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Folio Society Brings Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy to Life

The Folio Society brings Robin Hobb’s genre favourite fantasy novels The Farseer Trilogy to life in a spectacular three-volume set, with an introduction specially commissioned by the author, and fifteen ethereal illustrations by award-winning fantasy artist, David Palumbo. Bringing together Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin’s Quest, this trilogy includes illustrations depicting Robin Hobb’s fascinating characters and vast landscapes with exquisite detail, delivering a realistic medieval tone within a rich tapestry of magic and otherworldliness....

The Folio Society Produces a Limited Edition of Jean de Brunhoff’s “The Story of Babar”

A limited edition of Jean de Brunhoff’s children’s classic The Story of Babar has been produced by The Folio Society. Limited to 750 copies, the edition features specially commissioned essays, archive material, sketches and a maquette. The Story of Babar follows the incredible journey of ‘le petit éléphant’ from bedtime tale to one of the most memorable and loved children’s stories of all time. Jean de Brunhoff ’s original artwork for Histoire de Babar is...

Folio Society Titles Range from Alice In Wonderland to Kung Fu

New titles from luxury book publisher The Folio Society include a children’s classic, a colourful social document and a kung fu bestseller. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, is a glorious new gift edition of Lewis Carroll’s immortal tale. No artist is better suited to illustrate this extraordinary dream world than Charles van Sandwyk. A self-taught calligrapher and illustrator, he has been compared to artists as diverse as Arthur Rackham,...

Marvel And The Folio Society Team Up For Golden Age Collector’s Edition

Legendary comics publisher Marvel and The Folio Society are teaming up for a Collector’s Edition of Marvel: The Golden Age 1939-1949, available for pre-order now, to be published on 25th September 2019. In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics #1, the volume presents five specially curated comic books, selected, edited and introduced by Marvel stalwart Roy Thomas, including a painstakingly produced facsimile of the comic that started it all back in 1939. This...

Folio Society Produces a Limited Edition Facsimile of Kitagawa Utamaro’s Studies from Nature

During Japan’s Edo period, an era in which art and literature flourished, Kitagawa Utamaro (c.1754–1806) rose to fame as one of Japan’s most highly regarded artists and printmakers. Alongside his contemporaries Hiroshige and Hokusai, Utamaro was an acknowledged master of ukiyo-e (pictures of the Floating World). Now the Folio Society has produced a stunning limited edition facsimile of Utamaro’s work in a limited edition of 500 copies. Although he is now renowned for bijin ōkubi-e,...

The Folio Society Publishes Limited Edition of Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun

The Folio Society has produced a limited edition four-volume set of Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. The Folio Society had been working closely with Gene Wolfe and illustrator Sam Weber before Wolfe’s death earlier this year. Featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman, the Folio Society publication will be available in a signed  limited edition of 750 copies worldwide. See this video for more details of the edition. Gene Wolfe’s epic series The...

The Folio Society Looks to Sci-fi Themes With Luxuriously Illustrated Classic Books

The Folio Society has announced the latest titles in its catalogue of science fiction classics with new illustrations; Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys illustrated by Francis Vallejo, Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes illustrated by Tim McDonagh, and H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith. Founded in 1947, The Folio Society’s stated goal is to “create beautiful and authoritative editions of great literary works for readers”....

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