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.
A collector’s guide to the original Barnes & Noble leatherbound classics, first printed in the early ’90s, which featured simple gilt designs on sombre colored bonded leather bindings.
A collector’s guide to the Barnes & Noble rainbow children’s classics series, with brightly colored leather covers featuring silhouettes by Kate Forrester.
An introduction to Penguin’s deluxe limited editions, only 100 copies of each released, including The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern and Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee.
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A guide to collecting the Penguin clothbound classics series, first released in 2008 and featuring delightful covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
A review of the 12 ‘Seasons Editions’ novels published by Thomas Nelson in die-cut covers, selected to evoke the four seasons
A guide to collecting Chiltern classics, pocket sized volumes that give the feel of beautiful old books from the 1800s, with highly decorative and textured covers, gilt edges, creamy paper and sewn bindings. Updated to include 2022 titles.
Beehive’s ‘Illuminated Editions’ series is an ongoing series of classic literary masterworks, beautifully designed and featuring new contemporary illustrations.
The Gresham Myths, or Gresham’s ‘Myth and Legend in Literature and Art’ series is a beautiful collection of 12 vintage books with stunning Art Nouveau decorative bindings, produced between 1912-1931.
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