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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 2d

Ladybird book endpapers design.
From the 2007 book published by Penguin called ‘Boys and Girls’

The endpapers design is made up of a series of different ladybird book covers laid out neatly in an 8 x 7 grid

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AKD-ART @akdart.bsky.social · 3d

Tom Adams cover art for the European & UK Fontana books started with the fourth impression of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced in 1963.

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collectingromance.bsky.social @collectingromance.bsky.social · 1d

A Gothtober montage of covers by my favorite illustrator of gothics, George Ziel 🦇🖤 He was born in Poland in 1914, survived the Warsaw Ghetto & Dachau concentration camp, then came to the US where he had a highly successful mid-century career as a pulp illustrator

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 7d

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 8d

A delightful copy of the Seven Penitential Psalms (Les sept pseaumes penitentiaux) written in France in 1681. The binding is embroidered silk, interior decoration includes vignettes and illuminated initials. (UPenn Ms. Codex 1564)

🔗: https://bit.ly/4c0KGg5

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Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 2d

W. Elmo Reavis: Library Bookbinder 📜
(From last July)(California)
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W. Elmo Reavis: Library Bookbinder

W. Elmo Reavis was a man who wore many hats, including bookbinder, instructor, inventor, manufacturer, editor, and advocate. He established the Pacific Library Binding Company in Los Angeles in 1912 t...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 4d

My travelling ‘Ladybird artists’ exhibition is still going strong!

Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield

Photograph of myself, smiling cheesily as I stand in front of the wall of books which is the centrepiece of my ladybird artists exhibition

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Theo Paijmans @memizon.bsky.social · 22h

"On the Borders of Two Worlds", an occult journal that was published annually from 1877 to 1904 (stopped at her death). Written by Dutch spiritist and feminist Elise van Calcar, it offers a wealth of 19th c. international paranormal, psychic and weird accounts. Extremely rare these days.

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Jacqueline Antiquariaat Digitalis @jlensink.bsky.social · 22h

#vintageillustrationoftheday
#geraldrose
#JamesJoyce
#thecatandthedevil
#booksky

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21h

Genrikh Altov sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/altov_... and Bill Baldwin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baldwi... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Barbu Teodorescu, Regine Grube-Heinecke, John Berkey and Chris Moore):

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 20h

Proof that your social media manager spent the weekend listening to Taylor Swift's new album. #TheFateOfOphelia #TheLifeOfAShowgirl

These images of Ophelia are from Shakespeare's Heroines, illustrated by R. Anning Bell, 1901 (Lit.7.90.365).

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 5d

Ladybird cover stories.
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley.
(Books published between 1965 - 1974)

Collection of 13 books, laid out in an approximate grid, showing the front covers of Robert Lumley‘s original fairytale books, including the enormous turnip and the elves and the Shoemaker

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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 1d

Listings are open for the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2026-2027, it's a resource for artists, collectors, librarians, galleries, students, educators, publishers, researchers in artists’ books! Deadline to list 9th January 2026. All listings free. Download the form: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/artists-book...

Two cover designs for the Artist's Book Yearbook by Tom Sowden, and a sample page of artists' listings of their books.

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Exeter Library @exeterlibrary.bsky.social · 6d

🗣️ Stanzas in the Stacks 📚

Did you know that we have a richly varied poetry selection in our stacks? There are thousands of volumes down there, containing millions of verses.

Take a look at some of our more unusual and noteworthy poetic editions here: exeterlibrary.blogsp...

A miniscule collection of aphoristic Chinese verse titled Fragments of Jade may be one of the smallest books we have; its old yellow record card is actually greater in area than the cover of the book and rather spoils the otherwise exquisite aesthetic appeal of this perfectly formed object.

The earth, the sea and the air are the concerns of every nation and sciences technology and education can be the ally of every nation.

The artic ox by Marianne Moore and the cocks of hades by C.A. Trypanis

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Simon Beattie @simon-beattie.bsky.social · 6d

Who doesn't like a bit of 18th-century bling?

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Simon Beattie @simon-beattie.bsky.social · 5d

Very different kind of 18th-century bindings from yesterday's photo, but I still love them.

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · Jun 18

Find & follow your favorite university presses on this platform with this handy starter pack of our members: go.bsky.app/7p95p7B

And if you're looking for university presses that publish in a certain field, consult our Subject Area Grid: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.

#ReadUP

University presses to follow

Join the conversation

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Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social · 3d

My new article on #agathachristie 1960s paperback 1st is now available to read on my website which shows all the great cover designs in both the UK & US plus highlights the scarce titles only printed in one country #booksky #vintagepaperbacks #pulp #1960s www.collectingchristie.com/post/agatha-...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

Ladybird book in the spotlight.
‘Snow White and Rose Red’
Artist: Eric Winter (1969)

Front cover of the book showing two girls dressed in Alpine costume trying to free the long white beard of an angry dwarf which has become trapped in a log of wood

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CAM @noremacflak.bsky.social · 1d

I showed my wife this, but she didn't laugh.

A man with a stack of books is looking for shelf space. Artist ~ Tom Gauld

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 1d

Barrington J. Bayley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bayley... died on this day, so here are some book covers and an interior illustration from New Worlds Quarterly (Artist: John Harris, John Schoenherr, Chris Foss and Brian Vickers):

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 4d

A very pretty acorn panelled binding covers our first librarian's copy of Horace's Odes, printed in Paris by Simon de Colines, 497 years ago. The 16th century binding was the work of another Parisian, binder & bookseller Jehan Norvis #autumn #bindings

Upper cover of 16th century leather binding

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Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social · 5d

This fab 1961 1st global paperback of #agathachristie "The Cat Among the Pigeons" evokes the Swinging 60s - a theme one of my fave podcasts @christietime.bsky.social discusses so well - and stay tuned as my new article on 60s paperbacks 1sts will be live in a few days on my website. #booksky

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Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social · 6d

The 1936 1st edition of #agathachristie The ABC Murders. One of the classic Hercule #Poirot stories. His notable quote: "If you can induce a person to talk to you for long enough... sooner or later they will give themselves away" #goldenage #crimefiction #murdermystery #queenofcrime

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 6d

Artist Richard Hescox sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hescox... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his cover art. 1st for "The Dragon Lord" by Peter Morwood; 2nd for "Brightsuit MacBear" by L Neil Smith; 3rd for "The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley" and the 4th for "Life Force" by Zach Hughes:

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