Leighton, Gerald Rowley, The life-history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles. Publisher Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons, 1901.
I’m declaring today Snake Sunday. I’ve finally posted the story of my visit to the Reptarium and this vintage book is right on theme.
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Watson, William, 1858-1925; Bean, W. J. (William Jackson), 1863-1947. London, L. U. Gill, 1890.
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Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Sketch-Book of British Birds. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,1898 — Source.
Captain Davis Dalton. How to Swim. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1899 — Source.
I like the way a few simple black lines make the water look dynamic.
Sir Robert Ball. The Story of the Sun. London: Cassell and Co., 1910 — Source.
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Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), ill; Lang, Andrew, edt; 1898, London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans Green and Co.
The Arabian Nights’ is a popular set of stories that’s been published many times over the last 100 years or so. This cover from the late 1800’s is one of my favourite editions.
Henry. E. Roscoe. Spectrum Analysis. London: MacMillan and Co, 1869 — Source.
Charles Perrault (1628-1703), auteur ; Félix Lorioux (1872-1964), illustrateur, Paris, Ed. Hachette, 1919.
A delightful telling of the Red Riding Hood Story with artwork by Felix Lorioux, one of France’s best-loved artists. I’ve included a few interior plates below the fold. [Read more…]
Felix Schloemp. Das unheimliche Buch. Munich: Georg Mueller, 1914
It’s all a bit strange, but I like it.
Joan He. Descendant of the Crane. Albert Whitman and Co. 2019
This isn’t the type of art that I’m usually drawn to, but I love just about everything in this design.
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Andrew Lang. The Animal Storybook. New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. 1904
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John Lord Peck. Dress and Care of the Feet. New York: Fowler & Wells, 1871 — Source.
The complete title is actually:
Dress and care of the feet : showing their natural perfect shape and construction; their present deformed condition; and how flat-foot, distorted toes, and other defects are to be prevented or corrected : with directions for dressing them elegantly yet comfortably; and hints upon various matters relating to the general subject
