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vintage picture books

While procrastinating my duties, I stumbled into CEDOK bookstore, an online Japanese store, (I think- I don’t speak or read Japanese) and found all of these delightful illustrations in children’s picture books from 1960 – 1990’s. I couldn’t help but waste extraordinary amounts of time browsing the images.

They call to mind the books of publisher Harlin Quist an avant-garde publisher in America (1966 – 1984) who published over 60 children’s books featuring some of the finest American and European artists and illustrators. Mention of the name can bring me to tears with visual memories flooding back remembering the images of favorite books of my own childhood, Millicent the Monster being first on the list.
So, let the vintage or from-my-childhood-era reward be yours as well, I’ll show off some of the favorite illustrations I found today. I’m not sure what language is on the pages (do share if you know) and who’s the illustrator or the author, so I jotted down what info I could decipher.

Ze zahradky do zahradky, 1989, Jiri Kahoun


Postcards


Domecek z kostekj, 1961, Ela Perociova, Gabriela Dubska


Tajny lodni denik, 1966, Ladiskav Dvorsky, Jan Schmid


Sroubek v cirkuse, 1963, Marcello Argilli, Vladimir Fuka


Svetlusky, 1996, Jan Marsicek, Eva Frantova


Pahadoky pro obe usi, 1978

Nevyplazuj jazyk na Ivan, 1986, Daniel Hevier, Kveta Pacovska

Karlicka a bily konik, 1968, illustrated by Branka Jurcova, Kveta Pacovska

1 Comment

  1. kalamitykelli

    February 23, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Such beautiful artwork! Several of them look familiar to me, but I can’t remember from where. it was lovely to spend a few minutes there! 🙂

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