Stunning Contemporary Illustrators
Folio Society Fairy Book Illustrations Update
An update to let you know I added a gallery of internal illustrations for the Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books.
Illustrated Bibliography
Beehive Illuminated Editions
Beehive’s ‘Illuminated Editions’ series is an ongoing series of classic literary masterworks, beautifully designed and featuring new contemporary illustrations.
Children's Literature
Charming Cut-Paper Fairy Tales of Sybille Schenker
Sybille Schenker’s fairy tales series features delicate cut paper art, elegant silhouettes, and translucent pages that cleverly play with light and shadow.
Fantasy & SciFi
Grahame Johnstone’s ‘Finding Out’ Fables
Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone illustrated several stunning series of myths, legends and folk tales for 5 years of Finding Out Magazine, some of which never appeared elsewhere…
Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Art of the Australian Fairy
A collection of literary magical fairy beings of the sort that typically feature prominently in pan-European fairy tales but here are living in the Australian bush from Ida Rentoul Outhwaite’s Fairyland to May Gibbs’ Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Ola Cohn & the Stories of The Fairy Tree
Ola Cohn carved the beautiful Fairies’ Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne, and she also wrote several books about the creatures that live in the tree.
Illustrated Bibliography
Muller’s Fairy Tales – A Complete Illustrated Bibliography
Introduction Welcome to my illustrated bibliography of all of the books in Frederick Muller’s Folk & Fairy Tales series (also known as the World Fairy Tales Collection). These books were published between the late 1950s to the early 1970s – mostly by Frederick Muller, but several were also published by Follett. The books Read more…
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Andrew Lang’s Original Rainbow Fairy Books
The first editions of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Book series have the most gorgeous covers and spines, which likely contributed to their enormous popularity on release. This illustrated bibliography of his books includes photos of the covers of the first editions, which are courtesy of The Lilly Library at Indiana University, Bloomington. If you’re interested Read more…
Folio Society
Folio Society ‘Classic’ Fairy Tales
An illustrated collector’s guide and list of all the books in the Folio Society’s facsimile series of classic fairy tales, beautifully illustrated by Golden Age masters.
Folio Society
Folio Society Lang’s Rainbow Fairy Books
An illustrated collector’s guide to spectacular Folio Society Rainbow Fairy collection – each book contains illustrations by a different top contemporary artist, and an introduction by a well-known author, and is bound in stunning decorative cloth with metallic accents.