The decorative bindings showcased in this category include decorative gilt designs on the boards, highly illustrated jackets, and other book coverings that will make your bookshelf sparkle.
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.
Sarah J Maas Collector’s Editions A Court of Thorns and Roses Today’s video is a short review of the collector’s edition of Sarah J Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses, along with a flip through the collector’s edition of Throne of Glass at the end of the video as Read more…
A collector’s guide to the complete leather-bound ‘Masterpieces of Fantasy’ series published by Easton Press between 1996 to 1998.
A review of the Folio Society fine press edition of ‘Japanese Tales’ by Royall Tyler.
A review of the collector’s editions of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Types of Decorative Edges Gilt edged Gold gilt edged books are usually associated with classic style and are often found on religious books like Bibles. Traditionally, to achieve this look the page edges are smoothed and gilded using very thin leaf foil, although these days a similar look is achieved Read more…
Tom Adams designed the paperback book covers for Agatha Christie for over 20 years, with designs for Fontana in UK/Europe and Pocket Books in the US, so his works are easily recognisable around the globe. This video reviews all the covers and decodes some of the secrets behind their designs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tBJXFLOzc A quick video tour of the fancy sprayed page edge treatments in my collection at the moment. If you’d like to know where to find these ones (and a whole host of others), check out the illustrated list of fancy sprayed edges here (I keep it regularly updated with Read more…
A collection of unique sprayed edges and where to find them
The Foiled Fitzgeralds This collection of F Scott Fitzgerald’s works was designed for Penguin by the brilliant Coralie Bickford-Smith to mark the anniversary of Fitzgerald’s death. Coralie designed the delightful Art Deco cover patterns to evoke the elegance and glamour of the jazz age depicted in the stories, with the Read more…