A Century of Conflict: 1848 -1948 (5 Volumes) by A. J. P. Taylor
$175.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society | Reading Level: very good
A History of England ( Folio Society Set,10 volume) by Various
$325.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society | Reading Level: very good
A History of England (1997–2002) is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of English history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient Roman times to the end of the 20th century. The volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, ...Show more
A Man of Singular Virtue - being A Life of Sir Thomas More by his son-in-law William Roper and a selection of More's Letters by A.L. Rowse (Selected, edited and introduced)
$32.50 NZD
Category: World History
A beautiful Folio Society edition of 'A Man of Singular Virtue', a life of Sir Thomas More written by his son-in-law.
A Treasury of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
$35.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A selection of sketches, essays and short stories by Mark Twain, chosen by Roy Blount Jr. As fellow humorist Roy Blount, Jr. writes in the Introduction, "I put it to you simply that the most impressive thing about Mark Twain is, he is still funny". Contents include The Celebrated Jumping F ...Show more
Aeneid by Virgil
$95.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. With 72 illustrations by Francis Cleyn engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar. Virgil’s Aeneid, translated by John Dryden, was first published in 1697. It was illustrated with a series of engravings, designed by Francis Cleyn and executed by Wenceslaus Hollar and Pierre Lambert, which had originally ...Show more
Akenfield: Portrait of An English Village by Ronald Blythe
$35.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society | Reading Level: very good
Woven from the words of the inhabitants of a small Suffolk village in the 1960s, Akenfield is a masterpiece of twentieth-century English literature, a scrupulously observed and deeply affecting portrait of a place and people and a now vanished way of life. Ronald Blythe’s wonderful book raises enduring ...Show more
Anglo-Saxon Britain by Peter Hunter Blair
$35.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society | Reading Level: very good
This is the second volume of A History of England (1997–2002), a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of English history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient Roman times to the end of the 20th century.
Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh
$35.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Secondhand. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Evelyn Waugh's third novel, Black Mischief is a witty satirical novel set in the fictional empire of Azania. 'We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.' When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Az ...Show more
Britannia: A History of Roman Britain by Sheppard Frere
$35.00 NZD
Category: Folio Society
This is the first volume of A History of England (1997–2002), a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of English history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient Roman times to the end of the 20th century. It investigates Roman archaeology in the ...Show more