A lasting tribute to remarkable books

The Folio Limited Edition Archive

Every Folio Limited Edition is a publishing event – carefully crafted, exquisitely illustrated and made to be loved. But once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Step inside The Folio Limited Edition Archive, where our most sought-after titles live on. These editions may now be out of stock, but their stories – and the artistry behind them – still deserve the spotlight.

Take a look around. Revisit the books that made your shelves – and the ones that got away.

Released in 2015

A landmark year for legends, lyricism and literary transformation.

Magna Carta

480 numbered copies

Facsimile manuscript – complete with a replica seal

Printed on genuine sheepskin parchment

Mounted on white board, wrapped in red fabric

Framed in oak and glass for display

Details include: a metal plaque and printed limitation label

Authenticity: certificate signed by David Way of the British Library

Rupert Brooke, Selected Poems

Rupert Brooke
Introduced by Jon Stallworthy
1750 numbered copies

Lithographs by Ed Kluz

Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper

Quarter bound in blue leather with hand-patterned paper sides

Dark blue slipcase blocked with a lithograph panel

Printed by Stonehouse Fine Press; lithographs by Curwen Studio

Typeset in Walbaum by Gloucester Typesetting Services

Illustrations include 3 full-page lithographs, 6 colour double-page spreads and 6 vignettes

Apuleius, the golden ass, or Metamophoses

Introduced by James Wood
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
1000 numbered copies

Translated with notes by E. J. Kenney

Bound in dark brown goatskin leather, blocked in gold with a Blake rabbit

Printed by Kösel; typeset in Poliphilus and Blado

Dark red endleaves; slipcase blocked in gold with titling by Blake

Includes 12 full-page colour illustrations and 34 drawings

The Pearl Manuscript

Edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron
Foreword by Bernard O’Donoghue
980 numbered copies

Two-volume set in a clamshell box

Facsimile bound in dark blue Indian goatskin leather, blocked in gold with a Stephen Raw design

Lift-out tray lined in dark blue velvet; dark red endleaves

Commentary volume bound in dark blue buckram with dark blue endleaves

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The Folio Limited Edition Archive

480 numbered copies

Rupert Brooke
Introduced by Jon Stallworthy
1750 numbered copies

Introduced by James Wood
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
1000 numbered copies

Edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron
Foreword by Bernard O’Donoghue
980 numbered copies

How can we help?

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The Folio Limited Edition Archive

480 numbered copies

Rupert BrookeIntroduced by Jon Stallworthy1750 numbered copies

Introduced by James WoodIllustrated by Quentin Blake1000 numbered copies

Edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald WaldronForeword by Bernard O’Donoghue980 numbered copies

Rupert Brooke
Introduced by Jon Stallworthy
1750 numbered copies

Introduced by James Wood
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
1000 numbered copies

Edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron
Foreword by Bernard O’Donoghue
980 numbered copies