Books, books, books

[chickenfeet]

So the Folio Society had a killer offer on and I got a big tax refund so stuff got bought.

Lot's of stuff.

swag1, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

There was a replacement for my read almost to death Fontana paperbacks of A Dance to the Music of Time. (Anyone local who want the paperbacks, just ask).

swag6, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

swag4, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

And medieval art swag and Wellington swag

swag2, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

And country house swag

swag3, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

And ginormous atlas swag. A double page spread on this thing is like 22x18 inches and it has maps of Iceland that size!

swag7, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

Comments

[gillo]

This explains the Amazing Vanishing Post. Lovely swag. I particularly lust after the Wellington and mediaeval art swag. We have a copy of the Ginormous atlas - pretty indeed.

So now you have to build new bookshelves?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

We bought two new book cases a few months ago. They are getting quite close to full.

[gillo]

Well duh. That's what bookcases do. It's inevitable.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

And the atlas is the quarter bound in leather version so quite shiny

[lakme.livejournal.com]

I envy your swaginess :) I know that's not a word, but it NEEDS to be.

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

nice haul!

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

::drools all over your Powell set::

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Now i just need to justify reading it for the n+1th time!

[kaet.livejournal.com]

Can you remember who all the obscurely referenced characters are now, without flicking back? I'm reading it at a slow (but steady) rate between other books, and feel like there needs to be a Danceopedia so you can remember which one's Quiggin and which one's Masters, etc, without having to flick back.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Hilary Spurling's An Invitation to the Dance might help. Personally, I've read, listened to or watched Dance so many times I don't have any trouble keeping things straight.

[kaet.livejournal.com]

Just having a look around for such stuff on the web, I'm amused to find all the interesting and intriguing characters are ones which are based on people who Powell disliked, or are known as the book's anti-heroes.

[gramarye1971]

*quietly flails over the books* I have eyed Folio Society books for ages, but really, really can't afford them. This sale, though, is making me wonder....

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

They aren't cheap. I have few expensive tastes and a pretty good income so it's where my 'luxury' spending tends to go.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

oooooooohhhhhh...

I'd say this beats hell out of having to buy a new garage door with ones' tax return.

[nanila]

That's...that's, like, Big Beautiful Book porn. Wow.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Good haul! (Which is probably also what the delivery people had to do to get the box to you. :-))

I picked up their edition of the atlas a couple of years ago in a similar sale, and I love it.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

*perk*

Folio Society killer offer? PLZ 2 BE POINTING ME?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Here's the link (http://www.foliosociety.com/category/108). It may only work for members though.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Hmm, it does look that way.

*ponders*

... say, were the Great Houses books also Folio Society?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

say, were the Great Houses books also Folio Society?

No,but offered by them. They offer a lot of OUP/CUP reference material.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

... I suppose members, such as, oh, for instance, you, aren't supposed to buy the same KILLER OFFER books twice to offer friends? who in return would buy you from Amazon or others stuff that you would have bought anyway?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I'll look at whether there might be a way of doing that. The delivery address may be an issue. Shipping seventy pounds of books from Toronto to France would be prohibitive I think.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Golly, that would be a nightmare, especially with books coming from England in the first place! I wouldn't ask you to go to so much trouble. But would they let you ship a present to a different address (so they would do the shipping?)

... also, how much exactly was the killer offer, before I make you inquire about all sorts of things? I'm interested in (actually, DROOLING FOR) the Anthony Powell boxed edition & the Great Houses of England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, etc. Actually, the England & Wales one is available used from Amazon.uk for ten quid or so, so unless the FS sells is for far less, you shouldn't worry too much about it.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

The Dance volumes were C$69.95 each plus S&H less some sort of exchange rate discount. The Great Houses were one of the freebies. I bought Dance and the Wellington volumes which came to a bit less than C$500 all up. The rest; the Medieval Art, Atlas and Great Houses were the freebies. I think the going rate on the Great Houses is C$120 each. Anyway the total package netted me around (at full price - which no-one ever pays on FS stuff) around C$1400 worth of books for C$500.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Aha, I can see why this would be a killer offer (the Medieval Art volumes especially seem droolworthy.) The Dance books look wonderful, but they're not cheap (my exchange rate thingie tells me about £35 each?) But the illustrations alone look utterly wonderful.

It wouldn't help much, in this case - I'd be paying full blast for the ones I do want.

*considers joining FS*

(I joined the Trollope Society in the past, which is a FS offshoot of sorts, & have now my Compleat Trollope in 48 volumes on my shelves...)

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I shall refrain from obvious jokes about compleat trollopes. The Folio Society only works out if you milk the deals. postpone rejoining each year until the offer get to the point you like and then work the freeby deals. The Dance illustrations are good. I believe they are largely taken from a picture album Lady Violet Powell created to go with Dance.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

You know the word "trollop" came from the admirable Fanny Trollope, mother of? We owe her all those independent, working women like Lady Carbury - Trollope's women are far more realistic than Dickens's cutouts. Yup, I have to get back on the FS mailing list for offers - they lost me when I moved!