The books included in this category are particularly notable for their illustrations and visual interpretation of the text.
Collector’s guides > Authors & Artists > Charles van Sandwyk > Gallery > Cards We’d all love to be able to afford an original piece of art for our walls, but unfortunately it is out of most peoples’ budgets. This gallery features some of Charles van Sandwyk’s art cards displayed to beautiful effect in stunning frames. Most Read more…
Collector’s Guides > Authors & Artists > Charles van Sandwyk Charles van Sandwyk: A Guide for Collectors: 2008 to present Charles van Sandwyk is one of my absolute favourite artists, and I have prepared the annotated bibliography and list of Charles van Sandwyk publications below as a guide for collectors. Read more…
Reviewing the beautifully illustrated oversized edition of Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale collection, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, and part of the Beehive Books ‘illuminated editions’ series.
The books in the leather-bound ‘Signature Editions’ collection under the Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics series were published between 2011 and 2012. Although they were advertised internally through booksellers as Signature Editions, the set is also known among collectors by a variety of other names such as ‘single volume classics,’ Read more…
B&N Collectible Editions Collecting guides > Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics > The Original Series This page focuses on the original ‘old style’ editions of the Barnes & Noble Collectible Leatherbound Classics, published between 1992-1996. If you are looking for one of the later collections, check out the complete list Read more…
Collector’s guides > Authors & Artists > Charles van Sandwyk > Gallery > Room 4 This is the fourth virtual room of my online Charles van Sandwyk gallery. If you hover over an image, you will see some additional information about it, and you can click on it to embiggen Read more…
Collector’s guides > Authors & Artists > Charles van Sandwyk > Gallery > Room 3 This is the third virtual room of my online Charles van Sandwyk gallery. If you hover over an image, you will see some additional information about it, and you can click on it to embiggen Read more…
Collector’s guides > Authors & Artists > Charles van Sandwyk > Gallery > Room 2 This is the second virtual room of my online Charles van Sandwyk gallery. If you hover over an image, you will see some additional information about it, and you can click on it to embiggen Read more…
Collector’s guides > Authors & Artists > Charles van Sandwyk > Gallery For those of us who live far from Brandywine Cottage and the local Vancouver galleries that feature the beautiful artwork of Charles van Sandwyk, I’m experimenting with creating an online gallery for Charles’ works. I remain indebted to Read more…
Collecting guides > Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics > Rainbow Classics This series of children’s classics was designed by Kate Forrester, and first released in late 2011. It is fondly known as the ‘Rainbow’ classics series. All the silhouette designs are printed directly onto playful (bonded) leather hues, and feature Read more…