Just a quick update to let you know I added a gallery of illustrations to the collector’s page for the Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books by Andrew Lang, so you can see the different styles of illustrations in each book in more glorious detail. Hope you enjoy!
A review of the Folio Society fine press edition of ‘Japanese Tales’ by Royall Tyler.
Video Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB1_HAhkM9c&list=PLoYA2op3zwGiadkIfv_qe9YybTibEw5PZVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How to See Fairies Review (Folio Society, Boxed Set, Trade and Private Press) | Charles van Sandwyk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB1_HAhkM9c&list=PLoYA2op3zwGiadkIfv_qe9YybTibEw5PZ) How to See Fairies editions Today’s post covers the various editions of Charles van Sandwyk’s delightful book ‘How to See Fairies’, including Read more…
The first Folio Society publishing foray into illustrating Agatha Christie’s work began in 1990, when they released a two-volume Railway Mysteries set…
The first special Christmas story was released by the Folio Society as a holiday greeting back in 1957. So it’s fitting that this story was included in the first “Folio Christmas Book” produced for members in 2000…
Folio Society ‘Special Bindings’ – Complete Illustrated Bibliography During the late 1950’s a number of Folio Society members were interested in having the option to buy the Society’s books in specially bound and signed limited editions. So in 1960 five experimental limited editions were produced, to be bound in full Read more…
https://youtu.be/vFHBmjfgM3AVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Folio Society ‘Classic’ Fairy Tale Books | Golden Age Illustrators | Beautiful Books (https://youtu.be/vFHBmjfgM3A) Books in the Folio Society ‘Classic’ Fairy Tale Collection This essay is dedicated to what I would call a ‘loose’ collection of classic fairy tales by the Folio Read more…
A Collector’s Guide to the Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books Jump to: Original Fairy Books | Video Review | Folio Society Collection | Reprinting and Cost | List of Books and Illustrations | Where to Buy Andrew Lang’s original fairy books Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic. Read more…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXbaJonAQJYVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Princess Bride – Bookshelf Tour | Beautiful Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXbaJonAQJY) The Movie Many of you will be familiar with The Princess Bride from the almost perfect cult classic movie produced by Rob Reiner in 1987. But the movie was based on an equally fabulous Read more…
