8/19/2023 0 Comments Selling second hand folio books![]() ![]() They'll be drooling all over themselves seeing pics such as those and making very "competitive" offers around 5% (if you're very lucky) of what your aunt paid for them, whereas with the books being so very recent you can probably expect to get ten times that, and much more on the hard to find volumes that people are desperate for. The alternative is to make some greedy dealer rich and very happy. ![]() >14 LolaWalser: you really would best be advised to go over them individuallyĪfter a very cursory glance I can only agree 100% with Lola\s opinion. No two of them are alike, yet they all share the commonality of quality.>13 muirwa: (Only the books purchased in the last year or two). Indeed, the books are instantly recognisable as “Folio”. Fine artists have been commissioned for illustrations and bindings have a flamboyancy worthy of their contents. The classics are still represented but the broader dimensions of publishing and production are now recognised. Now under Bob Gavron’s chairmanship, it has grown considerably. In 1982 the Folio Society changed hands again. The result, combined with photographs held by Barter’s great-great grandson, was The Siege of Delhi: Mutiny Memories of an Old Officer (1984). ![]() Barter had been on a leisure trip to the hills, when the mutiny broke out and instead found himself marching back towards Delhi. Whilst researching his book on the Indian Mutiny, historian Christopher Hibbert discovered the vividly written diary of General Richard Barter of the 75th Gordon Highlanders and the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Its purpose was not just to be a producer of handsome books but a publisher of new literary discoveries and in the early 1980s one such manuscript crossed their path. Both had backgrounds in publishing and they were keen to establish a clear identity for the Society. Instead, he turned his attention to antiquities and John Letts and Halfdan Lynner took over the business. For the rest he begged and scrounged.īy 1971, the Folio Society had grown so large, that Charles, who was known for his involvement in every aspect of production, including choice of titles and supervision of printers and illustrators, could no longer do everything himself. Although Charles qualified, as an ex-serviceman, for a reasonable amount of paper, it was only sufficient for about five books. There were formidable problems, however, not the least of which was post-war paper rationing. He attended the London College of Printing in 1946 and by 1947 had launched the Folio Society, sharing premises with the Golden Cockerel Press in a Dickensian garret in London’s Soho.Ĭharles planned to publish one book a month, selling through booksellers and trying to establish a feel for demand. He wanted desperately to spread his enthusiasm for books beyond the confines of the small circle of comparatively rich and in doing so, set about outlining his plan, with good friend and Golden Cockerel Press owner, Christopher Sandford, to bring the ‘poor man’s fine edition’ to the masses. It was the brainchild of book-lover and collector, Charles Ede, whose desire to combine the typographical and artistic standards of the private presses with the latest industrial technology, resulted in some of the most beautiful and imaginative bindings ever seen.ĭuring WWII strict austerity measures had been placed on book production, leaving Charles increasingly concerned about the decline in standards which might not be easily overturned after the war. The Folio Society was founded in London in 1947. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |