What is a collector's guide or illustrated bibliography?
Many of the articles on this site are about beautiful book series, collections and vintage delights. Collector’s guides and illustrated bibliographies include titles authors and illustrators, ISBNs and publishing data, links to where you might find the books, enlargeable pictures of the covers and variant editions (and sometimes peeks into the inside), and typically a bit of history about the series as well.
This page provides links to the main genres and a few of the highlights they contain, but if you click through each heading you will find many more series to enjoy.
Fairy tale and folklore collections, beautiful modern children’s classics, stunning vintage children’s literature collections, and illustrated bibliographies of some amazing artists.
Cozy mysteries, crime novels, and noir fiction, all in beautiful bindings. With a pretty clear focus on Dame Agatha Christie, including the very popular Bantam Agatha Christie Mystery Collection.