The Railway Mysteries, 1990 Agatha Christie is considered one of the world’s top selling novelists, with somewhere between 2 and 4 billion copies of her works having been sold to date. However, the first Folio Society publishing foray into Christie’s work was only in 1990, when they released a two-volume Read more…
The Folio Christmas Book Publication: 2000 (OOP)Where to buy:The Folio Christmas Book @ Abes About the book: The first special Christmas publication by the Folio Society was the story “Christmas Eve at Bracebridge Hall” by Washington Irving, released as a Christmas greeting back in 1957. So it is fitting that this story Read more…
Many of you will be familiar with The Princess Bride from the almost perfect cult classic movie produced by Rob Reiner in 1987. But the movie was based on an equally fabulous book, and if you’ve never read it you are really missing out, because the book has all the Read more…
Greetings, dear readers, and welcome to this tour de force through the Folio Society’s beloved myths and legends series! The books in this series share a thematic theme of classic mythological retellings, and a visually similar design being large 10” x 7” volumes with a quarter leather binding over cloth covered Read more…
Today’s post and video are on the Folio Society’s limited edition series of Cherished Tales. So far six have been released in this series and I cover four in depth in the video. Wind in the Willows LE with solander box Wind in the Willows Signed Etching Advertising letter ‘from Read more…
Taschen Edition Folio Society Calla Editions For this post I’ll be focusing on a comparison between two of the loveliest editions of East of the Sun, West of the Moon with Kay Nielsen’s incomparable illustrations. I think these are some of the most exquisite illustrations in children’s literature of all time. First Read more…
Merry Holidays and Happy New Year! The video above is an overview of the books I got in December – which also happens to be my birthday, so it’s always a great book month for me! I have some lovely Folio Society books as well as an array of Barnes Read more…
A very quick post this time – I’m starting a new series on ‘hidden secrets’ in books that you might not have seen before. This first one is an overview of the hidden flip book inside the Commentary volume of the Folio Society’s Little Prince set by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Read more…
Welcome to this quick review of 40 of the most beautiful books published this year, with the aim of helping you to find appropriate gifts for your nearest and dearest, or – even better – take an opportunity to treat yourself during the holiday season! The books are loosely sorted Read more…
One of the rarest folio society books ever produced was a special limited edition binding of Hermsprong by Robert Bage. During the late 1950’s a number of Folio Society members were interested in having the option to buy the Society’s books in specially bound and signed limited editions. So in Read more…