Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 20 May 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 20 May 2026

Catalogue

Lot 136: A Collection of Folio Society Editions and Historical and Literary Volumes

This auction ended on May 20, 2026.

Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

Sold for: £26

A collection of hardcover volumes, featuring multiple works published by The Folio Society, London. The group includes historical and literary titles such as G.M. Young, Victorian England: Portrait of an Age; J.H. Plumb, England in the Eighteenth Century; Mass-Observation: Britain in the Second World War; J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country; Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana; Love in a Cold Climate; The Father Brown Stories; The Greek Myths II; Short Stories from the Strand; The Folio Book of Comic Stories; and A Short History of English Literature. The books are bound in publisher’s cloth or decorative boards, with several examples retaining their original protective slipcases. Bindings typically feature gilt-stamped or printed titles and decorative motifs to the spines. Most volumes are in octavo format.