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Will Schofield
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Will Schofield is the editor of 50 Watts (original name: A Journey Round My Skull) and Writers No One Reads.
Nights of Siberia
Alexander Alexeieff’s illustrations for Joseph Kessel’s Les Nuits de Siberie (1928):
Erwin Blumenfeld’s Frozen Emulsion
“Erwin Blumenfeld‘s passion for technical audacity is perfectly exemplified in [this] Kodachrome shot… it was made in violation of Eastman’s exact and careful directions. Color-temperature theories were completely ignored. Yet…
Artaud’s Tableaux
“Cliches anonymes, Six tableaux vivants realises a partir du Moine, de Lewis” Six tableaux vivants for The Monk by Matthew Lewis, a book Artaud translated and abridged.
BLICKFANG – The Eye-Catching Covers of Weimar Berlin
Illus. and design by Oskar Garvens, book cover, Germany, 1925
Iranian Kid’s Books (Part 3)
Long Neck Gazelle by Djamsheed Sepahi , illustrated by Yoota Azargeen (thanks to roma cintilante for providing details!) I have no information about most of the books featured in this…
Notre Temps
All works by Frans Masereel from Notre Temps, 1952 From the collection of Richard Sica:
Baba-Jaga Gubi Trop – Crime Novel Covers from Poland
A big thank you to VonMurr for sending the first ten covers in this post. They come from his personal collection. The rest were found on my searches through online…
Besuboru Bromides
from the collection of John Gall John Gall is the art director for Vintage and Anchor Books. He’s also the man behind the Nabokov Collection and the blog Spine Out.…
The Chess Set in the Mirror
Illustration by STO for Bontempelli’s Chess Set in the Mirror (1922)
Eskimo Grasshoppers: French Children’s Books of the 30s and 40s
1948, Apoutsiak, written and illustrated by Paul Emile Victor