Library Stories | James Howland Beers
In Library Stories we investigate the tales behind your book collections and book rooms, visiting the homes of Folio members, collectors and enthusiasts from around ...
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Library Stories | James Howland Beers
In Library Stories we investigate the tales behind your book collections and book rooms, visiting the homes of Folio members, collectors and enthusiasts from around ...
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The Lost Chronicle of Omnium | The Rediscovery of The Duke’s Children
It is a remarkable fact that one of the best-known novels by one of the greatest 19th-century English novelists has never been published in the ...
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The Lost Chronicle of Omnium | The Rediscovery of The Duke’s Children
It is a remarkable fact that one of the best-known novels by one of the greatest 19th-century English novelists has never been published in the ...
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Next year is a big year for centenaries, several of which we are commemorating with new books. Rupert Brooke died in 1915, on a troopship ...
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Philip Pullman on illustrating his own story
The Folio edition of The Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass in the US and Canada) includes illustrations drawn by the brilliant Philip Pullman. In this blog, Pullman explains for Folio readers how he created these incredible black-and-white images, and the inspiration behind them.
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Gorgeous Gifts for Students: Celebrate Success with a Folio Edition
It’s that time of year when millions of young people are tentatively peeling open envelopes that will lead them towards the next stage in their life. Whatever the outcome, the years of study and surviving the stressful exam period are worthy of celebration … and what better gift than a beautiful book?
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Illustrating The Innocents Abroad
Award-winning illustrator James Albon captured the eccentricities of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad with a series of stylish colour and black-and-white lino-cuts. Here, Albon shares his artistic process and how he approached this exciting project.