The Folio Society

Books rock, do they not? However, book clubs – largely – tend not to rock. They use our laziness and their insidious editor's choices and minimum orders to wring as much money from us as possible. We often end up with a shelf full of books that we do not really want. Bah. Sometimes, book clubs send us "club editions" printed on cheap, nasty paper and with spines that break on the first reading. Bah again. After the introductory offer and by the time we have paid for postage, book club books are not always that cheap, either. Thrice bah. The Folio Society is not like this. You may have seen ... more

I’ve always been of the “just as long as I can read it” school of thought when it comes to books – dirty, moth-eaten, broken-spined books are all fine and dandy with me as long as they’ve got something interesting to say. Paperbacks tend to come and go from my hands as the good ones are lent out to friends and the bad ones get taken straight back to the Oxfam from whence they generally came. That’s me. Not so my lovely husband, oh no. He is of the “lovingly smell the cover and then take the fly-jacket OFF the book when reading it so it doesn’t get damaged” school of thought. I would clearly be ... more

Oh how i love the folio society. i love them and yet at the same time, i hate them. Dont get me wrong, i dont hate them because they provide poor quality books and have bad service...no no no. i hate them because i cannot resist thier fantastic books! THE COSTS The cost per book can range from about £19 to anything up to/and over £100. generally most books cost about £25/£30. THE BOOK CATEGORIES ancient history Charles Dickens novels children's books classic fiction eyewitness to war Elizabeth Gaskell series fairy tales and fables history books humour lure of the east memoirs and biographies ... more

I have an addiction to books - I love books, all kinds of books - and I have a massive collection. many of these Folio editions, which are some of my most prized possessions! The Folio Society is a publisher which produces beautiful editions of some of the worlds best loved books. Their editions are beautifully bound and illustrated and highly collectable. They have been publishing books since it was founded in 1947 by Charles Ede and they are still going strong today, producing high quality, beautiful and suberbly illustrated books. Purchasing books from the Folio Society requires a ... more

I would totally recommend ordering your books from The Folio Society. The books are just beautiful. As I lift my heavy books from out of their box and unravel them from thick bubble wrap, the most wonderful brand-new-book smell just fills me with absolute delight. I feel like a child all over again when I find this beautiful bundle on my doorstep. The materials used to make them are of a very good quality and the binding is just lovely - a work of art in itself. The Folio Society have a very interesting collection of books and I am almost certain there is something for everybody, otherwise ... more