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Lot 931: A Collection of 20 Folio Society Volumes. London: Folio Society, v.d.
A collection of 20 hardback volumes published by the Folio Society, London. This assortment includes a variety of classic literature, history, and fiction. Visible titles and authors on the spines include Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford, The Best After-Dinner Stories, Amelia by Henry Fielding, The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, Sappho by Alphonse Daudet, Galley Slave by Jean Marteilhe, Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Golden Ass by Apuleius translated by Robert Graves, Clarendon’s History of the Great Rebellion, Eugénie Grandet by Balzac, Restoration Carnival, The Young King by Oscar Wilde, and From Atlanta to the Sea by William T. Sherman. The books are octavo in format, bound in the publisher’s characteristic decorative cloth or patterned paper-covered boards with gilt-lettered spines. No slipcases or dust jackets are present. One volume bears an auction lot sticker numbered 931.
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