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Made in Poland
Illustrations by M. S. Nowicki for Made in Poland: Living Traditions of the Land by Louise Llewellyn Jarecka (1949) This is part of Knopf's attractive 1940s "Made in..." series for young adults. (Some...
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Sleep Teriyaki
Dream imagery in Japanese illustration in the 70s and 80s More scans from my collection of Japanese illustration catalogs, this time highlighting surreal dream visions. Also see the more sci-fi Space...
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Matticchio
For three years, Laura Ottina of the blog Animalarium has brought me joy with her weekly feature on Italian illustrator Franco Matticchio (b. 1957). Repeating the intro from her inaugural post:I want...
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Golden Age Illustrator: Kay Nielsen
Kay Nielsen, illus. for Andersen's story "The Tinderbox" (see the original post) [Tinderbox!] Though this is my first post on Danish-American illustrator Kay Nielsen (1886–1957), his influence can be...
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My Friend From Mars
Drawing found on the inside cover of a German textbook for kids, Singen Spielen Basteln Signed "Ada Bayer, 3/1/75"
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1985, A Fairy Tale
Illustrations from Märchen, edited by Karlhans Frank (Literarische Texte im Unterricht / Literary Texts in the Classroom series), published by the Goethe-Institute in 1985 Ursula Kirchner Ursula...
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25 Vintage Magazine Covers from Japan
1930 This post began as a compilation of magazine covers from the website of a Japanese antiquarian dealer. I dug through all 1500 or so images and saved (like a good little digital hoarder) hundreds...
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Catalonian Book Fetishists 3
This is my third feature on Galeria d'Imatges, a Catalan group blog which consists of book hounds Galderich of Piscolabis Librorum, Carlos Hernandez of El Gabinet Negre, Leblansky of Enceneu els Llums,...
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Tetrahedra of Space
22 pulp illustrations by Frank R. Paul (1884–1963) "Tetrahedra of Space," Wonder Stories cover, November 1931 I present here scans from expired Heritage Auction listings, following up on a October 2011...
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Takeo's Toy Box
Takeo Takei's illustrations for the 1927 children's book The Toy Box Bio from the Kodomo No Kuni site:Takei was born in Suwa, Nagano prefecture in 1894. After studying at the Hongo Yoga Kenkyujo (Hongo...
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Otto’s Dance of Death
The Death-Dance Anno (Vom Totentanz Anno) by Otto Wirsching (Germany, 1915) From the collection of Richard Sica Description of the portfolio from a Lawrence University library exhibit: According to...
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20 Swedish Posters for 1930s Hollywood
Sky Hawk, 1929 (artist: Eric Rohman) I found these posters as expired auction listings (this time at mighty timesink Heritage). I'm also working on a fourth post of work by Einar Nerman, so perhaps...
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Golden Age Bohemian: Artuš Scheiner
Early-twentieth century illustrations by Artuš Scheiner (1863 Benešov – 1938 Prague) Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Under Command Of Magic by J. Š. Kubín (1920s) see the original flickr post by Josef...
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The Children’s Theater of the Absurd
Etienne Delessert, illustration for Stories 1, 2, 3, 4 by Ionesco McSweeney's McMullens recently published—cause for celebration!—Stories 1, 2, 3, 4 by Eugene Ionesco and Etienne Delessert. (Get a copy...
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The Dream Garden
Ernst Kreidolf's illustrations for Der Traumgarten (Switzerland, c. 1912) From the collection of Micky the Pixel (flickr set) I featured this image in April 2009. A Cotsen Children's Library exhibit...
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Kom Ska Vi Leka
Illustrations by Einar Nerman for his Kom Ska Vi Leka (Sweden, 1950) Lovingly scanned and restored by Book Cover Lover cover This is my fourth post on Swedish illustrator Einar Nerman, with a few more...
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Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Saturday November 10. Don't miss it. Poster by Chris Ware Details: 50 Watts Comics filter (though surely there are more I haven't properly tagged)
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rororo
In the 1950s, the duo of Karl Gröning Jr. and Gisela Pferdmenges designed some 350 covers for rororo, German publisher Rowohlt's mass market paperback line. Following American models, rororos were...
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The Linocut Dance of Death
The Dance of Death by Kreg Yingst From the collection of Richard Sica About the artist (from his website):Initially trained as a painter (BA from Trinity University in Studio Art and MA from Eastern...
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New Friends
Illustrations by Murayama Tomoyoshi ("Tom") for a 1947 Japanese picture book Google translates the Japanese title — おねこさんときんのくつ — as "Your cat's shoes and money"...but since the cover says "New...
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