April 11, 2009
April 9, 2009
Eye Hazards in the Book Industry
via nypl
Pornografia, Witold Gombrowicz, 1966 Calder. Designer Jerry Cinamon was at one point the Chief Designer of Penguin Books. via Beinecke
the man without a navel. via nypl.
Witold Gombrowicz, Bakakai (Bacacay), 1968 Brazil. via beinecke.
Ferdydurke, Witold Gombowicz, 1958 France. via beinecke.
Cosmos, Witold Gombrowicz, 1966 Portugal. via beinecke.
Le poisson d'or, Lord Berners, cover by Natalia Gontcharova, 1919. via beinecke.
cendrars, sutters gold. via nypl.
Klaus Ensikat, Brecht, 1971
capek, the first rescue party. via nypl.
April 8, 2009
Swinburne Centenary
Harry Clarke, spine illustration for The Selected Poems of Swinburne (1928)
April 9, 2009 is the hundredth anniversary of the death of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909). In February, I featured Gilbert Alter-Gilbert's massive, 4-part "Lions of Literature" column on Swinburne.
We illustrated the column with Harry Clarke's fantastic but little-seen illustrations, courtesy of Golden Age Comic Book Stories.
Visit the Swinburne Project to sample the poet's work.
Use these links to read the four-part column in order:
April 6, 2009
April 5, 2009
April 4, 2009
April 3, 2009
April 1, 2009
Suction the Epicurean, Quid the Cynic, and Sipsop the Pythagorean
This post now resides on my other site 50 Watts:
March 29, 2009
Forty-five thousand dollar leftovers
Takei Takeo, Gokuhitei tambo, cello-slide, 1958, 1961
The 45,000 dollars in the title refers to the asking price for a "collection of 138 twentieth-century artist's books by the Japanese author/artist TAKEI Takeo (1894-1982)." If you were wondering what to get me for my birthday... [link for many more images]
The rest of these leftovers -- from children's books all over the world -- come from the International Children's Digital Library -- a site which basically took over my life for a week or so. I feel like the Otto Korsterling images are from another site, but I didn't properly keep track of the location. I think the finger puppets come from the previously-covered Fledgling. I cut and pasted some of the images together.
See also: Iranian Kid's Books and Serbian Sesame Street.
Takei Takeo, DOKURAKU GA KITA, 1962
Takei Takeo, DOKURAKU GA KITA, 1962
Takei Takeo, Nana-e to ya-e, 1960
Takei Takeo, KANARIYA ABC, 1959
Takei Takeo, Fu'shin to raijin, 1982
Takei Takeo, SEKAI KAKUMEI, Hand-carved woodcut, clamshell box, 1970
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964 (endpapers)
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964
Yoji Nishiki, sincerity of a white dove, back cover
Sandra Torrijos, illus for The song of Pulaw, E.B. Maranan (Philippines)
Gobolinks or shadow pictures by Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine, 1896
Gobolinks or shadow pictures by Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine, 1896
Gobolinks or shadow pictures by Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine, 1896
Eugen Osswald, animal's ball
Eugen Osswald, animal's ball
Fairyland, Japan 1949
Illustration by Otto Körsterling, german collection of japanese fairy tales
Illustration by Otto Körsterling, german collection of japanese fairy tales
Adolf Zábranský, 1973, zlate slunce bily den
A monk and a carpenter, 1973 Mongolia
A monk and a carpenter, 1973 Mongolia
Jambyn Dashdondog, Mom, dad and me, 1971, Mongolia (kid's book)
Jambyn Dashdondog, Mom, dad and me, 1971, Mongolia (kid's book)
Jambyn Dashdondog, Mom, dad and me, 1971, Mongolia (kid's book)
March 26, 2009
March 23, 2009
March 22, 2009
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