A collection of hardcover volumes published by The Folio Society, London. The assortment includes a variety of titles spanning classical literature, history, and poetry. Key titles identified from the spines include Robert Southey’s Life of Nelson, bound in blue cloth with elaborate gilt anchor and shell decorations; Balzac’s Eugénie Grandet in dark green cloth with red floral motifs; Oscar Wilde’s Salome in vibrant blue decorated cloth; and a two-volume set of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in brown bindings. Other volumes include The Discovery of Tahiti, The Trial of Joan of Arc, Galley Slave, The Poems of Emily Brontë, Restoration Carnival, The Young Visiters by Daisy Ashford, and Memoirs of Madame du Barry. The collection also features titles such as The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Louis XIV at Versailles by Saint-Simon, and The Waterloo Campaign. The books are typically bound in the publisher’s decorative cloth or buckram, often featuring gilt-stamped titles and ornaments to the spines. Most volumes are in octavo or small octavo format.
Condition report:
The collection is in generally good condition with typical signs of shelf wear. There is light rubbing to the spine ends and corners of several volumes. Fading and sunning are evident on some spines, most notably to The Poems of Emily Brontë. Minor marks and light soiling to the cloth bindings. One volume is presented in a publisher\'s slipcase showing some edge wear. Internals have not been inspected for foxing or ownership inscriptions.
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