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Calla Editions – Affordable deluxe facsimiles of beautiful books

Calla Editions is Dover’ premium imprint, and it primarily reproduces works from the “golden age of illustration” – a period when bookmaking was a beloved art form and many stunningly illustrated books were produced. Most are cloth-bound facsimiles of deluxe editions of illustrated children’s classics, but there are also original designs, photo collections, recipe books and other non-fiction selections.

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Best In Children’s Books Series

Despite being sold through a book club, the Best In Children’s Books volumes are not in fact true book club editions, since many of the stories and illustrations appeared for the first (and sometimes only) time in this format. The artists who worked on the series were quite extraordinary, including such luminaries as Andy Warhol and Maurice Sendak. This is the complete list of titles.

Beautiful Books