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Calla Editions™ — Books of Distinction for the Contemporary Bibliophile
This premium new imprint features impeccable hardcover reproductions of some of the most beautiful books ever published. Filled with breathtaking artwork and other deluxe features, each Calla Edition recalls a time when bookmaking was considered an artform.
Recommendations... Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time -- 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney
Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Afterword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies.
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| |  Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost LOOK Photos
by John Vachon, Brian Wallis
This gorgeous hardcover collects over 100 previously unpublished photos, capturing the sex symbol in intimate, unguarded moments: lounging poolside, riding a ski lift, and snuggling with her husband-to-be, Joe DiMaggio.
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 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll, Harry Rountree
This lovely hardcover edition conjures up marvelous visions of Carroll's fantasy world. Luxuriously illustrated with 92 watercolors, it's a wonderful introduction to Alice's adventures as well as a splendid volume for collectors.
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| |  Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe, Harry Clarke
This gorgeous anthology features 29 of Poe's stories — including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — illustrated with 8 full-color plates and 24 full-page drawings filled with brooding eroticism by a brilliant Edwardian-era artist.
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 The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Edmund Dulac
The edition contains four tales, "The Sleeping Beauty," "Blue Beard," "Cinderella," and "Beauty and the Beast" in artful retelling, and a generous offering of 30 full-page color plates in Dulac's inimitable style.
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| |  A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy
by Mark Helprin, Chris Van Allsburg
For the first time, this hardcover volume collects all three of Helprin's "Swan Lake" novellas — Swan Lake, The Veil of Snows, and A City in Winter — along with Van Allsburg's 42 full-color illustrations from the original editions.
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Products in Calla Editions | | |  | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, in Rhyme
by Arthur Ransome, Thomas Mackenzie
Unique hardcover features elegant typography, silhouetted endpapers, twelve color plates, and the addition of myriad decorative elements — ornamental heads, initials, silhouettes, partial borders, and much more.
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| | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll, Harry Rountree
This lovely hardcover edition conjures up marvelous visions of Carroll's fantasy world. Luxuriously illustrated with 92 watercolors, it's a wonderful introduction to Alice's adventures as well as a splendid volume for collectors.
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|  | The Arabian Nights
by Rene Bull
This elegant hardcover edition presents a colorful selection of popular tales. Twenty full-color and nearly 100 black-and-white images from the original in a distinctive new page design makes this volume an immediate heirloom for confirmed bibliophiles.
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|  | The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes
by Walter Jerrold, Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson's black-and-white illustrations enhance every page of this hardcover folklore treasury. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and 16 plates of full-and two-color images embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Good King Arthur" to "Little Tom Tucker."
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|  | Cinderella
by Arthur Rackham, C.S. Evans
A fantasy world of crisp silhouette images depict step-sisters, footmen, nobles, and other characters from the fable of an orphan girl's transformation into a princess. One full-color and nine 3-color plates are also included.
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|  | Dinotopia (Limited Edition): A Land Apart from Time -- 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney
Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Afterword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies. This signed, numbered edition, limited to 250 copies, includes a deluxe slipcase.
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| | Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time -- 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney
Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Afterword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies.
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|  | Dinotopia: The World Beneath: 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney, Michael Brett-Surman
This deluxe hardcover edition of the sequel to Dinotopia recounts the adventures of a band of human and dinosaur explorers. More than 160 full-color illustrations plus new hand-illustrated calligraphy, Foreword, plus behind-the-scenes studies.
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|  | East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
by Kay Nielsen
Featuring 15 Scandinavian fairy tales — including the popular "Billy Goat's Gruff" — this is one of the most stunning children's books ever produced. The text is lavished with 25 intricately detailed color and numerous black-and-white images that glow with Nielsen's phantasmagorical style.
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|  | English Fairy Tales
by Arthur Rackham, Flora Annie Steel
Featuring over 40 beloved tales, this gorgeous hardcover edition is profusely illustrated with some of Rackham's most accomplished black-and-white work, including many silhouettes — 16 full-page color plates are included as well.
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|  | The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
by Charles Perrault, Harry Clarke, Thomas Bodkin
This magnificent hardcover compilation features the now-definitive 17th-century renditions of "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," and other childhood favorites. Includes 24 graceful, witty, full-color, pen-and-ink, and silhouette illustrations.
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|  | Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Arthur Rackham
This magical hardcover edition is drawn from the mammoth collection first published in 1909 and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Forty full-color plates, plus innumerable black-and-white spot elements, retain the best features of the original.
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|  | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
by William Shakespeare, John Austen
In this hardcover reproduction of a rare 1922 edition, the drama of the melancholy Dane unfolds amid haunting black-and-white images in a style heavily influenced by the great Aubrey Beardsley. Tailpieces and other ornamental designs appear throughout the text.
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|  | A House of Pomegranates
by Jessie Marion King, Oscar Wilde
Wilde's second collection of fairy tales, originally published in 1891, following "The Happy Prince" in 1888. The volume includes "The Young King," "The Birthday of the Infanta," and "The Star-Child."
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|  | The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling, Edward J. Detmold, Maurice Detmold
This grand hardcover facsimile of a rare 1908 edition portrays the stories' fantasy, magic, and myth in 16 full-color images, some in two-page spreads, reproduced from the original portfolios.
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|  | A Kingdom Far and Clear (Limited Edition): The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy
by Mark Helprin, Chris Van Allsburg
For the first time, this hardcover volume collects all three of Helprin's "Swan Lake" novellas — Swan Lake, The Veil of Snows, and A City in Winter — along with Van Allsburg's 42 full-color illustrations. This signed, numbered edition, limited to 300 copies, includes a deluxe slipcase.
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| | A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy
by Mark Helprin, Chris Van Allsburg
For the first time, this hardcover volume collects all three of Helprin's "Swan Lake" novellas — Swan Lake, The Veil of Snows, and A City in Winter — along with Van Allsburg's 42 full-color illustrations from the original editions.
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|  | The Knave of Hearts
by Louise Saunders, Maxfield Parrish
The talented wife of legendary editor Max Perkins teamed with one of the most popular illustrators of all time to create this unforgettable fable. Filled with 22 colorful images, this hardcover edition is a collector's classic to treasure.
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| | Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost LOOK Photos
by John Vachon, Brian Wallis
This gorgeous hardcover collects over 100 previously unpublished photos, capturing the sex symbol in intimate, unguarded moments: lounging poolside, riding a ski lift, and snuggling with her husband-to-be, Joe DiMaggio.
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|  | A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare, W. Heath Robinson
From the exquisite title page to the playful two-page spread that closes the book, this graphic presentation of Shakespeare's most beloved play will surprise and delight the eye. Includes 12 full-page color plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations, and plentiful vignettes.
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