A new Folio Society edition of eminent linguist David Crystal’s commanding history shows how English turned into a rich, diverse global language, spoken by well over two billion people.
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Rarely seen archive material from The Morgan Library and a large-format first edition all reproduced in exquisite facsimile
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Collected Poems
$70.00This exceptional Folio edition of Philip Larkin’s Collected Poems includes a new foreword by Andrew Motion. It is the only edition of Larkin’s poetry to be illustrated with many of the author’s own photographs.
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The Silk Roads is a revolutionary world history told from the perspective of the East. This beautiful Folio collector’s edition of the international bestseller is signed by Peter Frankopan.
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The perfect centenary edition of a landmark of Modernist poetry. Hand bound by experts using only the finest materials, Folio’s tribute to T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is limited to 350 copies illustrated and signed by renowned artist Tom Phillips RA.
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A new leather-bound limited edition published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth. Each copy is numbered by hand and signed by both introducer and illustrator.Â
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The Descent of Man
$100.00Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man applies his revolutionary theory to human evolution. This exceptional Folio collector’s edition is introduced by Richard Dawkins and includes numerous colour illustrations, as well as diagrams and figures.Â
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Miss Pym Disposes is an essential addition to the Josephine Tey collection. A unique and absorbing standalone mystery, this edition features intriguing illustrations by series artist Mark Smith.
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Originally told as bedtime stories for Kipling’s daughter Josephine, Just So Stories remains a classic of children’s literature. Simply and beautifully written, with an entirely believable, far from cosy vision of the joy, wonder and dangers of the natural world.
