The Mr and Mrs Cook Book
Last year Shelf Appeal was doing some research on interwar cookbooks and leaflets. It’s a bit of a wheeze for...
Tag: design
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Label it
Is there anything nicer than a paper card price label? Especially one so directly associated with buying textiles. And...
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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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Never have too many
The number 2 bus in Stockholm took me to the door of the Transport Museum there. At the back of...
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Jaeger for Christmas
What a glowing edition of the Jaeger Staff News magazine from Christmas 1953. The Rene Gruau cover illustration imbues such...
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Makes you smile
Shop windows aren’t what they used to be. Christmas is the season. But apart from Selfridges and Harvey Nichols (for...
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Enveloped
Envelopes are rather satisfying things. In amongst the paper bits and pieces that Shelf Appeal has tucked away is this...
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Simpson and Jones
Shelf Appeal is very fond of Barbara Jones’ illustrations. And very fond indeed of the shop that was Simpson Piccadilly...
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Modern hen
The 1951 Festival of Britain is of consistent interest here at Shelf Appeal. The exhibition was a fleeting sight in...
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All clear
We really don’t make enough use of cardboard luggage tags. They’re such nice things for luggage to travel with. I...
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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...