Monday, 30 January 2012

"The Floating Jungle", written and illustrated by John Ryan (Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, London 1981)

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I was really chuffed to discover this vintage John Ryan book from 1981 in our local second hand bookshop a few weeks ago. It could even b...
Friday, 27 January 2012

More book Jacket illustrations by Paul Hogarth (part 3)

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Hogarth's extra-ordinary and mysterious work complements and distinguishes these novels. If you look closely, the brush strokes are so ...
Thursday, 26 January 2012

More book jacket illustrations by Paul Hogarth

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All three of these illustrations were produced for the Penguin Books editions of the Graham Green novels in the early seventies. There are ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

"Brighton Rock", Graham Green, Cover illustration by Paul Hogarth (Penguin Books, 1981)

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Paul Hogarth(1917-2001), one of the greatest British illustrators of the 20 th century illustrated a number of Graham Green book jackets o...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

"It must be true - it was all in the papers" - A tribute to Ronald Searle

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This 1952 book was featured on this blog two years ago ( http://picturesfromanoldbook.blogspot.com/2010/03/it-must-be-true-it-was-all-in-pap...
Monday, 26 December 2011

"Jack And The Beanstalk" Illutrations by William and Brenda Stobbs (Hulton Press Ltd, London 1951) Part 2

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Apologies for the "unusual" layout of the artist's biography in the previous post - blogger doesn't like copy and paste v...
Saturday, 24 December 2011

"Jack and the Beanstalk", Written by Walter De La Mare and illustrated by William and Brenda Stobbs (Hulton Press Ltd, London 1951)

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This little book is just full of beautiful illustrations (fifty in all). Fantastic compositions, action, characters and detail. Each pictu...