Illustrated Bibliography
Witchy Picture Books – A Retrospective
An illustrated list of all the very best witch-themed picture books over the past 70 years, spanning from the 1960s until now!
Paper Engineering
Holiday Pop-Up Books
Lots of holiday themed pop-up books to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and more festive seasonal joy.
Illustrated Bibliography
Wool of Bat
The Wool of Bat series focuses on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world. Authentic stories plus stunning artwork makes this series one to collect for mythology lovers.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Kew Gardens Folklore
The Kew Gardens’ magical folklore series explores the links between humans, plants and fungi through stories of wild places, otherworldly creatures and stories of supernatural mischief, all accompanied by beautiful vintage illustrations.
Myths & Legends
DK Ancient Myths
Enjoy contemporary retellings of ancient stories from Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology, paired with stunning art deco-style illustrations, in this series of ancient myths published by DK.
Illustrated Bibliography
Folklore Field Guides
This enchantingly illustrated natural history of magical creatures featuring foil-embossed cloth covers, ribbon markers and sprayed page edges.
Illustrated Bibliography
Vintage Quarterbound Classics
Penguin’s Vintage Classics imprint has launched a Quarterbound Classics series. These gift editions feature a brightly coloured quarter cloth binding, contemporary illustrations, red silk ribbon bookmark and other finishes throughout the text.
Decorative Bindings
The Cranford Series – Victorian Decorative Gilt Designs
A complete illustrated list of all the books in Macmillan’s vintage Cranford Series, and associated titles, distinctive for their decorative gilt covers on dark green cloth bindings.
Decorative Bindings
Dent Dutton Children’s Illustrated Classics
A guide to collecting the vintage Dent Dutton Children’s Illustrated Classics series – the ones with pretty patterned cloth covers
Decorative Bindings
Harrap’s Myths Series
George G. Harrap published a series of a dozen books called “The Myths Series” between 1907 and 1917. The covers are not uniform, but are all decorative and collectible. This illustrated article explores all the titles in the series.