Series: Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales collects more than two hundred tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Among these are some of the best-loved and most famous fairy tales in all literature. This edition features ten rarely seen 'Children's Legends' and the full-colour artwork of Arthur Rackham. The tales include 'Little Red...

The perfect gift for anyone interested in Irish folklore. These Irish tales are reprinted from nineteenth-century sources, but they date back to a centuries-old oral tradition of storytelling that had yet to be committed to the printed page. They were passed down through the ages virtually unaltered and feature a wide variety of fantastic beings. A Treasury of Irish Fairy...

Aesop's Illustrated Fables features more than 400 fables, beautifully illustrated with engravings and colour plates by Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Ernest Griset. It includes all of the classic fables whose titles and morals have become part of our common cultural vocabulary, among them The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Tortoise and the Hare, The City Mouse and the Country...

The Odyssey reveals a universal order where gods intercede in the destinies of men, heroes are both deceitful and brave, and a sea voyage becomes a test of human ingenuity and endurance. Following the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for home. But beset by monsters, Sirens, and sorceresses, and at the mercy of the vengeful sea god Poseidon, he...

H.P. Lovecraft fused supernatural horror with visionary science fiction; this volume collects together all of these writings. In the 1920s and '30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation of the most...

The Arabian Nights is your magic carpet ride to exotic lands full of wonders and marvels. First collected nearly a thousand years ago, these folktales are presented as stories that crafty Scheherazade tells her husband, King Shahryar, over a thousand-and-one consecutive nights, to pique his interest for the next evening's entertainment and thereby save her life. Among them are some...

In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas crafts an enduring tale of betrayal, hope, and redemption, set against the vibrant backdrop of early 19th-century France. Follow the extraordinary journey of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who is wrongly imprisoned on the eve of his wedding. This captivating novel takes readers through his harrowing experiences in the forbidding Château d'If,...

The Prince is famously encapsulated in the phrase, "It is safer to be feared than loved." This sentiment captures the essence of Niccolo Machiavelli's seminal work in political philosophy. In this classic text, Machiavelli offers guidance on how rulers should acquire and ruthlessly exercise power, a concept that remains pertinent to readers even over five centuries after its initial publication....

Since his first literary appearance in 1886, the murderous Mr Hyde has embodied the evil that even good men – including his alter ego, Henry Jekyll – are capable of when the constraints of civilised life are loosed. This chilling anthology also collects nine of Stevenson's best-known tales of horror, including The Body Snatcher, Markheim, Thawn Janet, The Bottle Imp,...

The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales is a captivating anthology that gathers 100 tales sharing the winter theme of Hans Christian Andersen's classic. This collection includes not only stories by Andersen and the Brothers Grimm but also works by literary luminaries such as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, and Oscar Wilde. Additionally, the book features selections from Andrew Lang's...

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest pioneers of the short story and perfected the tale of psychological horror. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas, and some of the most evocative poetry in the English language. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe collects Poe's...

One of the most widely read novels of all time, Les Miserables was the crowning literary achievement of Victor Hugo's career. An enormous melodrama set against the background of political upheaval in France following the rule of Napoleon I, the novel tells the story of the peasant Jean Valjean—unjustly imprisoned and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realised police detective...

This is an attractively designed edition of Gray's Anatomy, the scientific and artistic triumph. Gray's Anatomy is a phenomenally well-known title and with good reason. Not just a dry index of parts and names, Gray's lets the natural beauty and grace of the body's interconnected systems and structures shine forth from the page. Using sumptuous illustrations and clear, matter-of-fact descriptions,...

For most children, reading the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm is an essential experience when growing up. Grimm's Fairy Tales collects fifty-five of the best-known fairy and folk tales set down by the Brothers Grimm, including "Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Frog-Prince," and "Rumpelstiltskin." This edition features more...

Age range 10 to 13 Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (first published in 1865 and 1871, respectively) have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, clever dialogue, and playfully logical illogic epitomise the wit and whimsy of Carroll's writing. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland transports you...

Dracula and Other Horror Classics collects the most memorable tales of horror by Bram Stoker. In addition to Dracula—the landmark vampire novel that set the pattern for virtually all vampire fiction written after its publication in 1897—this omnibus collects the novels The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm. It also includes a dozen of Stoker's...

Age range 8+On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, a young local boy who can charm animals, Mary cultivates the garden, an experience that both improves herhealth and raises her spirits. Ultimately, the secret...

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed, and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world. This edition of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is part of Barnes & Noble's series of quality leather-bound volumes....

Homer's two epics of the ancient world, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell stories as riveting today as when they were written between the eighth and ninth century B.C. This edition employs Samuel Butler's classic translations of both texts. The Iliad, which tells of the siege of Troy by the Greeks, is an unforgettable tale of nations at war and...

The Holy Bible: King James Version (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) offers the King James translation of the Bible in an attractively designed edition. It is bound in genuine bonded leather and includes a ribbon marker, making it a beautiful addition to any home library. This edition features stunning illustrations by Gustave Doré, distinctive gilt edging, and decorative endpapers. When...

The Bronte family was a literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. Both Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights have won lofty places in the pantheon of literature and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers. This beautifully presented leatherbound edition unites these two enduring favourites with the lesser-known, but no less powerful, work by their youngest sister, Anne...

The history of medicine is as old as the history of human civilisation. In The Medical Book, popular science writer Clifford A. Pickover explores 250 milestone discoveries in medicine that span more than 12,000 years. Whether writing on 'hard science' topics such as DNA structure, reverse transcriptase and AIDS, polymerase chain reaction, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or ideas from...

Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne was fascinated by adventure and exploration. Collecting Five Weeks in a Balloon, Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, this omnibus offers a unique compilation of...