is quarter bound in dark red Morocco, I have seen it listed as artificial leather as well, not sure which one is correct.

Current Availability: Both limited and unlimited versions are readily available on Abebooks. I bought my limited edition for a bit more than $100 on ebay; a copy of the unlimited version with minor flaws recently went unsold on ebay at $20.

Photos:

A35 Oxford classical dictionary
This book is part of the Folio Limited Editions program. It was limited to 1000 copies. More details and pictures can be found in the “illustrated list of limited editions” thread. LINK

Appearance: Half dark green morocco with light green artificial silk moire boards. Photographic endpapers depicting the Ludovisi battle sarcophagus. Green slipcase.

Current Availability: I currently do not see any listings, but it does show up every once in a while on ebay. If it does, it is typically one of the cheapest Limited Editions, I paid less than $100 for mine.

Photos:

A40 Shorter Oxford English dictionary
This is also one of the official Limited editions (limitation of 1500). More details and pictures are in the “illustrated list of limited editions” thread. LINK

Appearance: Half dark blue morocco with light blue artificial silk moire board. Blue slipcase with a separator between both volumes.

Current Availability: This is also one of the cheaper limited editions. Currently there are copies posted both on Abebooks and ebay, starting in the mid $100’s. I paid less than $100 for mine, and have occasionally seen other copies show up in the same price range.

Photos:

366.9 Chambers biographical dictionary
This book was first offered in 1975. It was listed in the Special Publications brochures from 1976 to 1989, making it the longest listed book there. BROCHURE

Appearance: It is bound in tan morocco goatskin with a gold and blind-stamped design by Jeff Clements. Hand-marbled Cockerell endpapers, gilded top edge and white ribbon marker.

Current Availability: I have seen this listed on the second-hand market frequently, I guess the print run was higher as it was available for a long time. Currently one is listed on ebay US for $29.

Photos: The book in my possession is quite good condition. It is a very thick book with 1432 pages, so you might want to watch out for loose bindings.









This book came with the original Folio Society receipt from 1975, the first year it was available. Back then it cost $53.50, which is approximately $250 today.

366.7 Roget’s thesaurus
This book was first offered in 1975. It was listed in the Special Publications brochures until 1982. BROCHURE

Appearance: Bound in Oasis Niger Leather with blind- and gold stamping. The color was originally royal blue, but all copies I have seen are discolored. It has Cockerell marbled endpapers, gilded top edge and two ribbon markers. It was designed by Bernard Middleton.

Current Availability: There are none listed now, but they do show up occasionally. I have yet to see a copy without some discoloration, though.

Photos: My copy has quite heavy sunning damage and is missing one of the two ribbon markers – it is a lower condition than I normally would be willing to accept. As this is a particularly interesting design, I really wanted to include in in this thread, though. I find the marbled paper as well as the elaborate blind stamping on this edition particularly beautiful.

I will update this post if I find any of the missing books from the list. If anyone else owns any of the missing ones, I would greatly appreciate if you could post pictures. I would particularly be interested in A11 to A13 (Oxford books of English and twentieth century verse and revised Oxford dictionary of current English) as well as A15 (Everyman’s encyclopedia).

It is interesting to see how much emphasis the Folio Society used to place in beautiful editions of standard reference works. Even when the official Limited Editions program started in the early 2000s, three of the early works were reference books. It looks like they quickly realized that demand was too low, so they discontinued these efforts.

The prices of the earlier books were high in comparison to the standard Folio books, roughly between 150 and 300 USD once adjusted for inflation. The attention to detail in the binding was much higher than it is with recent-leather bound Folio Society books in the same price range. Just compare the elaborate binding and beautiful Cockerell endpapers of the Oxford dictionary of quotations to the lackluster effort on the binding of the leather-bound Prophet.

For aficionados of dictionaries and/or beautiful bindings, it can be quite fun to hunt these books down. They may not appear frequently on the secondary market but prices can be quite low. I bought most of mine - even the better condition ones – between $5 and $25.

I started this exercise after having seen how beautiful Folio’s work on fine bindings was (based on the 1969 cream leather Decameron). I have since spent many evenings browsing through old dictionaries and encyclopedias – I never thought I would enjoy it as much as I do now.

>22 teppi2:
Wonderful thread!
As you state, this is an area that has been neglected in FS history, mainly because there is nothing in or on these books that identify them as FS products.
I will create a link from the wiki here and the FS book list here to this thread.

>22 teppi2: Excellent work and reference for these reference works!

Coincidently, I also recently started combing the market for some of these special publication reference works in leather binding.

I am currently traveling, but I am in possession of two of the above books you mention (A11 and A12). In the meanwhile, I had a couple of photos of A12 from the original ebay listing




The photos of A11 can be found from the seller’s website whom I bought it from:
http://www.dbderbz-books.com/the-new-oxford-book-of-english-verse-oxford-reprint...

>22 teppi2: Fabulous research and collection - congratulations! As mentioned in my original post I have A7 and A11 and have subsequently added A9. All gorgeous, but especially A11 - I often take it down in the dead of night and read a few pages before sleep returns. Unlike >24 F.Trier: the binding is green leather.

>3 teppi2: Many thanks for your diligent endeavour in researching all this information and posting these images, deservedly rewarded with an wonderful Folio collection! The limited edition First Folio Shakespeare is particularly impressive, beautiful marbling and binding.

>22 teppi2:

Just to add my thanks for the research you've put in to this neglected area of Folio collecting. I have six of the editions you've listed but you have seriously enabled me (and, I suspect, quite a few others) to pursue more of them. This thread will be my future guide. Great job!

>25 Felixholt: your post made me realise that I had swapped the two books in my post. A11 and A12 Indeed share binding design, with one being light brown and the other green.

By the way, here are the links to the current well-priced listings I mentioned above (usual disclaimer):

The $29 Chambers biographical dictionary (366.9) is listed here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chambers-Biographical-Dictionary-Leather-1978-Revised-E...

The GBP 10 Chamber Thesaurus is listed here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chambers-20th-century-thesaurus/323759432203

>1 Felixholt:

Very informative.

I’m interested in A34,the Shakespeare Folio facsimile limited edition. I’d appreciate thoughts from anyone who owns this edition.

A later such publication and thus not in Folio 60 was a 2-volume set from Routledge for which FS provided a slipcase. The slipcase was titled Who's Who in the Classical World and the set consisted of Who's Who in the Greek World and Who's Who in the Roman World. The set was released in 2005. The books were issued in Routledge d/js and bindings. Only the slipcase was from the FS.

This is the only such work I ever obtained from Folio.

>2 boldface:

I also have the Folio-bound Zuleika Dobson, which I bought in order to have a hardback with all Beerbohm's illustrations. It was pointed out to me, if I remember correctly, by terebinth in a previous thread.

I have all of these, although some are in storage and I do not have access to them. I will post pictures of the missing ones over the next few days

>30 gmurphy: Here are some more thoughts on this:

- The binding and spine is obviously very beautiful and comparable to the early Limited Editions

- The book only comes in a cardboard slipcase (although a sturdy one) without lining. Most of the Limited Editions I own (which aren't many) have better protection (either solander box or lined slipcase).


- To my understanding, the pages of the edition are the same as used for the standard Norton Facsimile. They are thinner and slightly less textured than the LE Fairie Queene. The approximately 500 pages of a volume of the Faerie Queene are about the same thickness as the approx 900 pages of the First Folio. Show through is about the same as for the Fairie Queene, though.
- Print reproduction is not bad, but not as good as many of Folio facsimiles (I have Night Thoughts and Fairie Queene to compare). Below is an entire page and a text detail:




- It is a massive book, so it is not ideal for casual reading (but I guess that is the case for most Limited Editions). Comparison to standard book (Hitchhikers Guide):


There is another thread where this topic was discussed LINK and the prospectus of the standard edition is saved in the group homepage (references to the pages in there would apply to the limited edition as well) LINK.

>33 mboyne: I have to admit I was hoping this would be the case, based on your wonderful contributions to the Special Bindings thread. I am very much looking forward to the pictures!

>34 teppi2:

Thank you very much.

>30 gmurphy: As part of my recovery from severe FAD (aiming to settle at gentler, more sustainable and affordable level of happiness) I have parted with roughly half my Folio limited editions. The FS Shakespeare First Folio LE was one of those I felt compelled to keep, such is the beauty of the binding, particularly the Ann Muir marbled boards. The text block is the same as the regular Folio Society/Norton edition, so it's really a 'limited edition special binding'. However, to my mind, if one book alone deserved a limited edition special binding, Shakespeare's First Folio would be it. If you enjoy Shakespeare, I seriously doubt you'd ever regret getting it.

>37 cronshaw:

Just ordered,via Abebooks.

You’ve parted with roughly half your Folio Limited Editions! Good Lord!

>38 gmurphy: I did go a little over-the-top in my FAD enthusiasm at one point (or at multitudinous points over the course of a few years when Eagle Street was still in possession of a certain Members' Room and I of potential shelf space in a small London flat). I've parted only with those LEs that seemed to me more ornament than books I'd actually read when I looked them in the spine soberly and honestly. Reducing my Folio library to a more manageable number of volumes that I know I'll read and thoroughly enjoy has actually increased my fondness for them. Less is more!

>38 gmurphy: Just ordered,via Abebooks.

I think you just beat me to it. It was there, I put it in my basket and then it disappeared. "Sold", it told me. Enjoy! I still have the non-LE to keep me company :)

There's a nice looking copy of A45 (RHS Dictionary of Gardening in four volumes) on eBay UK ending on Wednesday May 4th for £19.99 with free postage, proceeds to a hospice. The only noted fault is a split to a corner of the slipcase. A huge bargain for someone,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Royal-Horticultural-Society-Dictionary-of-Gardening-4...

>41 folio_books: That is a bargain, particularly as it comes with free delivery and it's a very heavy set.

The secondary market prices of FS editions can vary dramatically over time. When I joined first joined FS in 2009 this huge four-volume Dictionary of Gardening was the welcome gift I received with my first full membership order of the four Charles Darwin volumes. Three years later, bookshelves bulging, I had a clear out of a few lesser loved Folios in order to make room for more. I planted my Dictionary of Gardening on eBay where it was plucked for £125. It no doubt helped that it was still new in shrink-wrap, but given that the FS had published it in a large print run, and that it had been available as a 'gift' for a long while, I didn't expect it to fetch quite so much. As this more or less covered the cost of the four new Darwin volumes, I wasn't surprised to learn not long afterwards from nurses in the MR that the welcome gift model was loss-making and that it took Folio two or three years to begin making money from members.

>39 cronshaw:
What would Nurse say???

>43 LesMiserables: "Och noo Mr. Cronshaw, that'll ne'er doo, you'll be wanting some of my finest Tincture of Enablement. Come let me pour ye a wee dram over here by the Naughty Trolley."

Nurse A was particularly good at evil.

Oxford Companion to the Theatre

Published in the same style as several other Folio Society-bound Oxford Companions

>45 mboyne: I note that the editor of your new acquisition (Phyllis Hartnoll) had a novella published by the Golden Cockerel Press: The Grecian Enchanted, one of my favorite books in my collection. It was illustrated by John Buckland-Wright. Give me a bit o'time and I'll have a post up on this book, either later today or tomorrow, with pics.

>44 cronshaw:

It must have been strong stuff, for I distinctly recall you narrating several episodes of giddy euphoria after a session in Eagle St. :-)

For several of these books, the only Folio Society variation was the slipcase. For example:

A18 The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes





A24 The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature

I’ve been so inspired by this old post and would like to thank everyone who contributed! I’ve decided to start my own reference library of Folio-bound books and I have started my collection with A11 – New Oxford book of English verse

It’s in very good condition, there is a crease on the spine but apart from that it’s in lovely condition and I’m so pleased with it! I think this is the start of a beautiful journey…

*Edit* I feel like I should get a certificate of achievement for learning how to post photos here! Well here is my lovely book anyway!

>50 Folio_Fanatic: I can see them 😊

>50 Folio_Fanatic:
Thank you! Technology is not my strong point!

>50 Folio_Fanatic: Thanks for the wonderful pictures, I linked them in to the summary list in post 3 (not sure is anyone actually uses it, but for completeness sake...)

>53 teppi2:

Thank you!

Well *I* definitely use it and have looked at this thread many times without posting, so I’m betting there are other people who use it as reference!

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift D.D., illustrated by Rex Whistler. Herbert Press 1984. Brown slip case with two of Whistler's illustrations.

A20 in Folio 60, p413.

First appeared in the Special Publications 1985 brochure:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4jspvPPmS3UjNQMXBNQjh4a0U/view?resourcekey=0-...

The only Folio Society variation on this book is the slip case, which was specially commissioned in 1984.

The binding is the original publisher's. ( Black or Blue cloth )

This copy is the 1984 reprint, black cloth.

>55 bookfair_e: I love the Rex Whistler illustrations on this one but wish they were full colour throughout.

I have at last got my books out of storage and wanted to fill some of the gaps in this thread

A17 The Oxford Book of Short Stories

The only contribution from the Folio Society is the slip case which is similar to that used in A18, above with the blue and dark blue colours were reversed.

Would the 1976 De Luxe Edition of The Hobbit fit this category?

The following link also describes a few 'error' copies where FS forgot(?) to replace the original A&U title pages with the new one mentioning The Folio Society. (see last photo)
https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0027.php

Excerpt from Folio 75





Front Cover and Spine





Title Page and Colophon

And another one... very rare (have only ever seen this copy)

A15 Everyman’s Encyclopedia

From Folio 60: . J. M. Dent and Sons. 12 vols. Full brown morocco decorated in gold and dark brown; green-blue endleaves. A prospectus announced publication for June 1979 and the work was offered in the 1980 and 1981 lists of ‘Special Publications’.

And another pic:

Last one:

I'd like to have seen the binding for BARTOP - CATASTROPHE

>59 mboyne: I love seeing these special bindings. This looks similar in design to the special binding of The Bible Designed to be Read as Literature.

>46 Glacierman: ...(Phyllis Hartnoll) had a novella published by the Golden Cockerel Press: The Grecian Enchanted, one of my favorite books in my collection... Give me a bit o'time and I'll have a post up on this book, either later today or tomorrow, with pics.

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