The books included in this category are particularly notable for their illustrations and visual interpretation of the text.
Collecting Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Although rather smaller than the rest of Penguin’s clothbound classics collection (about 10 cm x 17 cm), and made of a finer weave linen cloth binding, the mostly philosophical titles included in the original Pocket Pocket Hardback Classics collection (selected because they have “changed the history of Read more…
These two editions of Pride & Prejudice contain pull-out letters and other fun ephemera like dance cards and family trees. They are such a treat!
Just a quick update to let you know I added a gallery of illustrations to the collector’s page for the Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books by Andrew Lang, so you can see the different styles of illustrations in each book in more glorious detail. Hope you enjoy!
I’ve made no secret of my love for the interactive illustrated MinaLima classic children’s stories collection (see a complete review here), and their Harry Potter series is shaping up to be just as incredible. The first volume was one of my top choices for 2020, and the second is listed Read more…
Skip the intro, take me straight to the books… Collecting The Secret Garden The Secret Garden is a classic children’s novel about a disagreeable young orphan Mary Lennox, whose heals her own sickly soul when she moves from British India to the wild Yorkshire Moors and makes friends while rebuilding Read more…
FAO Schwarz and Target have banded together to release these pretty children’s classics book boxes, complete with swag.
Collecting Calla Editions Skip the intro, take me straight to the list… Background Dover Publications (also known as Dover Books) is an American publisher that has been around since 1941, and is best known for its very cheap paperback reproductions of classic literature and public domain images. However, in 2008 Read more…
illustrated bibliography Illustrated Collector’s Guide to the Penguin Deluxe Classics Jump to the list Introduction This paperback series of ‘deluxe editions’ includes numerous world classics, featuring wraparound cover art by renowned comic artists, illustrators and graphic novelists. The volumes are glue-bound, but this is one of the rare series for which Read more…
The Barnes & Noble Pocket Sized Collectible Editions are small volumes (approximately 4″ x 7″) that include a range of poetry, history and philosophy titles. The books are hardbacks bound in decorative bonded leather, and they are published by Fall River Press, a subsidiary of Sterling Publishing which was bought Read more…
Skip the intro, take me straight to the book list… How long has the series been going? Barnes and Noble brought out their original series of collectible ‘exclusive’ leather-bound classic editions in 1992. The contents were mostly omnibus editions (with several titles by the same author in a single book) Read more…