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21 Vintage Political Posters from Cuba 10 Jul 2013 | 03:47 pm
Cuban OSPAAAL posters from the archives of Michael Tyler, a collector from Bath, EnglandMike has a number of duplicates to offer in exchange for a few elusive posters he's trying to find. You can reac...
Marcus Behmer 27 Jun 2013 | 03:09 pm
Illustrations by Marcus Behmer (1879–1958) circa 1900 Marcus Behmer, from Ver Sacrum, 1901 I became fascinated by Marcus Behmer and his snoot-snout and big-beak creatures after seeing one of his book...
Bibliomaniker 2 20 Jun 2013 | 09:07 pm
Vintage Swedish book design from the collection of Book Cover Lover 1970, En man från Danmark, cover by Svenolov Ehrén From the collection of Book Cover Lover The Swedish design and illustration blo...
Thumbelina 18 Jun 2013 | 03:08 pm
Illustrations by Shigeru Hatsuyama for Thumbelina (and other tales) (Japan, 1925) "The Daisy" All scans via the National Diet Library. Not all of these illustrations are for the story "Thumbelina" b...
Children’s Textbook Covers in 1920s Japan 17 Jun 2013 | 04:41 pm
Covers and endpapers from a series of Japanese textbooks, 小学生全集 ("Complete Works for Elementary School Students") via the National Diet Library 1929 (cover used for both "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and ...
Franz Wacik 14 Jun 2013 | 04:18 am
Illustrations by Franz Wacik for the humor magazine Die Muskete, circa 1906–1911 Vienna 1909 Li-An has been posting a ton of material from Die Muskete on his tumblr. As I work my own way through the ...
Modern Sketch 12 Jun 2013 | 03:26 am
Illustrations from the 1930s Chinese magazine Modern Sketch Modern Sketch issue #9 Chen Juanyin, “China’s Characters Who Count” (#1, Chiang Kai-shek...) For the full background on this remarkable pub...
Le Fils du Roi 30 Apr 2013 | 03:52 pm
A guest post by Bill Kartalopoulos on Le Fils du Roi by Eric Lambé Wordless, drawn entirely in ball-point pen, and composed of images that dissolve the mystical into the everyday, Eric Lambé’s Le Fils...
Vintage Safety 29 Apr 2013 | 07:30 pm
Fifty years of workplace safety posters courtesy of Geheugenvannederland.nl (Memory of the Netherlands) 1925-1926, illus. Willem Papenhuyzen via Memory of the Netherlands 1925-1949, poster by Evert ...
Ex Libris Mr. Reaper (10) 22 Mar 2013 | 02:55 pm
Fifteen bookplates from the collection of Richard Sica Salzweld Bales Kalynovich Josef Vachal Josef Liesler Josef Liesler Werner R. Koch Blossfeld detail Blossfeld Blossfeld See all bookp...
