Sixties LP sleeves

Just two playful sleeve designs from 1963 and 64 I picked up the other day. No idea who the designer was.

"The Buddha And The Terrorist", Satish Kumar, illustrations by Clifford Harper (publ. by Green Books 2004)

A few months ago I treated myself with three of Clifford Harper's books. This one is by far my favourite but all of them are stunning. Harper draws like nobody else, creating beautiful shapes within shapes and mesmerising patterns which can keep you looking forever. His work can be admired every Saturday on Guardian's review (some samples of which I'll be posting soon) but the quality of these drawings is much, much better. Here's the artist's biography but there are also many other websites that feature articles on him, including Wikipedia. http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/cliffharper/biography

"Conte De Noel", Charles Dickens, illustrations by A.Pecoud (Paris 1952) Part 2

And here are some of the many black and white illustrations from this book.

Just a Christmas card - unpublished

This is one I've made for myself - it took so long to finish I had no time to print or post it to anyone! Oh well... I'd better be more organized for next Christmas. Enjoy.

"Conte De Noel", Charles Dickens, illustrations by A.Pecoud (Paris 1952)

Can't remember when or where I bought this one but it's worth every penny I spent (hasn't helped my French though). Just brilliant illustrations for a well known story! Very seasonal as well. I will also post the black and white illustrations from this book - they are so good. I don't know much about this French illustrator (I'm ashamed to say) and he hasn't even got a mention on Wikipedia but he must have been very popular in the later part of the 20th century as a lot of his books turn up when you search on Google.

"Great Commercial Disasters" Stephen Winkworth, illustratated by Michael ffolkes (Macmillan London Limited 1980)

Great characters drawn from the world of business and finance. Michael ffolkes (real name Brian Davis, 1925-1988) was one of the most famous and flamboyant cartoonists of his time, working for Punch and The Daily Telegraph among others from the late 1940ies until his death. Here's a link on his biography: http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/briandavis/biography

"Where's Tim's Ted?" Ian Whybrow, illustrated by Russell Ayto - PART 2

One more picture of all the great characters by Russell Ayto. You can view some more of his work on this previous post as well: http://picturesfromanoldbook.blogspot.com/2010/04/fat-cat-by-james-sage-and-russell-ayto.html