The Marvel of the Folio Society - An Antique Books Guide

The Folio Society is one of the best known modern day publishing houses and quite rightly so.
They offer a nearly unparalleled quality in all of their books, printing classic in facsimile form or with new, bold covers.

Sold with slip cases, these books are often larger than standard editions and always carry a high presentation value.

The value of these books is quite varied from some of Tolkien's books which in the correct edition can fetch several hundred to many more common title which are sadly worth under £5 - a fraction of what they would have cost when published.

Below are a range of books and aspects of books published by the Folio Society.

Gilt Detailing:

Expensive but popular, gilt detailing makes a book that little bit more visually attractive

Photo covers
Some Folio Society books have unique photo-style covers with representations of paintings or pictures that wrap around the front and back boards.

Slipcase

The slipcase is almost always plain and hides what the book will actually look like.

Facsimile

Here is one of the Folio Society's facsimile books, by which I mean a modern replica of an older edition.
Often reproduced to the highest quality by the FS, these replicas are quite valuable and extremely attractive.

Inside the book will appear very similar if not exactly like the original text.

High Presentation Value

This book has strong, deluxe binding and colouring to the top of the text block - both symbols of the high production values associated with the Folio Society

Decorative front/ endpapers

Most Folio books will come with unique front/ endpapers which represent the theme or era of the book - again another sign of high value in the production of these books.

 And here are several covers just to show some more variation in the portfolio of the Folio Society

 

A Folio Society book is going to be one of the nicest copies you can get of said book although perhaps not the most valuable.
Ideal for presents or luxurious reading!

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