Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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Variations on the Theme of the Human Face (detail)
from Design as Art by Bruno Munari, Penguin, 1966 (2008)

I . Q .

(test details from) Know Your Own I.Q. by H.J. Eysenck, Penguin Books, 1962

Monday, October 18, 2010

Remy Charlip: What A Fine Day For...

What A Fine day For... by Ruth Krauss, designed and illustrated by Remy Charlip, with music by Al Carmines (The Associate Minister of The Judson Memorial Church), Parents' Magazine Press, 1969
This is the second of two books Charlip made with Krauss.
All my previous Remy Charlip posts here

Saturday, October 16, 2010

thought amplifier

STALKING THE WILD PENDULUM: On The Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov, A Bantam New Age Book, 1977 (illustrated by the author) (thanks S.H.)

Friday, October 15, 2010

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Read, Think, and Write by Florence A. Harris, M&S, Toronto, 1965

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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from Theory For Beginners by Barbara Wharram, illustrations by Robert Zalay, Frederick Harris Music Co., Ontario, 1974

Kathy

(embellished back cover of) The Green Book of Birds of America, Whitman Publishing Co., Wisconsin, 1941

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

quillwork

Quill Work (Quilling, Paper Filigree, Rolled Paper Work)
from The Batsford Encyclaepedia of Crafts by H.E. Laye Andrew, BT Batsford Ltd., London, 1978 (1988 ed.)

Monday, October 11, 2010

misc. bookshelf






People of the Potlatch, Vancouver Art Gallery/UBC, 1956
Ship Models and How to Build Them by Harvey Weiss, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973 (also by H.Weiss)
Far Beyond The Fringe (Three-Dimensional Knotting Techniques Using Macrame & Nautical Ropework) by Eugene Andes, VNR, 1973
String Figures and How to Make Them (A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands) by Caroline Furness Jayne, 1962 (here)
New Trends in Church Architecture by Justus Dahinden, Universe Books, 1967 (previously)
Forest Flora of Canada by G.C. Cunningham, Department of Northern Affairs Forestry Branch (Canada), 1958 (1969)

some recent library sale and thrift store finds

Saturday, October 9, 2010

I.C.

South American Bookworms by Ivor Cutler, ARC publications, 1999
Listen here
Previously here
Much more here.

Friday, October 8, 2010

J.P.

Jon Pylypchuk opening today at Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal.
Wish I could be there.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Yo Yo

Ursa Minor
from The Amazing Yo-Yo, Ross R. Olney, photos by Chan Bush, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, NY, 1980

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Anarchitecture

Richard Greaves: Anarchitecte/Anarchitect, edited by Sarah Lombardi & Valerie Rouseau, photos by Mario del Curto, 5 Continents Editions, 2005 (in print)