Commissioning an artist for a book could amount to £2,000-£4,000; small beer if you're talking about Julian Barnes but a big deal if it's a first novel for which the author is barely paid that much.

There are countless feelgood Christmas books for children but this one stands out for its gorgeous double-page illustrations of pink-sky urban landscapes, Peter Pan-esque rooftop vistas, and ...

E.H. Shepard illustrated a map of the Hundred Acre Wood for A.A. Milne's The World of Pooh (1957). E.H. Shepard / E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. If you look inside the front and back of the nearest ...