Paul Nash: Wonderfully particular
I had my beady eye on this book coming out. Paul Nash is an artist and designer I always find...
Tag: book
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The story of a carrot
Shelf Appeal is far too sniffy to take part in hashtag nonsense on social media. Except. This one was too...
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Before the wild things
Shelf Appeal likes an exhibition catalogue. Or two. Particularly those little catalogues it seems aren’t viable to produce much any...
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Playtime
Shelf Appeal tries not to collect children’s books. For where would that end? Buckling shelves and a collecting headache,...
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Scientific and technical
This is just the sort of back book cover Shelf Appeal likes. Because as an amateur part time ephemeral-detail...
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Felt toys
Dryad Press books are very often lovely. They appeal to the craft side of my brain. They make me want...
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Small picture books
Shelf Appeal can deny no longer the presence of at least one collection on the shelves. Of small books, booklets...
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Up my street
It is always nice to see people following their passion. Design for Today is a new imprint making very nice...
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The stationer’s shop
Illustrations of shops and shopping pull me in like a magnet. Historical ones. New ones. I like them in a...
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The play’s the thing
Shelf Appeal likes a dramatic book cover. This is a great and certainly dramatic one despite its small size (10...
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London in your pocket
This little book London Craftsman is a common thing. Not in its looks or content, you understand. But it is...
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Hen’s eggs
Cooking is not so big here at Shelf Appeal. The accoutrements of cooking, on the other hand, often make it...
