The Complete Folio Society Poets Collection - Byron, Shelley, Yeats, etc. (9) Condition Report - Books are in fine, immaculate condition (slipcases shows minimal shelfwear with a few small marks as expected).
A wonderful opportunity to acquire the full, complete and close-to-immaculate Folio Poets collection, including all nine books produced by The Folio Society. Quarter-bound in leather with beautifully distinguished cloth boards, these are:
1. John Keats, Complete Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2001).
Edited by John Barnard. Introduced by Andrew Motion. 76 wood engravings by Simon Brett. Quarter-bound in dark green leather, cloth sides printed with a repeating image. 472pp. 28x18.8cm.
2. William Wordsworth, Selected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2002).
Edited and introduced by Nicholas Roe. Engravings by Peter Reddick. Quarter-bound in dark green leather with cloth boards. 495pp. 28x18.8cm.
3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Selected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2003). Edited and introduced by Richard Holmes. 74 wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor. Quarter-bound in dark blue leather with patterned cloth boards. Dark blue slipcase. 372pp. 28x18.7cm.
4. Rudyard Kipling, Selected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2004).
Edited and introduced by Andrew Lycett. 72 wood engravings by George Tute. Quarter-bound in dark red leather with pale orange pattern printed cloth boards. 405pp. 28x19cm.
5. John Donne, The Complete English Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2005). Edited by A.J.Smith, A.J. 105 B&W engravings by Jane Lydbury. Quarter-bound in red leather binding with illustrated cloth sides and gilt spine title. Page top edge red. 438pp. 28x19cm.
6. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Selected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2006).
36 wood engravings by Ian Stephens. Introduction and notes by Ruth Padel. Bound in dark green quarter-calf with decorated green cloth boards. 429pp. 28x19cm.
7. W.B. Yeats, Collected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2007).
Introduction by Roy Foster. 71 engravings by Harry Brockway. Quarter bound in brown leather with brown cloth boards printed with a repeat pattern in cream by Brockway. Cream endleaves. Brown slipcase. 536pp. 28x18.8cm.
8. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Collected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2008).
Editor Neville Rogers. Introduced by Richard Holmes. 65 engravings by Simon Brett. Quarter bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering, pictorial cloth boards. Maroon slipcase. Top edge text block maroon. 11x7.5in. 552pp.
9. Lord Byron, Selected Poems. 1st Ed. Thus (2013). Unsure of print number as sealed.
Introduced by Jonathan Bate. 21 wood engravings by Simon Brett. Quarter-bound in orange leather with cloth sides printed with a blue and white design by Simon Brett. Coloured top page edges. 416pp. 11x7¼in.
Folio Society:The Complete Folio Society Poets Collection; 9 volumes 2001-2013
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Folio SocietyDate Published:
2001 -2013
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