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The Beehive Books ‘Illuminated Editions’ series is an ongoing series of classic literary masterworks. Each volume is beautifully designed by Maëlle Doliveux, filled with stunning illustrations, and presented in a slipcase.
The books are oversized (9″x12″) cloth-bound hardcovers with sewn signatures. The slipcases are textured, being elaborately debossed and embossed, die-cut, and foil blocked. The interior is printed on “creamy, acid-free uncoated paper with a fine tooth”, and each edition includes a minimum of ten full page illustrations, along with numerous spots, illuminated letters, and design pieces. The books are produced in a somewhat limited edition of 2500.
The books are first released via kickstarter, so you’ll need to subscribe to their campaigns if you want a copy of the books immediately as they are released. The kickstarter campaigns also include access to their signed and numbered editions (limitations of 250 per title) that include foil-stamped slipcases, sprayed page edges, silk ribbon bookmarks and specialty bookplates, and recently lettered editions in a clamshell have also been added to the offerings. You can also buy the books directly from the Beehive Shop after the campaign has been fulfilled (assuming the limited book allocation hasn’t been exhausted).
But if you’re happy to wait a little in order to save a few dollars, they are usually cheaper when they become available through retail stores (links below – support the publisher’s shop if you can, but otherwise check which option is cheapest for your destination – shipping from the shop to destinations other than the US is verrrrrrrrry expensive!).
The Illuminated Editions
Series 1 (2017/2018)
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
Beehive Books, 2018.
A collection of Wilde’s moving, sweet and magical fairy tales, with stories from both of his fairy tale books The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant.
❦ See an in-depth review and video of The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde here.
→ Where to buy The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde:
Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository | Blackwells | B&N | Beehive Books | Abes |
Video review
→ Where to buy The Island of Doctor Moreau:
Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository | Blackwells | B&N | Beehive Books | Abes
→ Where to buy The Willows and Other Stories:
Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository | Blackwells | B&N | Beehive Books | Abes
Series 2 (2020/2021)
→ Where to buy Peter Pan:
Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository | Blackwells | B&N | Beehive Books | Abes
→ Where to buy Crime and Punishment:
Amazon | Book Depository | Blackwells | B&N | Beehive Books | Abes
→ Where to buy The Blazing World:
Amazon | Book Depository | Blackwells | B&N | Beehive Books | Abes
Series 3 (2022/2023)
The Beehive Series 3 kickstarter closed in February 2021 with books releasing to retail stores in 2022.
For the first time, this kickstarter included high-end lettered editions of the new titles, only 26 copies of each, housed in a silkscreened cloth clamshell case with a foil-stamped print by the illustrator.
The Kwaidan Collection by Lafcadio Hearn, illustrated by Kent Williams. Including an introduction by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, a foreword by writer Kyoko Yoshida, and an essay by Bon Koizumi.
Beehive Books, anticipated April 2023.
A collection of supernatural Japanese stories, nightmares and strange tales. Originally published in Hearn’s books Kwaidan and Shadowings.
Series 4 (2023)
Pinocchio by Carlos Collodi, illustrated by Mike Mignola, included removable annotations by author Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler).
Beehive Books, anticipated December 2023.
Currently available on Kickstarter, this classic children’s text will have with over fifty illustrations from Mike Mignola and colorist Dave Stewart and an interactive full text annotation by Lemony Snicket that is included as removable typewritten sheets.
2 Comments
Zan Rebolj · 13 July 2021 at 4:51 pm
Is this true, The Island of Doctor Moreau is not a complete book?
Daisy · 13 July 2021 at 5:22 pm
No, it is the complete story.