Brian Froud Books In Order

Brian Froud’s Faerielands Books In Publication Order

The Wild Wood (With: Charles de Lint) (1994)
Something Rich and Strange (With: Patricia A. McKillip) (1994)

The Dark Crystal Books In Publication Order

The World of The Dark Crystal (1982)
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, Volume 1 (2011)
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Vol. 2 (2012)
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, Volume 3 (2015)
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Artist Tribute (2018)
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Creation Myths: The Complete Collection (2019)

Lady Cottington Books In Publication Order

Lady Cottington’s Fairy Album (2002)
Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Letters (By:Ari Berk) (2005)

The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books Books In Publication Order

Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book (With: Terry Jones) (1994)
Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Journal (With: Terry Jones) (1994)
Lady Cottington’s Pocket Pressed Fairy Book (With: Terry Jones) (1994)
Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Based on Quentin Cottington’s Journal of Faery Research (With: Terry Jones) (1996)
Brian and Wendy Froud’s The Pressed Fairy Journal of Madeline Cottington (With: Wendy Froud) (2016)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

Faeries (With: Alan Lee) (1978)
The Faeries’ Oracle (With: Jessica Macbeth) (2000)

Collections In Publication Order

The Goblins of Labyrinth (With: Terry Jones) (1986)
Trolls (With: Wendy Froud) (1996)
The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (With: Terry Jones) (1996)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

Good Faeries Bad Faeries (With: Terry Windling) (1998)
Goblins! A Survival Guide and Fiasco in Four Parts (With: Ari Berk) (2004)
Brian Froud’s World of Faerie (With: Ari Berk) (2007)
The Heart of Faerie Oracle (With: Robert Gould,Wendy Froud) (2010)
How to See Faeries (With: John Matthews) (2011)
Brian Froud’s Faeries’ Tales (With: Wendy Froud) (2014)

Brian Froud’s Faerielands Book Covers

The Dark Crystal Book Covers

Lady Cottington Book Covers

The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books Book Covers

Standalone Novels Book Covers

Collections Book Covers

Non-Fiction Book Covers

Brian Froud Books Overview

The Wild Wood (With: Charles de Lint)

A young artist returns to her cabin in the deep woods of Canada to concentrate on her illustrations. But somehow, strange and beau tiful creatures are slipping into her drawings and sketches. The world of Faerie is reaching out to her for help and she may be its last chance for survival.

Something Rich and Strange (With: Patricia A. McKillip)

They have lived among us for centuries distant, separate, just out of sight. They fill our myths, our legends, and the stories we tell our children in the dark of night. They come from the air, from water, from earth, and from fire. What are these creatures that enjoin out imagination? Faeries. Something Rich and Strange creates a faerie story that’s not to be missed: Megan is an artist who draws seascapes. Jonah owns a shop devoted to treasures from the deep. Their lives, so strongly touched by the ocean, become forever intertwined when enchanting people of the sea lure them further into the underwater world and away from each other.

The World of The Dark Crystal

Now 20 years old, Jim Henson’s classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal featuring the breathtaking concept design of renowned fantasy artist Brian Froud is a soaring work of the imagination. This mystical adventure has such a huge cult following that when the film was recently re released on video and DVD, it quickly sold a million copies. Just as remarkable is the cult status of The World of The Dark Crystal, Froud’s book on the film. Originally published in 1982 and long out of print, this definitive volume packed with brilliant artwork has been in such demand that used copies can sell for well over $400. Abrams is now proudly reissuing this sought after book in a brand new collector’s edition. This beautifully printed reproduction of the original volume contains all of its stunning art and text plus a new essay by Froud, illustrated with never before published paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the film’s archives. And this new edition features a facsimile of a 20 page booklet Froud and Henson created to present the film to backers a gorgeous overview of the story so rare only a few copies are known to exist. This collector’s edition of The World of The Dark Crystal, like the re released film, will truly be a must have for Henson and Froud fans.

Lady Cottington’s Fairy Album

The notorious Victorian fairy squasher is back and this time, she’s not alone! At last, Lady Angelica Cottington returns, in this mysterious and hilarious sequel to Brian Froud’s huge international hit Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book. In this quirky and seductive new volume, 15 year old Angelica stumbles on an annotated photo album belonging to her long dead sister, Euphemia. The revelations within tell of fairy enchantments, wanton romance, and bawdy trysts and they cast young Lady C’s ancestry into shocking doubt. Angelica responds to the album in true character, and her fits of fairy pressings and squashings instigate terrible if weirdly entertaining consequences. Along with its mysterious tale of Cottington family deviance, this extraordinary artifact offers near indisputable evidence of the existence of fairies in the form of letters and never before published Victorian photographs of actual fairies, authenticated by Brian Froud, the Cottington Archive, and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fairies. Fairies defiant, fairies au naturel, and, of course, fairies squashed: they’re all here. Without doubt, Lady Cottington’s Fairy Album will radically alter the study of the fairies’ heretofore secret world.

Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Letters (By:Ari Berk)

The Cottington Archive reluctantly announces that more information about the infamous Lady Cottington has surfaced: a scrapbook compiled by the fairy smasher herself of her correspondence with luminaries such as Queen Victoria, Annie Oakley, Igor Stravinsky, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Lang, P.T. Barnum, and more. All about fairies, these hilarious letters contain everything from wisdom to suggestions to chastiseme*nt. Lady Cottington has made notes in the margins not to mention smashed fairies throughout will she EVER STOP this nasty habit?!. And the fairies…
ah the fairies…
they too have done their part, sprinkling magic and mayhem throughout. Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Letters, a facsimile reproduction of Lady Cottington’s original volume, combines the nutty artistry of the first two Lady Cottington books with delightful novelty components. Containing ‘actual’ letters, invoices for ‘spiritual services,’ a fairy Valentine, an invitation from Alice Liddell to tea, and more, this newest interactive addition to the Lady Cottington series is the most innovative to date.

Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book (With: Terry Jones)

This is a reproduction of the diary of Lady Angelica Cottingham, which features pressed garden fairies. Or rather the psychic images of the fairies, who quickly turned it into a game, where they leapt between the closing pages in an effort to outdo each other to produce the most outrageous poses. The book claims to be the facsimile edition of the notebook of Lady Cottington who, it is said, took the infamous photograph of a group of fairies that was authenticated by Conan Doyle, but later discredited. She was determined to prove the existence of fairies and began to capture them between the pages of her notebook, in which she had previously pressed wild flowers. This is a record of the fairies she caught, and of the disruptive influence they had on her otherwise sheltered life.

Lady Cottington’s Pocket Pressed Fairy Book (With: Terry Jones)

Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Based on Quentin Cottington’s Journal of Faery Research (With: Terry Jones)

The former member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus presents a journal of fairy research by Quentin Cottingham that attempts to analyze the protoplasmic nature of fairy stains.

Brian and Wendy Froud’s The Pressed Fairy Journal of Madeline Cottington (With: Wendy Froud)

From the renowned team of Brian and Wendy Froud comes a delightful and spiritual guide that offer believers a chance to connect with and experience the love and wisdom that comes from the hearts of faeries. The Heart of the Faerie Oracle box set includes 68 oracle cards, illustrated by Brian Froud. The accompanying book provides detailed instructions reading the cards and for the believer to relate to the Faerie World and learn valuable relationship information. Readers have the opportunity to consult with the magical world of Faerie and gain useful knowledge that can enhance their own intimate relationships. Using the deck of oracle cards, believers conduct readings to interpret the cards and build a special connection with the faeries. The oracle cards feature Brian Froud’s recognizable faerie images, such as the enchanting Queen of Golden Bough and the mischievous Trickster. Wendy Froud s text describes the emotional and practical nature of the cards and offers a variety of techniques for using the set, which can open the door into the Enchanted Realm as never before.

Faeries (With: Alan Lee)

It has been 25 years since Brian Froud and Alan Lee created the delightful, imaginative, and surprising Faeries a book that quickly became a massive international bestseller and went on to sell more than a million copies. Readers continue to offer praise: ‘This is the most influential book I have ever read.’ ‘This book is where are the words to describe it? Magnificent / Fabulous / Beautiful / Moving / Terrifying / Fantastic…
.’ In celebration of Faeries’ 25th anniversary, Abrams is delighted to publish a special edition featuring eight new pages and 20 new pieces of art by Froud and Lee. The artists have also contributed new introductions. Since Faeries first appeared, both men have become tremendously successful and respected figures in the worlds of film, art, and publishing. But Faeries remains perhaps their most enduring work, a superb exploration of the myths, legends, folklore, and fantasy of the world of the faeries.

The Faeries’ Oracle (With: Jessica Macbeth)

BRING THE INSIGHT, WISDOM, AND JOY OF THE FAERIES INTO YOUR LIFEUsing the enchanted art of Brian Froud as your guide, enter into the wise and wonderful world of the faeries. The Faeries’ Oracle calls on sylphs, pans, gnomes and, of course, faeries to lead you on a delightful journey of adventure, discovery, and enlightenment that will illuminate the future and heal the heart and soul. This beautifully designed divination set contains everything you will need to explore this mysterious realm, including:A complete deck of 66 radiant cards by Brian Froud featuring goblins, moon dancers, pixies, boggarts, and other faery folk we first met in Good Faeries/Bad Faeries208 page illustrated book with text by Jessica Macbeth, which will show you how to read the cards of The Faeries’ Oracle, with particular instruction on personally connecting to and communicating with the faeries

The Goblins of Labyrinth (With: Terry Jones)

In 1986, the magical fantasy movie Labyrinth introduced the world to a set of unforgettable goblins from the minds of Jim Henson and Brian Froud. Not only has the film become a classic with a huge cult following, but Brian Froud’s long out of print book about the malevolent and cantankerous goblins packed with his brilliant drawings and paintings has achieved similar cult status. Now Abrams is proudly reissuing The Goblins of Labyrinth in a brand new 20th Anniversary Edition. With even more artwork than the original and a new afterword from Brian Froud, this mesmerizing work, like Froud s The World of The Dark Crystal, is a must have for collectors and Brian Froud fans everywhere.

The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (With: Terry Jones)

Earthy, enigmatic, and until now elusive, the goblin is little known and even less well understood. Thanks to Brian Froud’s discovery of the notebooks of Dashe, a goblin portraitist, this rare breed is now an open book. This is a definitive, profusely illustrated field guide to the goblin world, annotated by Terry Jones, Monty Python professor emeritus of Obscure, Absurd and Truly Hilarious Arts. Full color illustrations.

Good Faeries Bad Faeries (With: Terry Windling)

‘Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday existence, causing glorious havoc…
.’In the long awaited sequel to the international bestseller Faeries, artist Brian Froud rescues pixies, gnomes, and other faeries from the isolation of the nursery and the distance of history, bringing them into the present day with vitality and imagination. In this richly imagined new book, Brian reveals the secrets he has learned from the faeries what their noses and shoes look like, what mischief and what gentle assistance they can give, what their souls and their dreams are like. As it turns out, faeries aren’t all sweetness and light. In addition to such good faeries as Dream Weavers and Faery Godmothers, Brian introduces us to a host of less well behaved creatures traditional bad faeries like Morgana le Fay, but also the Soul Shrinker and the Gloominous Doom. The faery kingdom, we find, is as subject to good and evil as the human realm. Brilliantly documenting both the dark and the light, Good Faeries/Bad Faeries presents a world of enchantment and magic that deeply compels the imagination.

Goblins! A Survival Guide and Fiasco in Four Parts (With: Ari Berk)

Anyone who brings home this book will be in big trouble. Renowned artist Brian Froud and scholar Ari Berk have conducted a thorough investigation into the goblin realm. For the uninformed, goblins, a subspecies of faery, are those maleficent creatures that cause all manner of havoc in the human realm. The fruit of their labor, however, turned out to be a rotten apple: the book is infected with goblins. Now, thanks largely to Froud and Berk’s continuing carelessness, the noxious, viscid, and largely nonsensical volume has been unleashed on an unsuspecting public. Among its pages are reproductions of the ancient, odoriferous Codex Goblinensis; a glossary of common goblins and their markings; and a gazetteer of goblin photographs taken with the arcane Goblin Camera. Those fearing an infestation can refer to the section detailing how to determine if you’ve ‘got goblins’ and, if so, what you can do about it. There is nothing you can do about it. Combining the folkloric approach of Faeries with the utter wackiness of Lady Cottington, this is the team’s most visually rich and outrageous opus yet.

Brian Froud’s World of Faerie (With: Ari Berk)

Drawing inspiration from the gnarled shrubbery of England’s windswept moorlands, Brian Froud is best known for being the mad genius behind Jim Henson’s film The Dark Crystal and illustrating such best sellers as Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book. In this volume, a long awaited sequel to his international best sellers Faeries and Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, Froud returns to the world of faerie with a wealth of new, never before seen paintings, watercolors, and drawings. Brian Froud’s World of Faerie offers us a startling new vision of the magical realm, enhanced by Froud’s own words about his experiences and insights. This lavish, full color book opens the door to Brian Froud’s wondrous imagination as never before. It presents beautiful portrayals of faeries that have touched hearts and minds for generations. World of Faerie is by far Froud’s most personal book, and represents this visionary artist and creator of fantasy worlds at the pinnacle of his powers. This encompassing volume is a must have for faerie and fantasy fans of all ages, the world over. The deluxe hardcover limited edition is enclosed in a clothbound portfolio box. This must have for faerie and fantasy fans of all ages includes two additional booklets and a DVD featuring an artist interview as well as footage by Froud of his gallery. In addition it includes an original art print signed by the author, an original poster by Brian Froud with poetry by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, and a model of the Green Man inspired by First Forest Drawings. This special edition with over 150 full color illustrations is limited to 1,500 signed and numbered copies.

The Heart of Faerie Oracle (With: Robert Gould,Wendy Froud)

How to See Faeries (With: John Matthews)

International bestselling artist Brian Froud and New York Times bestselling author John Matthews come together for the first time to create a spectacular interactive book that opens the doors to the enchanted world of Faerie. How does one discover faeries in one’s backyard or a garden, forest, or meadow? Through insets, hidden messages, magical signs, reflective mirrors, and other paper mechanics, Froud and Matthews reveal how anyone may discover the way to the land of Faerie. All you need is to believe and to own this book!