In Memory of Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
†5 October 2011Now Reading
The Adventures of Tintin
The Black Island
Tony Blair - A Journey.
Hutchinson (2010)
Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho.
Vintage Books, NY (1991)
Ernest Hemingway - Hemingway Short Stories.
The Folio Society, London (1986)
Tag Archives: Folio Society
The Folio Society publishes 23 new titles for 2012/2013
he Folio Society has just updated their website for the new membership year: Prospectus 2012-2013. They are going to publish 23 new amazing titles in August 2012 and November 2012; following the in the same publishing schedule as last year, I suspect that we will see … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Books, Fine Edition, Folio Society, Prospectus, Renewal
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New Books for Christmas – Folio Society
The Folio Society are offering some new books for this Christmas with some offered at a discount of 20% (I believe only for members). The Christmas Catalogue contains a mix of newly published books, books published last year and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Lang, Books, Carlo Collodi, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Christmas Catalogue, Douglas Adams, Fermat’s Last Theorem, Fine Edition, Folio Society, Folk Tales of Britain: Legends, In a Glass Darkly, Patricia Highsmith, Pinocchio, Ripley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Simon Singh, The Crimson Fairy Book, The Folio Society Calendar 2012, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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Some interesting things from the Folio Society [updated]
These are good times to be a member of The Folio Society. I am quite happy that the Production Director on the Limited Editions Programme, Mr Joe Whitlock Blundell has started a blog discussing future limited editions and their progress … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, British Library, facsimile, Fine Edition, Folio Society, Gulliver's Travels, Joe Whitlock Blundell, Limited Edition, National History Museum, Royal Geographical Society, Scott Polar Research Institute, Scott's Last Expedition, The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, The South Polar Times
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Dickens 2012
Next year, marks the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth–February 7th, 1812, and we’re joining in for the fun to celebrate ye olde Dickens’ 200th birthday. There is a website up marking the celebration: Dickens 2012, which explains that: Dickens 2012 is … Continue reading
The Folio Society publishes Gulliver’s Travels LE
A new limited edition—Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. The Folio Society—Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, purports to be the account of a voyage by a surgeon and captain, Lemuel Gulliver. In fact, this biting … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Fine Edition, Folio Society, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, Limited Edition
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Renewal Offer 2012
esterday, I wrote about the Folio Society announcing their new publishing year 2011-2012 with an array of 26 amazing new books. As part of this years renewal, the following renewal offer or free gift, i.e., FS’s way of saying: “Our thank you … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Books, Fine Edition, Folio Diary, Folio Society, Joining offer, membership, Niel MacGregor, Renewal, Richard Fortey
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Folio Society publishes 26 new titles for 2011/2012
he Folio Society has just updated their website for the new Prospectus 2011-2012. They are going to publish 26 new amazing titles in a slight different publishing schedule: August 2011, November 2011, December 2011, and January 2012. This bold change from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Books, Fine Edition, Folio Society, Prospectus, Renewal
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I know it has been a while…
I have been extremely busy with work and numerous other things that have kept me away from my blog—so here is an update for the last couple of months: The Folio Society, has published some more books for 2011 with … Continue reading
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Tagged 30th anniversary, Andrew Lang, Autobiography, Books, British Library, Codex Sinaiticus, Fine Edition, Folio Society, Hendrickson Publishers, John Wyndham, Limited Edition, M.K. Gandhi, Michael Bond, Mikhail Bulgakov, moleskine, Pac-Man, The Brown Fairy Book, The Complete Paddington, The Master and Margarita, The Violet Fairy Book
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Rockwell Kent (1882 – 1971)
ou might have noticed that I am big fan of Rockwell Kent (1882 – 1971). Actually I justified joining the London based fine book publisher Folio Society to acquire their limited edition publication of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell … Continue reading
Folio Society – New Books for 2011
Just as you thought that it does not get any better than this the FS bring out five new books for the new year 2011. FS are on a roll here. In order of appearance above: The Wonderful Wizard of … Continue reading
