Lovely Larousse

Illustration: S.E. Bagge, 1969

 Do you like Savannah's vintage French / English dictionary? 

We found it at Emmaus last year.

I think the front cover would make a super poster, being half French/English and all...

My image of the day.

Inspiration: Curio Books

 

 

 

 

The Gay ABC - Françoise Seignobosc (1930)

I could spend hours browsing the virtual shelves of online book stores like Curio Books

A tad pricey but such delicious eye-candy!

Enjoy!

The Four Little Pigs

Arany 1x1, 1982

Móra Könyvkiadó /Reich Károly
via SunTee - Kidpix

A nice start to the day!

Sunshine

It's grey and wet here today. Such a difference from yesterday.

I thought it would be a good opportunity to show you some colourful artwork from a beautiful book I picked up at Emmaus last year. "Au grand soleil de la vie"(Editions La Noria et CEL, 1977) is a collection of drawings by French school children about the sun, the wind and clouds. When I have time I'll scan a few more images and put them on Flickr.

Come Join the Party!

Le Cheval Bleu, illustrated by Lucile Butel, 1963


Laura has just celebrated her first anniversary over at the animalarium.
I've found a few four-legged friends to join in the birthday fun.
Go say Hi from me, she has one of the most inspiring blogs I've ever come across, and she's also giving away this beautiful book by Sebastiano Ranchetti.

Moustache a disparu, S.Reit & E. Blegvad, 1966

La maison magique, Margaret Wise Brown & J.P. Miller, 1962

La famille éléphant, C. Nicolas, 1965

Un jour dans la forêt, Luce Andrée Lagarde, 1984

La tortue pattue, trapue, ventrue, barbue, Jacqueline Held & Philippe Joudiou, 1971

Stopping Off Place

PLAYSACK designed by Fredun Shapur for Trendon (Made In England by Trendon LTD.Malton.Yorkshire) 1969
Design Council Slide Collection

It's been a while since I blogged about vintage books so I thought I'd show you some of the wonderful illustrations I've seen recently at Stopping Off Place, a new Canadian address*that I love and found thanks to Will. Another gem to add to your daily reads!

Two Birds Guard Sleeping Kiviuk, linocut and stencil on paper, 1981

From Power of Thought: The Prints of Jessie Oonark, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA, 2001.
Jessie Oonark (Baker Lake, Nunavut) 1906-1985



Round and Round and Square by Fredun Shapur, Abelard-Schuman, 1965 (reprinted 1968)



A child's Hebrew Alphabet book illustrated by Ita Meshi, Sabra Books
(1970, reprinted 1985)

Bookmark and enjoy!

* Just found out via Daddy Types that "Stopping Off Place" is the work of Canadian artist Michael Dumontier