Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

September 22, 2021

Dust Jacket Cover Art and More

Ivan Chekhov - Flickr

"Collection of U.S. dust jacket cover art starting from the 1920's and paperback & digest cover art from the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia starting from the end of the 1930's - organized in chronological Albums per publisher / series"

Found through This isn't happiness

March 30, 2014

Miss Sweden Of Books 2013

If books were women this book would just have been crowned Miss Sweden 2013 (If you prefer men let's call it Mr Sweden). The award for Sweden's most beautiful book 2013 went to Mattias Adolfsson's "The second in line" designed by Jens Andersson.

More information and purchase link here.
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April 30, 2012

Ex Libris


See all bookplate posts on 50 Watts
See the companion post at BibliOdyssey 
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October 29, 2010

March 25, 2010

Books: Nice Backs

Backs of books can be great. I know this photo I took today in a secondhand bookshop/thrift store/antique store is a bit out of focus but I still wanted to show it to you. It is a Swedish encyclopedia of animals called Djurens värld ("The World of Animals") and it was printed in 1963 or -64 if I remember correctly. Sadly I couldn't find out who designed it, but it would make anyone's library look nicer.
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Update: I went back and took a few more photos, put them together:

click for larger image
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March 5, 2009

Svarta Serien




These are paperback covers belonging to a Swedish publication series of crime books from the 60s called "Svarta serien" - "The Black Series". What they also have in common is that they are all illustrated by one of my absolute favorites - Per Åhlin. I and his other fans are lucky because in the 60s he was very active as a book cover illustrator. Thus it is not hard to come by his works in antiquarian bookshops or thrift stores.


September 30, 2008

Children's Books: Kajsa

From Musselsoppans Vänner

I just happened to come across this little charming children's book from 1961 in a thrift store today. The illustrations were made by Åke Lewerth (for Swedes mostly know for illustrating Agaton Sax). You will find some more from the Kajsa book at Musselsoppans Vänner.

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August 25, 2008

Flickr: Den nya vägen

Den nya vägen (1965), illustrations by Ylva Källström
Swedish Books - a set on Flickr by Stockholm Stream

Via Bibi

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