T.S. Arthur. The Prattler, Picture and Storybook for Boys and Girls. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1876.
The Art of Book Design: The Prattler
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T.S. Arthur. The Prattler, Picture and Storybook for Boys and Girls. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1876.
Andrew Lang. The Crimson Fairy Book. Illustrations by H. J. Ford. London & New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 1903.
This week we’re looking at Andrew Lang’s Crimson coloured fairy book. I had a terrible time choosing the artwork to showcase in this post because all of it is wonderful. H.J. Ford’s full-page drawings are full of whimsy, and each one has some element or another that makes it worthy of a look, so I’ve included all of them for you to see. Enjoy. [Read more…]
Max Pemberton. The Show Girl. Philadelphia, The J. C. Winston company, 1909.
These sweet floofy faces were photographed by Emily Davis, who is the daughter of Anne, Cranky Cat Lady.
Emily has been watching the swans at Holyrood Park during her daily bird walks. They’re nesting, and today she has pictures of fuzzy cygnets.
©Emily Davis, all rights reserved
©Emily Davis, all rights reserved
©Emily Davis, all rights reserved
A lovely, unidentified, brightly coloured flower from Avalus. It looks a bit like the blooms on my peony tree.
©Avalus, all rights reserve
Amy E. Blanchard. Lucky Penny of Thistle Troop. Boston, Chicago, W. A. Wilde company, 1920.
Dinah Maria Mulock. Little Sunshine’s Holiday. New York, T.Y. Crowell & co., 1901.
Avalus recently found an adorable tiny spider while out for a walk and luckily he had his camera at hand. You can see his wonderful photo below the fold. [Read more…]
It’s jacaranda season and Los Angeles is abloom.
48 flowering jacaranda trees stretch from Colorado St. to San Fernando Rd. along Brand Blvd. in Glendale on Monday, May 25, 2020. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
story via: The LA Times
Everything for the Garde, Peter Henderson and Co., 1904 catalogue (front cover)
Everything for the Garde, Peter Henderson and Co., 1904 catalogue (back cover)
This is a beautiful catalogue with many delightful full-page coloured illustrations. You can see the whole thing at the link below.
via: The Internet Archive
From Nightjar,
Just sharing a couple of cirl buntings I’ve been seeing regularly around here.
Cirl Bunting (female), ©Nightjar, all rights reserved
Cirl Bunting (male), ©Nightjar, all rights reserved
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould. The Admiral’s Little Companion. Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company, 1912.
Andrew Lang. The Blue Fairy Book. Illustrations by H.J. Ford. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889.
This book was originally published in 1889, however, I have added the coloured frontispiece from the 1922 edition to this post. I did so because the illustration is the work of Henry J. Ford, who masterminded the art for the entire original Lang coloured fairy tale set. Otherwise, the 1889 edition contains more stories and illustrations than the edition from 1922.