illustration

Your local bakery almost certainly makes pies that look like they’ve been lifted from a vintage cookbook illustration.

This transition can be traced in “Icons of the Fantastic,” a catalog of Stephen Korshak’s superlative collection of fantasy illustrations from the past 160 years.

The pulp magazines that featured 20th-century fantasy and science fiction were fronted by illustrations that could be laughable or lurid.

Packed with illustrations and full of attractions on every page, these selections will delight readers of all ages and interests.

In such cases, the ideal go-to books are likely to be those that are big, fun, full of illustrations and well-suited to browsing.