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I am trying to collect unabridged books that have quality illustrations. So hard to find.

My current search is for "A Little Princess" by Frances H. Burnett


I found this one ISBN-13: 9781435142091 but the illustrations are so small, but its unabridged.

Care to add to your finds of good quality classics with good illustrations?

I also collect these.

For A Little Princess, I own the Tasha Tudor (A Little Princess), which is nice, though a little small in size.

However, I recently added A Little Princess because I already had the matching partner The Secret Garden.

The Graham Rust illustrations in both are wonderful. They vary quite a bit: from small decorations, to black-and-white, to full color, with some full page and even spread over two pages.

These Godine books are very well made, beautifully laid out, and an excellent size (same width, but a little taller than a Scribners). I wish I could find more like them.

In terms of other illustrated classics, some I like are the Scribners/Atheneum reprints, the Books Of Wonder, and the Children's Classics by Random House. Also the Sterling books with Robert Ingpen illustrations (I think Palazzo and minedition are variant publishers). Dover/Calla can be OK too.

I do own a few vintage books, but most are reprints. Happy to talk more on this topic if there is interest.

I've started purchasing unabridged classics that are illustrated by Robert Ingpen. I don't think A Little Princess has been done (yet?) but he just did a Christmas Carol and I also have Treasure Island and Around the World in 80 Days. I picked these 2 up used for a really reasonable amount.

HTH!

Jules Verne is tricky because of the translation issue. Unfortunately, the translations that are public domain aren't the best (some are awful). So, to avoid paying for a better modern translation, the Ingpen almost certainly uses a lesser translation (seems to be the George M. Towle one). And conversely, the best translations aren't illustrated (at least not like those Ingpen books). Though I am still tempted because Ingpen is so good.

More here: http://jv.gilead.org.il/evans/VerneTrans%28article%29.html and here: http://jv.gilead.org.il/evans/VerneTrans%28biblio%29.html