Annual Reviews & Gift Guides
Most Beautiful Books of 2020 – A Holiday Gift Guide
A collection of the most beautiful books published in 2020 in a range of genres. A helpful Christmas gift guide, or to find pretty books for your own shelves.
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The Beautiful Books Website includes website essays and guides for collectors, book review blog posts and a video channel, designed to help you find the most beautiful books in the world for your own personal library.
Advice & Suggestions
The Explosion of Special Feature Books: Why Collectors and Readers are Getting into Preordering First Editions
What’s up with all the special edition books being released all of sudden?
Myths & Legends
The Eerie Viking Art of Johan Egerkrans
Updated 2022. Johan Egerkrans is the Swedish illustrator of an amazing set of books on Norse Gods, Swedish fair folk, undead creatures and dragons. He combines a dark hard-edged imagination with the whimsy of Johan Bauer and Arthur Rackham.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Charles van Sandwyk’s Delightful Private Press Fairy Books
A video review of some of Charles van Sandwyk’s most charming private press fairy books – from the Gnome King’s Treasure Song to The Fairy Market.
Index
Articles Changelog
A chronological changelog listing all the major additions and changes to the Beautiful Books website.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Andrew Lang’s Original Rainbow Fairy Books
An overview of the first editions of Andrew Lang’s Rainbow Fairy Books series
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Folklore Treasuries
Guide to a charming collection of illustrated treasuries of natural folklore, charms and customs by Dee Dee Chainey and WIllow Winsham.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Chronicle’s Illustrated Folk Tales Series
A review of Chronicle’s diverse world folk tale collections, with different illustrators for each volume.