The Folio Society is well known for their finely produced, slipcased books, often specially illustrated and custom designed for the Society, which are ubiquitous on the readers' market. Less commonly known are their Special and Limited Editions, produced in smaller numbers and meant for the collectors' market.

The Special Editions, also referred to as Fine Editions, take the usual Folio Society productions to an even higher level. They are sometimes reprints of earlier titles, but with updated bindings and new notes or illustrations; and sometimes they're new productions. They are always excellent books, printed on fine paper and superbly illustrated; usually in deluxe bindings with illustrated slipcases.

As for the the Limited Editions, we quote the Folio Society: "These outstanding works of literary and historical significance are bound to order, numbered by hand and strictly limited. The Folio Society takes every care to ensure that these books are works of art in themselves and set new standards of publishing excellence. These glorious texts, in newly commissioned bindings or as beautifully reproduced facsimiles, are the ultimate collector's editions." These editions are never to be repeated.

This is a small collection of these special volumes.

NB. All prices on this page are in Canadian dollars.

  Limited Editions

"The engravings are reproduced by kind permission of the Estate of Eric Gill/The Bridgman Art Library" (cf. Colophon)

"In the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales, Gill absorbed the experience of his own origins in the Arts and Crafts movement ... and then extended his range far beyond it." (cf. Conclusion of the Essay)