The very first vintage book I ever bought was when I was an art student, a battered little King Penguin called Birds of the sea, I was drawn to the delicate water colour illustrations. Every now and then I find a King Penguin in the second hand bookshops to add to my collection and here are a few of them. These slim pocket sized volumes published in the 1940s-50s cover an eclectic range of useful and quirky subjects. Their pretty illustrated covers are always little works of art.
these are lovely
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning collection! Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful Virginia - I tweeted them last night :)
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A lovely collection. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely books and great for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky having access to this sort of stuff - I would happily swap lives with you for a few months!
ReplyDeleteso beautiful! love those british military guys!
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