New books:

William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Illustrated by Arthur Rackham)

The play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ written by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1596. This edition includes color illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

Hans Christian Andersen
The Snow Queen
(Illustrations by T. Pym)

The Snow Queen is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It is his longest story and is considered by many as his best work. First published in 1844, it has inspired many artists and many times has been retold in movies and animation. This edition features illustrations by T. Pym (the pseudonym of Clara Creed), a Victorian artist, whose sentimental style blends very well with the Andersen’s tale. Although not widely known, the Pym’s illustrations are among the best ones created for The Snow Queen.

Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen Tales
(Illustrated by Edmund Dulac)

Six tales of Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by Edmund Dulac: The Nightingale; The Emperor’s New Clothes; The Princess on the Pea; The Little Mermaid; The Wind’s Tale; The Snow Queen.

Alexander Afanasyev
Maria Morevna and Koschei the Wizard
(Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin)

A famous Russian fairy tale about the evil wizard Koschei, beautiful Maria Morevna, and brave tsarevich Alexis. The illustrations included in this edition were created in the early 20th century by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, a famous Russian illustrator.

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
(Illustrated by Kay Nielsen)

A collection of Norwegian folk tales with magnificent illustrations by Kay Nielsen.

Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
(A Novel in Eight Parts)

Anna Karenina was the next major novel of Tolstoy after his War and Peace.

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(Illustrated by Sidney Paget)

The first collection of stories about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr Watson in their adventures of solving crimes in Victorian England. It was originally published in the Strand Magazine from 1891 to 1892.

Alexander Afanasyev (editor)
Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga
(Illustrations by Ivan Bilibin)

A famous Russian fairy tale about a brave girl sent by her jealous stepsisters to fetch fire from old frightful witch Baba Yaga.

Alexander Afanasyev (editor)
Russian Fairy Tales
(Illustrations by Ivan Bilibin)

Seven famous Russian fairy tales with color illustrations by Ivan Bilibin. The tales were recorded by folklorist Alexander Afanasyev, who collected and published more than 600 Russian folk tales in the middle 19th century.