Illustrated Bibliography
A Magical Wizard’s Library: Bookshelf Tour
A wonder-filled tour through a bookshelf full of magical tomes, supernatural creature guides and out-of-this-world fantasy art.
Beautiful Books Blog
Children's Literature
MinaLima Interactive Classics: Alice in Wonderland
MinaLima’s design for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is a delightful addition to their interactive children’s classics series and a must for any Alice collection.
Illustrated Bibliography
The Sisterhood – Penguin Classics Series and more
Updated 2022. The Penguin Sisterhood collection – bright beautiful paperback classics about strong, fearless and inspiring women and girls. Plus an additional list of contemporary classics to increase the diversity.
Annual Reviews & Gift Guides
Most Beautiful Books of 2019 – A Holiday Gift Guide
An illustrated review of the most beautiful books published in 2019
Decorative Bindings
Classic Novels ‘Seasons Editions – Winter’
My first look at the ‘seasons – winter’ die-cut classic books that have just arrived from Thomas Nelson – very pretty books, well-made and limited to 10,000 copies.
Decorative Bindings
A Court of Thorns and Roses Collector’s Edition
A review and video overview of the collector’s edition of Sarah J Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass.
Beautiful Illustrations
Easton Press – Masterpieces of Fantasy Series
A collector’s guide to the complete leather-bound ‘Masterpieces of Fantasy’ series published by Easton Press between 1996 to 1998.
Decorative Bindings
Japanese Tales
A review of the Folio Society fine press edition of ‘Japanese Tales’ by Royall Tyler.
Decorative Bindings
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