A comprehensive bibliography of an author’s complete works, or a publisher series, accompanied with profuse illustrations and other details of all the publications.
This enchantingly illustrated natural history of magical creatures featuring foil-embossed cloth covers, ribbon markers and sprayed page edges.
Penguin’s Vintage Classics imprint has launched a Quarterbound Classics series. These gift editions feature a brightly coloured quarter cloth binding, contemporary illustrations, red silk ribbon bookmark and other finishes throughout the text.
A complete illustrated list of all the books in Macmillan’s vintage Cranford Series, and associated titles, distinctive for their decorative gilt covers on dark green cloth bindings.
A guide to collecting the vintage Dent Dutton Children’s Illustrated Classics series – the ones with pretty patterned cloth covers.
A collector’s guide to the special edition books in the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros, including Fourth Wing, Iron Flame & Onyx Storm.
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.
A collector’s guide to the works of Sue Grafton, writer of the iconic alphabet mystery series featuring the tenacious private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
The New York Review Children’s Collection includes a host of delightful classics. Up until recently they were all produced with quarter cloth bindings, but new editions no longer have them.
An illustrated collector’s guide to the New York Review Children’s Collection – pretty vintage classics with NYRB’s signature red binding.
Pop-up books and interactive novels inspired by authors, books and other works of literature.