Introduction

This series is published by Arcturus in the UK (‘Collectable’ Myths and Legends) and Sirius Entertainment in the US (‘Collectible’ Myths and Legends), with the first volumes being released in 2024. The books explore a tapestry of timeless myths and legends that form the bedrock of classical literature, and usually draw on hundred year old texts for the contents.

The books have ‘naked’ gold or silver embossed covers, full-color endpaper designs, ivory pages and striking stenciled page edges. In earlier volumes (Greek and Norse myths) the contents are adapted in accessible prose, but later volumes fall back on older texts that are out of copyright (usually retellings from the 1900s – for example the Aztec and Indian collections are based on the original 1912 Gresham Myth & Legends series).

Some cute black & white decorative marginalia livens up the text. They are standard sized hardbacks, measuring at 15.62 cm x 23.44cm (around 6″ x 9″).