2009 Over and Out

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The Swamp Ladies of Estonia

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Dressing the Yellow Chicken

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Apes on a Horse and More Toys from the Void

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Mummy Was A Robot, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil

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The Animals Are in Cages

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Daniel Kent's Collages

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Nights of Siberia

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Erwin Blumenfeld's Frozen Emulsion

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Artaud's Tableaux

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Iranian Kids' Books, part 3

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The Raven

Fantagraphics has now released this book in the US!: http://amzn.to/rulG50

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Notre Temps

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Baba-Jaga Gubi Trop - Crime Novel Covers from Poland

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Besuboru Bromides

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Anya Triestram

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Eskimo Grasshoppers - French Children's Books of the 30s and 40s

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Big Mouth Strikes Again

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The Chess Set in the Mirror

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La Danse Macabre

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Atomic Anadolu Pop - 25 Book Covers from Turkey

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Alexandra's Aquatints

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The Apocalyptic Longing

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The Holy Mountain of Contemporary Polish Posters

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Dood in Ecstasy - Dutch Mystery Covers

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The Wonderful Wizards of Lodz 2

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All Sorts of Remedies

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In the silver moonlight growing thou wilt see a pale-eyed flower

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Michelle Duckworth's Forest Party

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Sing Swan Song

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The bitter lapse into everyday life

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In combating myself I can only report one bloody defeat after another.

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Egg Mong's Crew - Collages by Ouchtomsky

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Slovakian Expose III

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Brainy Berries - A Night in Crystal Cave

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The Wonderful Wizards of Lodz

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The Sphinx

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Image Dive 5

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George Grosz cover for a Sinclair book, from the collection of Richard Sica



book cover, Faulkner, Germany, 1951
left out of my Blickfang post because it's post-War



Otakar Mrkvička (1898-1957), book design - typography - cover photo montage for Albert Londres, Ebenová Země, 1933, Prague (ebay find I think)

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Medicine and Public Health - Model of man in Maze of Superstition exhibit 39-40



Medicine and Public Health - Model of man in Maze of Superstition exhibit 1939-40

I was sad I couldn't find a reason to use the above two images for a Halloween post. I think they came from the bowels of the Library of Congress. I would love to know more about them.



Willem Sandberg 1935, early typography- Ned Muziekfeest



Fantasy About Future, Russian kids' book, 1962
(ebay find. If I remember correctly, the interior illustrations don't live up to the cover.)



Madeleine Vionnet, puriste de la mode
via Les Arts Decoratifs



Robert Preusser (1919-1992). Tree Animals, 1947

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Joan of Arc's vision. [The archangel Michael announces to Joan her mission to save ...] (1895)



Die Springwurzel. [[Mandrake]] (1884)



Tentation de St. Antoine. (1789-1819)



St. Denis bearing his head and halo (1896)

Pretty sure the above four images were found at nypl digital

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Leon Spilliaert, 1920, Sailing Vessel at Sea



Leon Spilliaert, Persian Lilacs, 1926



Leon Spilliaert, The Open Door, 1945



Leon Spilliaert, Three Trees, 1944 (watercolor, india ink)



Leon Spilliaert, The Barrel Cart, 1927

For reasons I can't quite remember, I abandoned a post about Leon Spilliaert. See more Belgian art at Giornale Nuovo.



John Little, Textured Leaves, wallpaper study, USA, c. 1960

a good time to plug the new-ish blog dotsandlinesarejustfine.blogspot.com, which presents beautiful fabrics and patterns





Ryotaro Shiba book cover

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Four emblems of Archdukes Ferdinand and Charles of Austria, Houghton Library, MS Typ 109. From the Free Library of Philadelphia digital collection.




"Money" History - Russian kids' book 1965



"Oriental Fairy Tales & Myths," Russia, 1975



50 años BAUHAUS - Exposición alemana bajo el patrocinio de la República Federal de Alemania - Buenos Aires 1970



Guinea-Bissau Fairy Tales, Russian kids' book, 1976



Cubierta de Alberti, illus. for R. Alberti book, 1962



3c Washington Type I single (1851-1856)



3c Washington Type I single (1851-1856)

I found the above two while looking for ghost images for one of the recent Alter-Gilbert translations. I have no memory of what they are.



Eje Wray cover, Psychedelic Guide To The Preparation Of The Euchar by Robert E. Brown & Associates of the Neo American Church League for Spiritual Development and the Ultimate Authority of the Clear Light.

I found this while searching for info on Wray for the post "I've actually seen the next world."

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