William Theodore Parkes. Spook Ballads. Illustrated by the author. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Limited, 1895.
A rather odd collection of ghost stories and poems.
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William J. Long. Beasts of the Field. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. Boston and London, Ginn and company, 1901.
The book is filled with true stories of animal encounters in the wild and the accompanying illustrations are charming. Every page has at least one small drawing on it and there are several detailed full-page illustrations. You can see it all at the link below.
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson. Phases of an Inferior Planet. New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1898.
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Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Candle Lightin’ time. New York, Dodd Mead & Co., 1901.
John Cargill Brough. The Fairy Tales of Science. London, Griffith and Farran, 1859.
A book using fairy stories to introduce children to the branches of science.
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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!
