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nemfrog:A wicked prince gets no help from his aides. The giant crab, and other tales from old India.

rustandrain:the dark arts……

spoliamag:“Bees are the smallest of birds. They are born from the bodies of oxen, or from the decayi

michaelmoonsbookshop:old books

Gladys Masters, Return to Downland, New Old-Time Fairy Tales, illustrated by Nina K. Brisley (London

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Baby’s Birthday Book - Kate Greenaway Illustration 1887

pilesofpages:found some really pretty, really old books

Soft ground etching of an unknown musician - early 19th century?

neil-gaiman:lostin-neverland:The Old Firm by ~thejeffsterPossibly the best Croup and Vandemar I’ve e

More Good Food - Ambrose Heathdecorations by Edward Bawden - London Faber & Faber 1933

And suddenly I’m thirteen years old again, opening the first pages of a book that has changed

1774 nursery rhyme from Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book, the oldest surviving published collection.

Little Arthur at the Zoo and the Birds he saw thereMary Seymour 1887

weirdlandtv:For the nautilus is my boatIn which I over the waters floatThe Book of Fairy Poetry (192

oldshrewsburyian:February book photo challenge, day 21: pink cover. Apparently I don’t buy books wit

Details from vintage wartime leaflets 

Cover design by Ethel Larcombe for Blackie

The Book of the HomeGresham Publishing Co. Cover design by Talwin Morris

Illustration from a 19th century French childrens book

Sadly lacking the title page but believed to be by Edward Cocker - no date c1710? [or later or earli

Finely detailed engraved 17th century portrait of the Duke of ParmaPrinted in 1601 in De vocis audit

chrysanthemum by keika hasegawa 

Little Women, Louisa May AlcottEarly 20th century printing c1900-1910

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