by beatriceotto | Feb 15, 2019 | judging by the cover, just my type
The finest book cover illustration I’ve seen for this slim, timeless, moving book, wrapping around the back cover and even into the back flyleaf. Oddly, there is no mention of who designed the jacket. The colours and lines are marvelous.And that font!...
by beatriceotto | Sep 21, 2018 | judging by the cover
These charming children’s illustrations of Daudet turned up at a flea-market, and I have several versions including this selection of his Lettres de Mon Moulin, and one featuring a specific story with it, ‘La chèvre de M. Seguin’....
by beatriceotto | Sep 21, 2018 | judging by the cover
There is a dark-forested haunting element to the illustrations in this French rendition of Russian stories. They are part of a series I’ve been collecting at the flea market, using a range of fresh and unusual illustration styles: see also the Tales from...
by beatriceotto | Sep 7, 2018 | judging by the cover
These enchanting, sunlit illustrations of a French children’s rendition of Greek Myths delighted me. They are part of a series I’ve been collecting at the flea market, using a range of fresh and unusual illustration styles. See also the Russian Tales and...
by beatriceotto | Aug 3, 2018 | judging by the cover
The first edition of this book I found, at a flea market, was a French translation, and it took me a while to realize it was originally written in English, because it is set in Denmark. The author was exiled, or stranded, in New Mexico during the war, and later in...
by beatriceotto | Jul 27, 2018 | judging by the cover, print & publish
This book cover and related illustrations are from a wonderful old French series of tales and stories from around the world. I keep finding them at the flea market and second-hand bookshops. Each country or region represented has a stunning set of illustrations and...
by beatriceotto | Aug 11, 2017 | judging by the cover, print & publish
I grew up with Marcel. That is the French author Pagnol (1895-1974) was a part of our domestic library and vocabulary, and I remember a series of plays set in Marseille, together with his childhood memoirs, La Gloire de Mon Père and Le Chateau de Ma Mère. Redolent...
by beatriceotto | Feb 25, 2017 | judging by the cover, readers & reading
I love children’s books and their illustrations, and often buy second-hand at this or that flea-market. By now, we have quite a collection, in a splendid array of styles. Some are out of print, and if I could afford it, I’d re-print a few of them. It feels...
by beatriceotto | Oct 15, 2016 | judging by the cover, you got mail
Luiz found this beautiful book at our favourite flea market in Geneva. I liked the cover image and title, which echoes the English idea of keeping to ‘the spirit of the letter’. It’s a collection of paintings that feature letters, and in the style of art books in the...
