Carolyn Verhoeff. Love Me Love My Dog. Boston, The Page Company, 1922.
A sweet, feel-good story about an orphan girl and her dog.
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Carolyn Verhoeff. Love Me Love My Dog. Boston, The Page Company, 1922.
A sweet, feel-good story about an orphan girl and her dog.
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Julius M. Price. My Bohemian Days in Paris. Cover art and included drawings by the author. Philadelphia, D. McKay, 1913.
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Louise Chandler Moulton. In the Garden of Dreams: Lyrics and Sonnets. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1890.
Cover Photo via: Liveinternet.ru
Available to read at The Internet Archive
Douglas William Jerrold; John Jackdaw; Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne. The Handbook of Swindling. London, Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Frontispiece, The Handbook of Swindling
Publication details, The Handbook of Swindling
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From the French of Louis Figuier. Revised by E. Percival Wright. The Ocean World. London, Paris & New York; Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1872.
Cover photo via: Colby College, The History of the Book
Available to read at The Internet Archive
Parker Fillmore. Mighty Mikko: Finnish Folk Tales and Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Jay Van Everen. New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.
I’m overdue for highlighting Finnish Fairy Tales so our book this week contains a wealth of old Finnish folk stories translated for an English-speaking audience. Illustrator Jay Van Everen breathes life into the stories using graphic, modern drawings with geometric and abstract elements. There is only 1 colour plate in Mighty Mikko, but Van Everen was best known for his bright, colourful abstract paintings. Nonetheless, Van Everen’s black and white drawings for Mighty Mikko are bold and full of interest. The artist uses 2 different styles of illustration in the book – one for the first half of traditional tales and another for the second half of the book which contains the continuing saga of Mikko. Both styles are interesting and worth a good look so I’m going to break this post into 2 parts. Part 2 will be posted next Saturday.
Enjoy!
Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies. A Sequel to “The Angel of the Revolution.” George Griffith. London: Tower Publishing Company Limited, 1894. First edition, first issue.
This book is a futuristic science fiction story told in melodramatic Victorian prose. The story was originally serialized in Pearson’s Weekly of London.
Cover photo via: Books and Art
The book is available to read at Project Gutenberg Australia
Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Cover Art by Margaret Armstrong. New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1899.
The art nouveau cover of this 1899 edition of the classic book bears little resemblance to the plain editions that preceded it or to its many subsequent dark and creepy covers.
Cover photo via: Books and Art
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Joseph C. Sindelar. Nixie Bunny in Manners-Land. Illustrated by Helen Geraldine Hodge. Chicago, Beckley-Cardy Company, 1914.
John Muir. My First Summer in the Sierra; with Illustrations from drawings made by the author in 1869 and photographs by Herbert Gleason. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911.
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Helen Leah Reed. Brenda’s Summer at Rockley. Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1901.
Cover photo via: Pinterest
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Henrietta R Eliot. Laura’s Holidays. Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry. Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company 1898.
via: The George Smithers Library, University of Florida Digital Collections
