Myths & Legends Archives | Beautiful Books

Most Beautiful Books of 2024 – A Holiday Gift Guide

A collection of the most beautiful books published in 2024, from children’s to non-fiction to fantasy. Find Christmas gifts or books for your own shelves.

By Daisy, 3 weeks30 November 2024 ago

Fairy Tales & Folklore

Macmillan Gift Collections

Guide to a Macmillan’s oversized illustrated treasuries of myths, legends, fairy tales and classic children’s stories, with circular die-cut cover designs.

By Daisy, 7 months9 June 2024 ago

Fairy Tales & Folklore

Folklore Treasuries

Guide to a charming collection of illustrated treasuries of natural folklore, charms and customs by Dee Dee Chainey and WIllow Winsham.

By Daisy, 7 months30 May 2024 ago

Fairy Tales & Folklore

Nature’s Folklore

Folk art illustrated treasuries of natural folklore and wild wisdom from around the world.

By Daisy, 10 months10 March 2024 ago

Fairy Tales & Folklore

Puffin in Bloom Collection

The Puffin in Bloom collection features pretty floral cover illustrations by Anna Bond. It includes hardcover children’s classics, Jane Austen regency romances, several mini-books, and more.

By Daisy, 10 months2 March 2024 ago

Illustrated Bibliography

The Wool of Bat series focuses on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world. Authentic stories plus stunning artwork makes this series one to collect for mythology lovers.

By Daisy, 1 year23 September 2023 ago

Fairy Tales & Folklore

Kew Gardens Folklore

The Kew Gardens’ magical folklore series explores the links between humans, plants and fungi through stories of wild places, otherworldly creatures and stories of supernatural mischief, all accompanied by beautiful vintage illustrations.

By Daisy, 1 year23 September 2023 ago

Myths & Legends

DK Ancient Myths

Enjoy contemporary retellings of ancient stories from Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology, paired with stunning art deco-style illustrations, in this series of ancient myths published by DK.

By Daisy, 1 year23 September 2023 ago

Illustrated Bibliography

Folklore Field Guides

This enchantingly illustrated natural history of magical creatures featuring foil-embossed cloth covers, ribbon markers and sprayed page edges.

By Daisy, 1 year22 September 2023 ago

Decorative Bindings

Harrap’s Myths Series

George G. Harrap published a series of a dozen books called “The Myths Series” between 1907 and 1917. The covers are not uniform, but are all decorative and collectible. This illustrated article explores all the titles in the series.

By Daisy, 2 years14 June 2023 ago

Myths & Legends

Stories based on tradition or semi-truth, or that ‘convey a truth’ to those who hear them. They usually involve heroic characters or fantastic places, and may represent spiritual beliefs. Typically, they have important meaning or symbolism for the culture in which they originate.