Mystery Magic and Adventure

An Anthology for ordinary Boys and Girls

I have found visual treasure!

If you are after 1950's decorative reference then look no further as this collection of decorative elements are stunning.

They have been utilized to great effect to separate the verses in this beautiful publication.

The illustrations from this publication will be posted shortly but for now there is far to much beauty here to drool over.

They been produced by Jack Townend.

At this point I want to express how inspired I get by viewing 1950's work and I have found another book from the 50's that has some extremely stunning illustrations of the seashore.

I am delighted to see what I assume to be a 50's influence at this current time in contemporary print makers such as;

Angie Lewin

Dee Beale

I hope that other people will be as inspired as I am being by this find, published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1956.

Brer Rabbit part 6

Here is part six of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox illustrated by William Backhouse and published by Collins, London and Glasgow in 1969.

10,000 hits celebration Swiss Handkerchiefs box

Saw this and loved it but I might get some strange looks if I use the pretty handkerchiefs that are contained within.

10,ooo hits today and within one week I have seen the hits rise and rise so who better to celebrate with than the Swiss, just because they are so interested in design and usually good at it.

And they call it Puppet Love! though I guess they'll never know!

I have found a stack of good finds today and here is the first one.

From 1950 with illustrations by Denys J. Thorpe

Sorry about the rubbish title link to Donny and Marie!

Brer Rabbit part 5

Here is part five of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox illustrated by William Backhouse and published by Collins, London and Glasgow in 1969.

Camberwick Green

Well now then, this find kind of freaked me a little, it brings back memories of being off from school ill. I never really liked this television program but I'm loving the translation of 3D models into 2D.

I am not to sure if this was aired outside of Britain, I would loved to know!

Here's the facts, the characters were developed by Gordon Murray.

The illustrations for this story book have been produced by Peter Adby.
SBN 603 0 1531 X

I hope that you have enjoyed meeting this lot, "that Windy Miller seems to be a bit of a handful" and I just want you all to know that I did not get to see this TV show very often as I was a healthy little country boy and we didn't have access to a television set very often.

Dealt the key to the Kingdom

Here are the first two ever hands of cards by Tony Meeuwissen "represented by Folio" electronically dealt online I think?

First hand

Second hand

As I know nothing about card games apart from snap I have not got a clue which hand wins, anyone got any ideas?

Brer Rabbit part 4

Here is part four of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox illustrated by William Backhouse and published by Collins, London and Glasgow in 1969.

This is me!

I am impressed with this cover illustration, it encourages me to go and waste time in perfect bliss on a riverside somewhere drinking cider.

No information about the illustrator is printed in, or on the book, it was Published The Book Club.

The cover really makes me want to read this book, illustration doing it's job!

The key to the Kingdom

Tony Meeuwissen devoted tree years into producing the illustrations for this book, I found this in a seconds book sale, the dust jacket is slightly torn but it was still in it's cellophane wrap another gem of a find for just £2.

I always wanted a copy of this delightful book and now I can share it with you but in a new way I hope, I intend to deal a random hand of cards each night for your visual pleasure.

Tony Meeuwissen is represented by Folio

You can purchase prints of some of the cards at the link below;

Buy Prints

Published by Pavillion Books London 1992
ISBN 1 85145 925 1