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WHEN it comes to Christmas gifts, you can’t go wrong with a good old classic book. And, to up the ante, why not go for a beautifully illustrated one from the Folio Society?

The Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (£29.95) is a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most compelling cases given a contemporary twist by Max Löffler’s unsettling illustrations; while the Folio Society’s edition of Black Beauty (£34.95) sees Anna Sewell’s tale introduced by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. Both available from foliosociety.com