"The Penguin Ronald Searle" By Ronald Searle (published by Penguin Books Ltd, London 1960)

"A Dictionary Of Symbols" By Tom Chetwynd, Cover Illustration By James Marsh (Granada Publishing Limited, London 1982) Part-2

Naturally, I did buy this book because of its James Marsh cover(!). A British illustrator, designer and author, Marsh (b.1946) was a huge influence on advertising, editorial and publishing art and design in this country - and abroad. He gained fame from the late 1960's (being involved with projects like "The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics" and Warhol's "Chelsea Girls" poster) and went on to become a major figure in the advertising and publishing world in the 70's and 80's - his collaboration with the British pop group Talk Talk on their album covers being one of the most memorable)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marsh_(artist)  I decided to enlarge some sections of this book jacket just to highlight the attention  the artist pays to details and communicative ideas.

"A Dictionary Of Symbols" By Tom Chetwynd, Cover Illustration By James Marsh (Granada Publishing Limited, London 1982)

http://jamesmarsh.com/old-site/illustration.htm

"Tales From Tartary, Russian Tales - Book Two" Retold By James Riordan, Illustrated By Anthony Colbert (published by Kestrel Books, Penguin Books Ltd, England 1978) - Part 3

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Colbert

"Tales From Tartary, Russian Tales - Book Two" Retold By James Riordan, Illustrated By Anthony Colbert (published by Kestrel Books, Penguin Books Ltd, England 1978) - Part 2

The strange and powerful illustrations of British artist Anthony Colbert (1934-2007). Here is a really good biographical note on him from the Guardian newspaper: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries

"Tales From Tartary, Russian Tales - Book Two" Retold By James Riordan, Illustrated By Anthony Colbert (published by Kestrel Books, Penguin Books Ltd, England 1978)

"Winnie Flies Again" By Korky Paul And Valerie Thomas (published by Oxford University Press 1999) - Part 3

Here is Korky Paul's own website for a biography, list of many other books illustrated by him, articles and links: http://www.korkypaul.com/ By the way, there is an interesting tutorial by the artist on how he creates his illustrations - various stages of layout, drawing, tracing, colouring etc - on this link found on his website: http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2015/mar/24/korky-paul-how-to-illustrate-books

"Winnie Flies Again" By Korky Paul And Valerie Thomas (published by Oxford University Press 1999) - Part 2

 Another one of Korky Paul's zany books - and I've got quite a few! The plot is simple enough: Winnie the witch is losing her grip when riding her broom and bumps into various things with terrifying results. And while in despair, trying to figure out what's going wrong with her broom she runs into an optician! Check out the pirate below testing out a new pair of glasses and the eccentric optician herself below that. Great characters and a very funny story. Every page is full of "visual" jokes, many embedded in the fine details of the artist's amazing illustrations.