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.
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.
This enchantingly illustrated natural history of magical creatures featuring foil-embossed cloth covers, ribbon markers and sprayed page edges.
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.
The Mice from the Cornish village of Mousehole star in this delightful vintage series of tiny books with removable letters.
The complete list of Scribner Illustrated Classics, a series that was first published in the late 19th century and continues today featuring full unabridged texts of classic stories paired with beautiful, vibrant artwork.
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.
A guide to collecting the vintage Dent Dutton Children’s Illustrated Classics series – the ones with pretty patterned cloth covers.
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.
An illustrated collector’s guide to the New York Review Children’s Collection – pretty vintage classics with NYRB’s signature red binding.