Decorative Bindings Fantasy & SciFi
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom Collector’s Editions
A review of the collector’s editions of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Decorative Bindings Vintage Modern Art
The Art of Murder: Agatha Christie & Tom Adams
Tom Adams designed the paperback book covers for Agatha Christie for over 20 years, with designs for Fontana in UK/Europe and Pocket Books in the US, so his works are easily recognisable around the globe. This video reviews all the covers and decodes some of the secrets behind their designs.
Beautiful Illustrations Fantasy & SciFi Illustrated Bibliography Limited Editions Stunning Contemporary Illustrators
Good Omens Occult Edition (& Friends)
A closer look at the Good Omens ‘Occult’ limited edition by Dunmanifestin.
Decorative Bindings Stunning Contemporary Illustrators
Sprayed Edges – Video Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tBJXFLOzc A quick video tour of the fancy sprayed page edge treatments in my collection at the moment. If you’d like to know where to find these ones (and a whole host of others), check out the illustrated list of Read more…
Bookish Things Decorative Bindings
Sprayed Edges & Decorative Page Blocks
A collection of unique sprayed edges and where to find them
Beautiful Illustrations Preorders
2019 Mid-Year Anticipations, Pre-orders, & Swag
A 2019 mid-year list of ‘beautiful books’ upcoming releases and pre-orders – editions with something a little bit special, as well as a few that are offering preorder swag.
Beautiful Illustrations Fairy Tales & Folklore Folio Society Stunning Contemporary Illustrators
How to See Fairies by Charles van Sandwyk
Video Review How to See Fairies editions Today’s post covers the various editions of Charles van Sandwyk’s delightful book ‘How to See Fairies’, including the 1999 collector’s boxed set and the trade edition of the book, as well as with Read more…
Children's Literature Fairy Tales & Folklore Stunning Contemporary Illustrators
Charming Cut-Paper Fairy Tales of Sybille Schenker
Sybille Schenker’s fairy tales series features delicate cut paper art, elegant silhouettes, and translucent pages that cleverly play with light and shadow.
Myths & Legends Fairy Tales & Folklore Illustrated Bibliography Stunning Contemporary Illustrators
The Eerie Viking Art of Johan Egerkrans
Johan Egerkrans is the Swedish illustrator of a set of books on Norse Gods, Swedish fair folk, and creatures of world folklore. He combines a dark hard-edged imagination with the whimsy of Johan Bauer and Arthur Rackham.
Fantasy & SciFi Fairy Tales & Folklore Vintage Modern Art
Grahame Johnstone’s ‘Finding Out’ Fables
Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone illustrated several stunning series of myths, legends and folk tales for 5 years of Finding Out Magazine, some of which never appeared elsewhere…