Loving this ad placed by Unity Books in New Zealand in the literary magazine Sport 13 in the Spring of 1994. Published before e-commerce would forever change the business of bookselling, the ad reeks of independence, community and book love. via the New Zealand Electronic Text collection
Art Not Pulp: The Encyclopedia Britannica Challenge
[caption id="attachment_3129" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Jill Barneby, Vol. 5[/caption] Wondering what to do with that valueless set of Encyclopedias that have been taking up too much space for too long? The Sidney Nolan Trust in the UK was faced with this dilemma. They were given a set of 1950's Encyclopedias Britannica "after all attempts by their original owner to find them a new home failed" and "they were destined to become pulp " [caption id="attachment_3132" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Nigel Kerry, Vol. 22[/caption] Enter the Encyclopaedia Britannica Challenge. A call for book artists and others "to select a volume and transform it into a new...
“The Street is in Play” – The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti
The street is in play - Banksy - Manhattan, Oct. 2013 Talk about good timing. Right on the heels of Banksy's month-long residency in New York City comes the release of the definitive survey of international street art, The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti. Published by Yale University Press and compiled by Rafael Schacter the book is organized geographically by country and city and showcases more than 100 of today’s most important street artists. It also provides the essential historical context of the works and offers contributions by the foremost authorities on street art and graffiti. [caption id="attachment_3113"...
Literary Coffee and more from Gianluca Biscalchin
Checkout this gem from Italian illustrator Gianluca Biscalchin. Biscalchin's specialty is food illustration but thankfully he found a way to incorporate a literary theme. He also is in the midst of a project of author portraits called Scrittori that warrants attention. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Virginia Woolf[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fernando Pessoa[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Franz Kafka[/caption] Cool stuff.
Regency Furniture for the Book Lover
Ackermann's Repository was a popular periodical, published in England from 1809-1828. It's full moniker was "The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics." It was published by R. Ackermann and became known simply as Ackermann's Repository. It was published monthly and each issue included a slew of colored plates. In the first series which ran from 1809 - 1815 there was an abundance of furniture illustrations, many featuring pieces for the home library. Enjoy! h/t to Evelyn Kennedy Duncan - you can see more pieces at her post; Regency Furniture 1809 -1815: Ackermann's Repository Series 1.