Showing posts with label book covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book covers. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Driftwood and other poems























(back cover) Driftwood and other Poems by P.J.Peters, self published, Winnipeg, 1978 "Yes, Human Driftwood has eternal worth"

Friday, July 13, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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Anthology of Modern Japanese Poetry, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1972 (1989)(jacket design by Shigeo Katakura)
Found at a local Goodwill, this copy belonged to the late Canadian poet Robert Kroetsch---inscribed "Robert Kroetsch, Calgary, 5 Oct 92". Only this  one passage was marked.

Friday, July 6, 2012

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Building: The Fight Against Gravity by Mario Salvadori, Atheneum, 1979 (again)

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

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Building: The Fight Against Gravity by Mario Salvadori, Atheneum, 1979

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Chinese Writing: An Introduction by Diane Wolff, Holt Reinhart & Winston, 1975

Monday, June 18, 2012

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Foundations of Indian Philosophy by Balbir Singh, Orient Longman Ltd.New Dehli, 1971

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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Mes Cadeaux- Surprises by François Cherrier, Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1976
The Art of the Woodland Indians by Shirley Glubok, MacMillan Publishing, NY, 1976

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How to Make Paper Airplanes by Captain Ralph S. Barnaby, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Scholastic, 1968 (1972)
101 TV Troubles: From Symptom to Repair by Art Margolis, TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1969 (1978)

Friday, May 11, 2012

hand lens























Adventures with a Hand Lens by Richard Headstrom, Lippincott, 1962

Thursday, May 10, 2012

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The Stump Book, Vancouver Environment Education Project, UBC, in co-operation with the British Columbia Forest Service, 1975

Thursday, May 3, 2012

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(back cover) Peter and the Big Ballon, Benefic Press, 1959 (1965)

Monday, April 23, 2012

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Picture Making by Children, R.R. Tomlinson, The Studio Limited, 1934

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

singing games

(back cover) Singing Games for Children by Alice P. Hamlin & Margaret G. Guessford, illustrations by L. Ward Webber, The Willis Music Company, 1941

Saturday, April 7, 2012

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(binding illustration) The Easter Egg Artists by Adrienne Adams, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1976

Sunday, April 1, 2012

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In Shadowland by Mitsumasa Anno, Orchard Books, NY, 1988 (originally published 1976)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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The Egg and I by Betty McDonald, J.B.Lippincott Co., 1945

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Harris/Norris

Lawren Harris, edited by R.G.P. Cosgrove, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1969
Joe Norris: Paintings and Furniture, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 1978

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

the thread

Graphology: Your character in your handwriting by John Marley, Bancroft & Co., London, 1967

Sunday, February 19, 2012

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Making Simple Constructions by Hansi Bohm, Studio Vista, London, 1971