Sunday, November 6, 2011

Dugald Stewart Walker's Dream Boats







I've been spending what little spare time I have, researching and enjoying "golden age" book illustration. I've just made a lucky purchase of a 1st edition, c1918, Dugald Stewart Walker's Dream Boats and Other Stories, with beautiful illustrations, 4 color plates, and 16 full page black and white. It should arrive sometime within the week.

In the meantime, I have Archive dot Org to remind me. The images above come directly from that site, un-cropped and un-edited. Click the link and you will be rewarded.
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4 comments:

  1. Joanne19:45

    What gorgeous images. That lucky purchase sounds like a treasure! Enjoy, when it arrives.

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  2. Hannah Stephenson14:19

    These are absolutely stunning and very inspiring---I'm doing some work with text and image, and this is such a beautiful example of isolating text and pairing it with an image.

    Thanks for sharing these. Hope all is going well!

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    1. Art of Narrative21:46

      Hi Hannah,

      Walker often did interesting things with his text and images. As soon as I can, I'll send you links with more of his books available online.

      I had noticed, too, how he isolates each word, the style and the typography and the meaning, holding them all together, and how beautifully they integrate with each image.

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  3. toomuchaugust09:59

    it's not fair, but i count on you and your love for these images. love what you are doing and sharing. thank you!

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