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Two striking illustrations by Robin Jacques, one for 'Easter, 1916' by W.B. Yeats , the other for his own 'Book of Dragons': https://t.co/lcHG1AkzMV
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Lovely Faber and Faber Christmas card for 1950 signed by T.S. Eliot, with illustration by Barnett Freedman https://t.co/iT6EN0PY9x
Book title of the day: Liquor & Literature. Edward Ardizzone's correspondence with John Lewis, the designer for Harveys Wine Lists, printed by the Reading Room Press this year. It could make - dare we say it? - an excellent Christmas present https://t.co/rxokNDD5BQ
Dustjacket of the day: The Most Wonderful Animals that Never Were by Joseph Wood Krutch, gorgeously illustrated by Pauline Baynes (best known for illustrating the Chronicles of Narnia) https://t.co/LVEXrrADCo
The Maiden's Prize, circa 1770, a chapbook of 'Theological and Philosophical Queries [for] all the ingenious married Men and Batchelors in the Kingdom of England' - rather ingeniously 'sewn' together with a contemporary pin https://t.co/iM1sJObToT
Hand-coloured 1798 engraving of Mary Aubrey (or Hobry), a French midwife living in London who murdered her abusive, drunken husband in 1687 https://t.co/Uu3sqtWjhH
A curious little thing: Love in British Folk Songs, unfinished manuscript with original painted illustrations. From library of John Swift, Emeritus Professor of Art Education @mybcu until his 2001 retirement - we suspect he was the artist & illustrator too https://t.co/YbRMoLxvtO
Absolutely obsessed with the bees wearing wigs in the background of Queen Bee's court. From the 1839 third edition of 'The Wonderful History of the Busy Bees' https://t.co/5ghutFHpye
No. 938 of 1,500 copies of the Limited Editions Club's Ulysses, 1935, signed by the illustrator Henri Mattise (Joyce signed only 250 copies) https://t.co/NVRPMe41sr
Preparatory sketches for an unpublished book of cats by Kathleen Hale, the illustrator best remembered for her Orlando the Marmalade Cat series. We're particularly fond of the 'cats you never see', in canine disguises #InternationalCatDay https://t.co/OHUWdjMrmF