Easter bonnet
Shelf Appeal has a new Easter bonnet. The third commissioned header, up there, is by graphic designer Peter Grundy. I’ve...
Tag: illustration
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The zoo
I worked for a little while at London Zoo. I always find a zoo faintly disconcerting and want to let...
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This or that
Barbara Jones is one of my favourite illustrators and this book has a bit of all her best subject matter...
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Masculine whim
The Austin Reed man was a bit spoilt with nice graphics and advertising in the mid-twentieth century. Austin Reed is...
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A book of toys
This is my ideal book really. It’s a King Penguin book – a superlative set of illustrated books from around...
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Et tu Brutus
Books are it. Everything. And then some. Bookshops, new and second-hand, seem to be disappearing all the time. In London,...
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A new hat
When Shelf Appeal moved in to its new WordPress home in April 2010, the intent was to commission header illustrations....
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Taking cover
Anyone who visits Shelf Appeal once in a while, or more often, will know I heart Lewitt-Him illustrations. And also...
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On Franny and Zooey
I like books. I like illustration. When they come together it can be very pleasing indeed. I seem to follow...
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Edward McKnight Kauffer and the 38 bus
I know it looks as though I have expensive taste. And I do, I suppose. But a lot of things...
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This is Sasek’s London
I have to admit that my shelves are very slowly filling with London-related books and booklets. I tried not to...
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Russian dolls
I was really pleased to come upon another online repository of images of vintage children’s books this week. So much...
