Pictures from an Old Book

A presentation and appreciation of illustrations from my book and magazine collection. A tribute to the talent and hard work of past and present illustrators and designers

Monday, 30 November 2015

"The Tale Of The Golden Cockerel" By Alexander Pushkin, Illustrations By Ivan Bilibin (first published in English by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London 1976) Part-1

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Russian illustrator Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (St Petersburgh 1876-1942)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bilibin
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Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Amateur Wireless & Radiovision No.598 (25 November 1933) - Britain's Leading Radio Weekly For Constructor, Listener And Experimenter (Published by Bernard Jones Publications Ltd, London 1933) Part 2

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This publication is exactly 82 years old today! I came across it a couple of years ago and was struck by all the unusual and elegant ...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Amateur Wireless & Radiovision No.598 (25 November 1933) - Britain's Leading Radio Weekly For Constructor, Listener And Experimenter (Published by Bernard Jones Publications Ltd, London 1933)

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Thursday, 19 November 2015

"BLOOD AND LAUGHTER, Caricatures From The 1905 Revolution" David King & Cathy Porter (Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London 1983) - Part 3

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These pictures were incredibly outspoken and bold: The one below actually displays the names of  government officials, generals or mi...
Wednesday, 18 November 2015

"BLOOD AND LAUGHTER, Caricatures From The 1905 Revolution" David King & Cathy Porter (Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London 1983) - Part 2

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 These gruesome but extra-ordinary lithographs from a hundred and ten years ago came to my mind when I heard of last week's sickeni...
Tuesday, 17 November 2015

"BLOOD AND LAUGHTER, Caricatures From The 1905 Revolution" David King & Cathy Porter (Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London 1983) Part 1

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Wednesday, 11 November 2015

"My Big Book Of Sleepy-Time Tales" - A Collection Of Stories and Pictures by Authors and Artists from Czechoslovakia (published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1984 - Part 4

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 Kornelie Nemeckova (born 1932, Vsetin) The work of Kveta Pacovska (born 1922, Prague)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
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