1899, The Werner Company, Akron, OH, cover artist unknown. An odd compendium of uncredited, seemingly unrelated folksy stories (including one called "Joe the Chimpanzee"). Kudos to develbow for making this junk shop find. The great thing is that the disgruntled "potato man" on the cover is a complete creation of the cover artist. There's no anthropomorphized potato to be found in the text. "Mr. Sweet Potatoes", the main character of the title story, is a human; a Chinese milkman. The cover artist either didn't know or didn't care, and instead dreamed up this great character, interpreting the book title as he saw fit. I wish there WAS a story about him! All the illustrations inside are more generic, b&w engraving-type images (by, seemingly, a number of different artists). I've rarely seen such a weird disjuncture between a book's cover and its contents. Another thing; funny that this book was produced in Akron, OH, the birthplace, 70-odd years later, of those legendary spudboys, Devo. They employed a great deal of anthropotato imagery in their work. What's with Akron and potato people?
They say you should never judge a book by it's cover and that has never been more accurate with this collection of vintage book covers. More
Covers of vintage magazines from my personal collection. My complete vintage website: thevintagesite.com
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2014 was a ridiculously good year for books. Some of our best living writers produced new works this year, which is always cause for crazed celebration; indie publishers turned out NYT Bestsellers like it was no big deal whatsoever; first-time…
Veteran children’s book illustrator Bob Staake has broken bad, conjuring up a treasure trove of kids’ books that kids may or may not benefit from reading.
They say you should never judge a book by it's cover and that has never been more accurate with this collection of vintage book covers. More
Belelestünk a Líra sikerlistájába. Coelho még mindig tarol, de a klasszikusok sem mentek ki a divatból.
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Para Todos... VIII.412, 6 Novembro 1926
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Peter Nidzgorski is the artist provocateur behind the site This isn’t Happiness. Under the name Peteski, he blogs about art, photography, design, and disappoint
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Deutsche Märchen Gebrüder Grimm Märchenbuch / Sammelalbum Cover: Helmut Starbina Bilder: Professor Paul Hey Herausgeber: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst (Hamburg/Deutschland; 1939) ex libris MTP de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl
Fuel your mind poster by Shaun Tan The Bologna Children's Book Fair started today, and tomorrow Seba and I are going for our annual pilgrimage, like every Spring for the past 14 years. The experience is always interesting, often exciting, generally exhausting. This time I am particularly looking forward to it, since we have some new important projects to promote and discuss. Say a little prayer for us and enjoy this reading rainbow! Sneak peak illustration from It's a book by Lane Smith Illustration from the lovely Roland by André Francois, 1958, thanks to Le figure dei libri Galassia Gutenberg poster by Gianluigi Toccafondo Illustration by Chiho Makino Illustration by Yolanda Mosquera Illustration by Henri Galeron for Gallimard Jeunesse Jungle library, thanks to the ever fascinating Franco Matticchio Cover of Why you should read Kafka before you waste your life by James Hawes. Lettering and illustration by Steve Snider, thanks to Rough Front Vintage reading poster, thanks to delicious industries and doe-c-doe Bookmark by Lesley Barnes, thanks to the always wonderful Aqua-Velvet
Public health posters from the World War I and World War II eras warned soldiers of the dire consequences of venereal diseases (now called STDs). Since military men were the target, blame was squarely put on the woman they may encounter. This gallery at Environmental Graffiti also features a French poster that even a non-French reader can decipher. Link...
(1863-1935) American Illustrator. Jessie Willcox Smith forsook a career as an early childhood educator, instead becoming an illustrator who specialized in representations of women educating children. She attained significant fame during her lifetime, and her candle has hardly dimmed sinc
Twinkle was a popular British girl's comic of the 1970s and 1980s. From about 1974 to 1976 I read it avidly, and these comics are from my own collection!
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Photo credit: Magazine cover by Coles Phillips [1880-1927], scan via American Art Archives As we embark on the year that commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, there will be lots of looking back at Edwardian times. I thought I would put together a post of some lovely scans from McCall's magazines of the 1910's. Hope you enjoy! Photo Credits: 1. August 1910 McCall's Magazine via Christine592 on Flickr (also known by the blog Vintage 123), 2. Winter 1913 McCall's Magazine via Clothes Circuit, 3. April 1914 McCall fashion plate via Vintage Fan Girl Photo Credits: 4. March 1914 McCall's Magazine fashion plate via Christine592 on flickr, 5. 1915 McCall's Magazine fashion plate via the NYPL Digital Gallery Photo Credits: 6. 1916 McCall's Magazine fashion plate from Iowa State University Library Special Collections via Old Rags ,7. April 1917 McCall's Magazine fashion plate via Christine592 on Flickr, 8. January 1918 McCall's Magazine fashion plate via Christine592 on Flickr. More 1910's McCall's resources: Scans from the August and December 1917 McCall's Magazines from Vintage 123. A story from the April 1916 McCall's Magazine on auto-camping across the United States from The Vintage Traveler (a fabulous blog and fellow vintage pattern lover!) Lizzie explains ... From Coast to Coast, A Nine-Thousand-Mile Vacation for Two for $350. The story is the first person account of Beatrice Backus and her teacher husband’s decision to drive from Massachusetts to San Francisco during his summer break. In 1916 the automobile was still relatively new, and many parts of the country did not have any paved roads. There was no highway system, no AAA, no reliable maps for many places. But that did not stop these intrepid travelers who decided to auto-camp their way across the country and back. Scans from the May 1913 McCall's Magazine that this lucky blogger found at a garage sale!! Scans from the December 1911 McCall's Magazine from Clearly Vintage.
Artist. Burlesque babe. Model. Student. I love my beared babe boyfriend. this is a strange mix of content. glitter to gore, feminism to food. aren't we all full of...
Images from vintage children's books.
"O Heidi," said Klara, "it is just as if we were riding in the sky." Illustration by Edna Cooke Shoemaker in Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Translated by Helen B. Dole. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1927. PZ7.S772 H30 1927
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HAGIO Moto (萩尾 望都) , Marginal / マージナル Cover illustrations from AZUMA Itsuko (東逸子)
Thumbelina. Hans Christian Andersen. Father Tuck's "Nursery" Series. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., c.1900. "Thumbelina" is about a tiny girl and her adventures with appearance- and marriage-minded toads,...
The ‘AiM Hits Puberty’ zine anthology is in the works! A zine is a self-published book or magazine. Some are more or less printed blogs, others are just like magazines (or, like Advent…
Perhaps the most quoted ex libris in this context is the bookplate for Fritz Warendorfer, drawn by Kolo Moser (Vienna 1868 – 1918 Vienna). Moser studied at the Wiener Academy (Academy of Vienna) and at the Art Academy, where he held a professorship from 1900 – 1918. He was a co-founder of the Wiener Sezession and made numerous graphic contributions to the journal Ver Sacrum. He was probably one of the most talented all-around artists in Vienna at the turn of the century. One should also point out his organizing ability. Moser’s impact lies in the fact that early on he saw a pictorial trend for applied arts and therefore preached a reflection on simplicity and authenticity; also stressing usefulness and reliance on architectural ideals. His role models were Otto Wagner and his colleague Josef Hoffmann. The implementation of his ideas in a conservative Vienna took some determination, but he succeeded with the full support of the Secession. Moser’s wife, Dita Moser, nee Mautner von Markhof (1883–1969) was also a graphic artist and designer. She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School for Applied Arts) and made her mark at the WW by designing calendar sheets, toys for children and a deck of tarot card. The geometric clarity of these cards was appreciated as it represented the new style of functional graphics. The print was marginal, the usability was limited because of the idiosyncratic design of these cards, however, they were much sought-after by card collectors. The ex libris for Editha Mautner von Markhof, Baronin Sustenau, created in 1907, is a good example for the style in which the quadrat – Hoffmann’s basic element – illustrates an important structure. It is actually a modern crest ex libris, showing the family crest of the industrial family Mautner von Markhof with a turret and a shamrock, still used as a trademark today on products of their company, Mautner Markhof. The same goes for the “archer”, the escutcheon of Barons Sustenau von Schützenthal. What a difference these are when compared with the excessive heraldic plates by Ernst Krahl, which were made at the same time.
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