You can look at some things and feel their age. They have a certain warmth. I love old things, rusty things, things that have stories. I love the faded colors, the bright colors, the retro colors. I love that certain colors can transport you to a different era.

We've filled it up with pocket-books now, mainly Elzevirs and similar, but it was made for the libray's skeleton. The skeleton is no longer around, so if you see it, please send it back.

This book is a beautiful and Stylish Astronomy book 'Stars' the book is illustrated throughout with star charts diagrams and colour pictures of planets. This book is a wonderful and expansive guide to astronomy looking at everything from the planets in our solar system to comets, meteors, constellations and telescopes. Details Format: Hardback Pages: 154 Size: 17 x 13 cm Published: 1911 Age: 123 Condition: good condition for its age, very good, clean strong bindings. Some marks to cover (seephotos) Starry Heaven old Science book Gift Vintage book Guide book illustrated astronomy book Space x4960 z169

"Stairway to Heaven" es una canción del grupo de rock británico Led Zeppelin, compuesta por el guitarrista Jimmy Page y el cantante Robert Plant e incluida en el cuarto trabajo de estudio de la banda, Led Zeppelin IV. Está considerada por muchos como uno de los puntos culminantes de la historia del rock.

Tammis Keefe. Photo from http://makingitfun.blogspot.com Another two things you should know about the Blackbird girls is that we collect lots of mid-century linens (the cuter the better), and that we also collect children's illustrated books. A designer and artist that really captures the fun of both of these things is Tammis Keefe. Margaret Thomas Keefe was born in December 1913 in California. Although she started out studying math in college, she soon realized her passion for art and transferred to the Chouinard Institute of Art. After graduation, Keefe worked at the Disney studios, and then as art director of the magazine Arts and Architecture from 1940 to 1942. After that, she was mentored by textile artist Dorothy Liebes, where she began to focus on being a print maker and colorist. From flickriver.com by xtinalamb Keefe's fun prints reflected America's optimistic outlook following World War II. Bright and cheerful, her prints were influenced by her travels, animals and nature, and celebrations. While working with Liebes, Keefe designed textiles for Goodall Industries, as well as Golding Decorative Fabrics, Cyrus Clarke and Jud Williams Inc. She also designed wallpaper prints for James Kemble Mills and Katzenbach & Warren.* nwfestival.com Keefe's fabric and wallpaper prints for the home soon led to other product design. She began designing hankies, dish towels, tablecloths, and even clothing. Her designs were collectible, even in her time, and she really revolutionized the idea of the designer as a brand for their products. Her designs for retailers like Lord & Taylor were manufactured by Kimball, and were signed "Tammis Keefe." She even marketed to other retailers as "Peg Thomas" as a way to be represented in multiple retail outlets at the same time. From KLB Vintage Wares on Etsy In a 1951 Christian Science Monitor article, Keefe was quoted as saying “Anything is possible in textile design, if it is done correctly. A designer merely starts with something, anything, and then develops it. To an imaginative person, practically anything suggests a starting point. From then on, it is merely stating what you have to say in design.”* Tammis Keefe died in 1960 at age 46 from cancer, but she left a legacy in her prints. In recent years, Michael Miller fabrics reissued some of her prints in quilting and craft cotton. Her patterns are still as endearing and enchanting today as they were 50 years ago. We currently have an Arabian patterned hankie for sale in our shop! Blackbird Antiques NC *Background and quotes from http://www.tammiskeefe.com/ and http://makingitfun.blogspot.com/2010/11/tribute-to-tammis-keefe.html. Thanks to them for the great info!